A Bouquet of Flowers
Roger McGough celebrates the centenary of the Chelsea Flower Show with a bouquet of poems about flowers. With readers Juliet Aubrey, Mark Meadows and Harry Livingstone.
Roger McGough celebrates the centenary of the Chelsea Flower Show with a bouquet of poems about flowers.
Daisies from Emily Dickinson and Jon Silkin, roses by Blake and Burns and the wonderfully moving account of his son's birth 'The Almond Tree' by Jon Stallworthy.
With readers Juliet Aubrey, Mark Meadows and Harry Livingstone.
Producer...Mary Ward-Lowery.
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Tulip
By Humbert Wolfe
From The Living Age Nov 18th 1922
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The Daisy Follows Soft the Sun
by Emily Dickinson
From The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Published by Faber
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A Daisy
by John Silkin
From John Silkin 鈥� Selected Poems
Published by Sinclair-Stevenson
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Perfume
by Roger McGough
From Roger McGough 鈥� Collected Poems
Published by Penguin
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The Sick Rose
By William Blake
From Blake鈥檚 Poetical Works
Published by Oxford University Press
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O My Luve鈥檚 Like A Red, Red Rose
By Robert Burns
Performed by Davy Steele
From the CD 鈥楻obert Burns: My Heart鈥檚 in the Highlands鈥�
Label: Linn Records
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Gladioli
by Katrina Naomi
From The Girl With the Cactus Handshake
Published by Templar Poetry
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The Almond Tree
By Jon Stallworthy
From The Norton Anthology of Poetry
Published by W.W. Norton and Company
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The Small Celandine
By William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth 鈥� Poems selected by Seamus Heaney
Published by Faber
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Celandine
By Edward Thomas
From Edward Thomas 鈥� The Annotated Collected Poems
Published by Bloodaxe
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A Poppy
By Peter Howard
Taken from
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Kettle Smocks
By Roger McGough
From Good Enough to Eat
Published by Puffin
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Evening Primrose
By John Clare
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Producer | Mary Ward-Lowery |
| Reader | Juliet Aubrey |
| Reader | Mark Meadows |
| Reader | Harry Livingstone |
Broadcasts
- Sun 26 May 2013 16:30大象传媒 Radio 4 FM
- Sat 1 Jun 2013 23:30大象传媒 Radio 4