Miles Chambers
Roger Roger McGough is joined by Bristol's first poet laureate, Miles Chambers, with a selection of his favourite poems from the Poetry Please archive of listeners' requests.
Bristol's first poet laureate, Miles Chambers, joins Roger McGough with a selection of his favourite poems from the Poetry Please archive of listeners' requests. His choices include requests for Benjamin Zephaniah, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Azfa Awad and Robert Burns.
Miles Chambers is a performance poet, slam champion and playwright, who was appointed Bristol's first City Poet in 2016.
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This Week's Poems
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Now Westlin鈥� Winds
By Robert Burns
From The Poetical Works of Robert Burns
Published by Senate
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IX from Twelve Songs (Stop All the Clocks..)
By W. H. 听Auden
From W. H. Auden Collected Shorter Poems 1927-1957
Published by Faber and Faber
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My Dad
By Miles Chambers
Unpublished
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The Windhover
By Gerard Manley Hopkins
From The Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins
Published by Oxford University Press
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Redemption Song
By Bob Marley听
麻豆社 archive recording from 鈥榃ith Great Pleasure鈥�, read and sung by Kwame Kwei-Armah, 2013
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Grenfell Tower, June 2017
By Ben Okri
From
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Origins
By Azfa Awad 听
From England: Poems From A School
Published by Picador
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Talking Turkeys
By Benjamin Zephaniah
From Talking Turkeys
Published by Puffin Books
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Interviewed Guest | Miles Chambers |
Broadcasts
- Sun 19 Aug 2018 16:30麻豆社 Radio 4 FM
- Sat 25 Aug 2018 23:30麻豆社 Radio 4