Fire and Water
Roger McGough is in his element, presenting requests for poems that evoke fire and water. We'll hear Alice Oswald reading extracts from her river poem, 'Dart'. Dylan Thomas, Pablo Neruda and TS Eliot will also feature. Among the readers are Jenny Coverack and Alun Raglan.
Producer: Mark Smalley.
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This Week's Poems
Beck
By Norman Nicholson
From Selected Poems 1940-1982
Published by Faber & Faber
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A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London
By Dylan Thomas
From Collected Poems 1934-1953
Published by Everyman
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Rain
By Edward Thomas
From The Collected Poems and War Diary, 1917
Published by Faber & Faber
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The Memory of Water
By Fiona Hamilton
Unpublished
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Elements of Healing
By Rose Flint
Published in Resurgence Magazine, Jan/Feb 2009
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Dart
By Alice Oswald
From Dart
Published by Faber & Faber
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Introduction to Four Elements
By Anne Bradstreet
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Extract from Four Elements 鈥� Fire
By Anne Bradstreet
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Horses
By Pablo Neruda (Translated by Stephen Mitchell)
From Being Alive
Published by Bloodaxe
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The Four Angels
By Rudyard Kipling
From The Definitive Edition of Rudyard Kipling鈥檚 Verse
Published by Hodder and Stoughton
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Extract from Four Elements 鈥� Fire
By Anne Bradstreet
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Sonnet 44
By William Shakespeare
From The Complete Sonnets and Poems
Published by Oxford UP
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By William Shakespeare
From The Complete Sonnets and Poems
Published by Oxford UP
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Marina
By TS Eliot
From The Faber Book of Modern Verse
Published by Faber
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Reader | Jenny Coverack |
| Reader | Alun Raglan |
| Producer | Mark Smalley |
Broadcasts
- Sun 1 Jun 2014 16:30大象传媒 Radio 4
- Sat 7 Jun 2014 23:30大象传媒 Radio 4