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Radio 4 Extra,21 Jun 2026,30 mins
Poetry Please - “I love to see the summer beaming forth”
Poetry ExtraAvailable for 26 days
Daljit Nagra revisits the 鶹's poetry archive and to celebrate the longest day chooses Poetry Please: 'I Love to See the Summer Beaming Forth'. **And Daljit reads from his Poetry Extra Book of the Month: Startlement - New and Selected Poems by Ada Limon. Roger McGough makes another foray into listeners' poetry requests, and comes up with a selection which largely reflects the season. With guest appearances by contemporary poets Kate Clanchy and Helen Dunmore. Producer Christine Hall First broadcast on 鶹 Radio 4 in 2011.
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