The Body
Roger McGough presents a selection of listeners' requests for poems that celebrate the body in all its forms whether stretched, flabby, swollen or svelte.
Roger McGough presents a selection of listeners' requests for poems which celebrate the body in all its forms whether stretched, flabby, swollen or svelte.
Inspired by Walt Whitman's 'I Sing The Body Electric', the programme features poems from Sylvia Plath, Stevie Smith, Sharon Olds and P J Harvey as well as an interview and reading from Andrew McMillan whose first ever poetry collection, 'Physical' won The Guardian First Book Award in 2015.
Readers are Rosie Cavaliero and John Mackay.
Producer: Sarah Addezio.
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This Week's Poems
驰辞耻鈥檙别
By Sylvia Plath
From The Bloodaxe Book of 20th Century Poetry
Published by Bloodaxe Books
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The Face
By Stevie Smith
From Stevie Smith 鈥� Collected Poems
Published by New Directions
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Feet
By Pedro Serrano
Translated by Anna Crowe
From Being Human
Published by Bloodaxe Books
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The Hand
By P J Harvey
From The Hollow of the Hand
Published by Bloomsbury Circus
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Yoga
By Andrew McMillan
From Physical
Published by Random House UK
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Extract from I Sing the Body Electric / Leaves of Grass
By Walt Whitman
From 听American Poetry; The Nineteenth Century. Vol. 1
Published by The Library of America
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Ode to the Penis
By Sharon Olds
From Odes
Published by Jonathan Cape
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The Vine
By Robert Herrick
From
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Question
By May Swenson
100 Great Poems of the Twentieth Century
Published by W. W. Norton
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The Halving
By Robin Robertson
From Hill of Doors
Publisher: Picador
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Flesh
By Kerry Hardie
From Being Human
Published by Bloodaxe Books
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This Living Hand, Now Warm and Capable
By John Keats
From A Book of Love Poetry
Published by Oxford University Press
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A Dialogue Between the Soul and the Body
By Andrew Marvell
From English Seventeenth-Century Verse; Vol. 1
Published by W. W. Norton
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Reader | Rosie Cavaliero |
| Reader | John Mackay |
| Producer | Sarah Addezio |
Broadcasts
- Sun 4 Jun 2017 16:30麻豆社 Radio 4
- Sat 10 Jun 2017 23:30麻豆社 Radio 4