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Robert Lowell and the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

Roger McGough celebrates the centenary of American poet Robert Lowell, and other winners of the the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, including Robert Frost, Sharon Olds and Rita Dove. Producer Sally Heaven.

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 6 May 2017 23:30

This Week's Poems

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Epilogue

By Robert Lowell

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The Flaw

By Robert Lowell

From Robert Lowell鈥檚 Poems 鈥� A Selection 听听

Published by Redwood Burn Limited (First published by Faber and Faber Limited, 1974)

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Little Girl, Be Careful What You Say

By Carl Sandburg

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Eros Turannos

By Edwin Arlington Robinson

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The Madman

By Amy Lowell

Taken from The Complete Poetical Works of Amy Lowell

Published by Houghton Mifflin Company

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Things Shouldn't be So Hard

Kay Ryan- Things Shouldn't be So Hard

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Attempted Banquet

Sharon Olds

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Two Tramps in Mudtime

Robert Frost

From The Poetry of Robert Frost

Published by Jonathan Cape

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Extract from Blue Flag in the Bog

By Edna St Vincent Millay

From Collected Poems 鈥� Edna St Vincent Millay

Published by Harper Perennial

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Testimonial

By Rita Dove

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Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Roger McGough
Producer Sally Heaven

Broadcasts

  • Sun 30 Apr 2017 16:30
  • Sat 6 May 2017 23:30