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Story Poems 1

Roger McGough introduces some story poems including work by Roy Fisher, Emily Dickinson and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Readers: John Mackay, Niamh Cusack, Anton Lesser and Kenneth Cranham. Producer: Tim Dee.

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 14 Sep 2013 23:30

This Week's Poems

听All taken from 鈥楴OT TO SPEAK OF THE DOG: 101 Short Stories in Verse

Published by Faber

Leda and the Swan

By WB Yeats

Tithonus

By Lord Alfred Tennyson

Orpheus in Soho

By Rosemary Tonks

The Entertainment of War

By Roy Fisher

As the Team鈥檚 Head-Brass

By Edward Thomas

Napoleon听

By Walter de la Mare

Ozymandias

By Percy Bysshe Shelley

Marvin Gaye

By Michael Hofmann

Because I could not stop for death

By Emily Dickinson

At the Florists

By Jacques Prevert

Translated by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Nutting

By William Wordsworth

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Roger McGough
Reader John MacKay
Reader Niamh Cusack
Reader Anton Lesser
Reader Kenneth Cranham
Producer Tim Dee

Broadcasts

  • Sun 8 Sep 2013 16:30
  • Sat 14 Sep 2013 23:30