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06/01/2013

Roger McGough presents requests for a range of playful poems that have a musical and satirical theme by WH Auden, Wallace Stevens, Anne Sexton and others. The readers are Patrick Romer, Kate Littlewood and Alun Raglan.
Producer: Mark Smalley.

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 12 Jan 2013 23:30

This Week's Poems

The Village ChoirÌý
By Anon
From The Faber Book of Parodies
Publisher: Faber and Faber

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O’sÌýÌýÌýÌý
By Doug Macleod
From The Kingfisher Book of Comic Verse
Publisher: Kingfisher Books Ltd

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A Tocatta of Galuppi’sÌýÌý
By Robert Browning
From A Centenary Selection From Robert Browning’s Poetry
Publisher: The Browning Institute and Constable

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Extract from The Song of Hiawatha
By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
From The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin

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Hiawatha’s PhotographingÌý
By Lewis Carroll
From A Century of Humorous Verse 1850-1950
Publisher: JM Dent and Sons

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Extract from Lyrics from the ChineseÌýÌý
By Anon
Translated by Helen Waddell
From Lyrics From the Chinese
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin

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BlacksmithsÌýÌýÌý
By Anon
From Rhythm Road; Poems to Move To
Publisher: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard

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All Souls’ NightÌýÌýÌý
By W B Yeats
From W B Yeats – The Major Works
Publisher: Oxford University Press

Broadcasts

  • Sun 6 Jan 2013 16:30
  • Sat 12 Jan 2013 23:30