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Islands and High Seas

Poems that evoke distant islands and the delights and dangers of the high seas sail through this show, with Roger McGough at the helm. Works by Auden, UA Fanthorpe, Ogden Nash, Kipling and others are read by Adjoa Andoh and Patrick Romer.

Producer: Mark Smalley.

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 15 Feb 2014 23:30

This Week's Poems

Seascape (a.k.a. On This Island)

By W.H. AudenÌýÌýÌýÌý

From Collected Shorter Poems 1927-1957

Published by Faber & Faber ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

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Pleasure Seas

By Elizabeth Bishop

From Complete Poems

Published by Chatto & Windus ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

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Four By the Clock

By Henry Wadsworth LongfellowÌý

From The Poetical Works of Longfellow

Published by Oxford University PressÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

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Columbus

By Ogden NashÌýÌý

From Candy is Dandy: The Best of Ogden Nash

Published by Methuen ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

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Big SteamersÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

By Rudyard KiplingÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

From the Definitive Edition of Rudyard Kipling’s Verse

Published by Hodder & Stoughton ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

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The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket

Robert LowellÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

From Robert Lowell’s Poems: A Selection

Published by Faber & Faber ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

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Have You Got Any News of the Iceberg?

Les BarkerÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

Performance by Les Barker taken from ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4’s Wondermentalist Cabaret Series 1, Ep 4, originally broadcast 22nd February 2011.

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Beautiful Old AgeÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

D.H. Lawrence

From The Complete Poems

Published by PenguinÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

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Preface to the Past

Ogden NashÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

From You Can’t Get There from Here ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

Published by Little Brown & CoÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

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The Passing of Alfred

U.A. FanthorpeÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

From U.A. Fanthorpe: Collected Poems 1978-2003

Published by Peterloo PoetsÌýÌýÌýÌý

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Stars and Planets

Norman MacCaigÌý

From Collected Poems: New Edition

Published by Chatto & WindusÌýÌý

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Roger McGough
Reader Adjoa Andoh
Reader Patrick Romer
Producer Mark Smalley

Broadcasts

  • Sun 9 Feb 2014 16:30
  • Sat 15 Feb 2014 23:30