Stages of Life
Roger McGough presents poems on a range of subjects including machines, butterflies, and the stages of life we go through. Poets featured include John Donne, Edna St Vincent Millay, Jean Sprackland and Louis MacNeice. Readers are Jasmine Hyde and Finbar Lynch.
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This Week's Poems
Death, Be Not Proud
By John Donne
From The Oxford Book of English Verse
Published by Oxford UP
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The Beginning
By Rabindranath Tagore
From Poems and Readings for Christenings and Naming Ceremonies
Published by New Holland
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Fairy Godmother
By Ann Kelley
From Telling the Bees
Published by Oversteps Books
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Entirely
Louis MacNeice
From Collected Poems
Published by Faber & Faber
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Things She Lost
By Angela Topping
From The Fiddle
Published by Stride
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Sleeping Keys
By Jean Sprackland
From Sleeping Keys
Published by Cape Poetry
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Together, Apart
By Anthony Thwaite
From Selected Poems 1956-1996
Published by Enitharmon Press
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South
By John Terry
From Building Wings
Published by City Chameleon
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Portrait of a Machine
By Louis Untermeyer
From Poems for Pleasure
Published by Cambridge UP
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Flying Crooked
By Robert Graves
From The Faber Book of Modern Verse
Published by Faber
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The Kingfisher
By WH Davies
From The New Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1950
Published by Oxford UP
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Nettles
By Vernon Scannell
From Sensational! Poems Inspired by the Five Senses
Published by Macmillan
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Lament
By Edna St Vincent Millay
From Collected Poems
Published by Harper and Row
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Thoughts of Phena
By Thomas Hardy
From Thomas Hardy (ed. Samuel Hynes)
Published by Oxford UP
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In a Young Time
By Gerard Benson
From A Good Time
Published by Smith/Doorstop Books
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Ozymandias
By Percy Bysshe Shelley
From The New Penguin Book of English Verse
Published by Penguin
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Reader | Jasmine Hyde |
| Reader | Finbar Lynch |
| Producer | Sally Heaven |
Broadcasts
- Sun 22 Jun 2014 16:30大象传媒 Radio 4 FM
- Sat 28 Jun 2014 23:30大象传媒 Radio 4