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25/09/2011

Roger McGough presents poetry requests, read by Paul Mundell and Mark Meadows. Singer and poetry lover Cerys Matthews also reads Land of my Mothers by Idris Davies.

Roger McGough presents a selection of favourite poetry requests, read by Paul Mundell and Mark Meadows.
Today's programme includes two tense cradle songs by Louis MacNeice, poems about significant pauses by Paul Muldoon and Jean Sprackland, and two wonderful pieces of distinctly Welsh verse. Singer, 6 music presenter, and poetry lover Cerys Matthews reads a poem by the miner turned poet Idris Davies that's a clever take on the Welsh National Anthem. 'Welsh Incident' by Robert Graves captures a fantastically odd conversation, and there are other surreal offerings from Jules Renard and G眉nter Grass.

Producer: Sarah Langan.

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 1 Oct 2011 23:30

Broadcasts

  • Sun 25 Sep 2011 16:30
  • Sat 1 Oct 2011 23:30