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Don Paterson

Roger McGough talks to prize winning poet Don Paterson as he chooses poetry requested by listeners, including work by Robert Frost, Paul Muldoon and Alice Oswald. Produced by Sally Heaven.

28 minutes

Last on

Sat 2 Mar 2019 23:30

This Week's Poems

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Words

By Sylvia Plath

Taken from 鈥淪elected Poems鈥�

Published by Faber & Faber

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The Lammas Hireling

By Ian Duhig

Taken from 鈥淭he Lammas Hireling鈥�

Published by Picador

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Birches

By Robert Frost

Taken from 鈥淭he Road Not Taken and Other Poems鈥�

Published by Penguin

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Waiting for the Barbarians

By Constantine Cavafy

Taken from 鈥�101 Poems Against War鈥�

Published by Faber & Faber

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Cairo Jag

By Keith Douglas

Taken from 听Anthology of Twentieth-Century British and Irish Poetry

Published by Oxford University Press

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Anseo

By Paul Muldoon

Taken from 鈥淲hy Brownlee Left鈥�

Published by Harper Perennial

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Having a Coke

By Frank O鈥橦ara

Taken from 鈥淪elected Poems鈥�

Published by Random House

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Wedding

By Alice Oswald

Taken from 鈥淭he New Faber Book of Love Poems鈥�

Published by Faber & Faber

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Birthmarks

By Mick Imlah

Taken from 鈥淪elected Poems of Mick Imlah鈥�

Published by Faber & Faber

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Mercies

By Don Paterson

Taken from 鈥�40 Sonnets鈥�

Published by Faber & Faber

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Broadcasts

  • Sun 24 Feb 2019 16:30
  • Sat 2 Mar 2019 23:30