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An Ark of Animal Poems

Roger McGough takes a new job as Noah at the helm of an ark of animal poems. A back to nature edition of poetry requests with poems from Alice Oswald, Simon Armitage, Michael Symons Roberts and James Lasdun. Producer: Tim Dee.

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 20 Jul 2013 23:30

This Week's Poems

The Road Retaken

By Michael Symons Roberts

From Drysalter,

Published by Cape

Tree Ghosts

By Alice Oswald

From Woods etc

Published by Faber

The Making of the English Landscape

Simon Armitage

Unpublished

Nightingale

By RF Langley

From R F Langley - Collected Poems

Published by Carcanet

Elegy for John Milton

By Michael Symons Roberts

From Drysalter

Published by Cape

The Tourists

By Michael Symons Roberts

From Drysalter

Published by Cape

Binsey Poplars

By Gerard Manley Hopkins

From The Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins

Published by Oxford University Press

Elephant

By Roger McGough

From Bad Bad Cats

Published by Penguin

People With Long Ears

By Roger McGough

From Bad Bad Cats

Published by Penguin

Swans

By Roger McGough

From Bad Bad Cats

Published by Penguin

The Candlelighter

By Simon Armitage

Unpublished

Dog Days

By James Lasdun

From Water Sessions

Published by Cape

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Roger McGough
Producer Tim Dee

Broadcasts

  • Sun 14 Jul 2013 16:30
  • Sat 20 Jul 2013 23:30