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Bubble and Squeak

Roger McGough with something for everyone, from WB Yeats to Elizabeth Barrett Browning by way of Ted Hughes and Derek Walcott. Producer Sally Heaven.

30 minutes

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Sat 21 Feb 2015 23:30

This Week's Poems

Sailing to Byzantium

By WB Yeats

From The Collected Poems of WB Yeats

Published by Palgrave

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The Idea of Order at Key West

By Wallace StevensÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

From Wallace Stevens – Collected Poems

Published by Faber and Faber

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Verse for a Certain Dog

By Dorothy Parker

From The Collected Dorothy Parker

Published by PenguinÌýÌýÌý

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The Licorice Fields at Pontefract

By John Betjeman

From John Betjeman – Collected Poems

Published by John Murray

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Six Men in Search of a Car

By Paul Henry

From The Brittle Sea, New and Selected Poems

Published by Seren

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A Model Railway

By Paul HenryÌýÌýÌý

From The Brittle Sea, New and Selected Poems

Published by Seren

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Acts of Love

By Pam Rehm

From Small Works

Published by Flood editions 2005

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Love After Love

By Derek Walcott

From Collected Poems 1948-1984

Published by Faber and Faber

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On a Portrait of Wordsworth

By Elizabeth Barrett BrowningÌýÌýÌý

From Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Poetical Works

Published by Oxford University Press

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The Lost Leader

By Robert BrowningÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

From Browning – Poems Selected by W.E. Williams

Published by PenguinÌýÌýÌý

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Fulbright Scholars

By Ted Hughes

From Birthday Letters

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Post Script

By Gillian ClarkeÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

From A Recipe for Water

Published by Carcanet

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First Sight

By Philip LarkinÌý

From The Whitsun Weddings

Published by Faber and Faber

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Rhyw ddiolchgarwch / A Time and a Place

By Menna ElfynÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

Translated by Elin Ap Hywel

From Perffaith Nam / Perfect Blemish: New & Selected Poems 1995-2007

Published by Bloodaxe

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