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21/09/2014

Roger McGough presents a mixed bag of listeners' poetry requests, from Emily Bronte to Philip Larkin. Topics covered include religion, the seaside and an embarrassing dinner party.

Roger McGough presents a mixed bag of listeners poetry requests, from Emily Bronte to Philip Larkin. Topics covered include religion, a trip to the seaside and a really embarrassing dinner party. Women poets writing in the 19th and 20th centuries are highlighted, with work by Christina Rossetti, Mary Webb, Ella Wheeler Wilcox and Emily Dickinson.

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 27 Sep 2014 23:30

This Week's Poems

Flint

by Christina Rossetti

From The Oxford Book of Children’s Verse

Published by Oxford University Press

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Is it Done?

by Ella Wheeler Wilcox Ìý

From Poems of Ella Wheeler Wilcox.

Published by WP Nimmo, Hay and Mitchell, Edinburgh

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To the Sea

by Philip Larkin

Taken from Philip Larkin – Collected Poems.

Published by The Marvell Press & Faber

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All things Pass by Lao Tzu, translated by Timothy Leary.

Taken from Poems and Readings for Funerals.

Published by Penguin.

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The Brook

by Edward Thomas

From Edward Thomas – The Annotated Collected Poems.

Published by Bloodaxe

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Green Rain

by Mary Webb

From A Book of Nature Poems.

Published by Viking Press

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In Praise of Cities

by Thom Gunn

From Thom Gunn – Collected Poems.

Published by Faber

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Remembrance

by Emily Bronte

From Selected Bronte Poems

Published by Basil Blackwell Ltd

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The Winter Palace

by Philip Larkin

From Philip Larkin – Collected Poems.

Published by Faber

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The Kingdom of God

by Francis Thompson

From The Poems of Francis Thompson.

Published by Hollis and Carter Ltd

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He Fumbles at Your Soul

by Emily Dickinson

From The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson.

Published by Faber.

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Drawing Water

by Ann Atkinson

Taken from her website, Ìý

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Poppies

by Ida Affleck Graves

From A Kind Husband by Ida Affleck Graves.

Published by Oxford University Press

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Ginger

by Zena Edwards.

Taken from 57 Productions website.

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The Sorry Hostess

by Edgar A Gest

Taken from Just Folks by Edgar A Guest.

Published by The Reilly & Lee Co, Chicago 1917

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Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Roger McGough
Producer Sally Heaven

Broadcasts

  • Sun 21 Sep 2014 16:30
  • Sat 27 Sep 2014 23:30