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Poetry by Heart

Roger McGough is back with the first in a new series of the poetry requests show. This edition comes from the annual Poetry by Heart competition.

Roger McGough is back with the first in a new series of the poetry requests show. This programme comes from the annual Poetry by Heart competition. Students learn and recite a variety of poems, from Sylvia Plath's Morning Song to A Satirical Elegy by Jonathan Swift. There's a wealth of talent on display, but who will be crowned winner?
If you fancy making a request then get in touch at poetryplease@bbc.co.uk or tweet us @bbcpoetryplease. Producer Sally Heaven.

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 23 Apr 2016 23:30

This Week's Poems

St Kevin and the Blackbird

by Seamus Heaney

From Opened Ground: Poems 1966 – 1996

Published by Faber and Faber

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Concert Party: Busseboom

by Edmund Blunden

From The Faber Book of War Poetry

Published by Faber and Faber

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Easter Monday

by Eleanor Farjeon

From ÌýPeace and War; a Collection of Poems

Published by Oxford University Press

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Morning Song

by Sylvia Plath

From Collected Poems

Published by Faber and Faber

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The Chimney Sweeper

by William Blake

From Poetry By Heart – Poems for Learning and Reciting

Published by Penguin

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Two Pages

by Choman Hardi

From ‘Life For Us’

Published by Bloodaxe Books

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A Satirical Elegy On the Death of a Late Famous General

by Jonathan Swift

From Poetry By Heart – Poems for Learning and Reciting

Published by Penguin

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Envy

by Adelaide Ann Procter

From Poetry By Heart – Poems for Learning and Reciting

Published by Penguin

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Invitation to Love

by Paul Dunbar

From Poetry By Heart – Poems for Learning and Reciting

Published by Penguin

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Extract from The Ballad of Reading Gaol

by Oscar Wilde

From Poetry By Heart – Poems for Learning and Reciting

Published by Penguin

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Machines

by Michael Donaghy

From Conjure

Published by Picador

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My Grandfather at the Pool

by Glyn Maxwell

Taken from

Glyn Maxwell is published by Picador

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In Parenthesis

by David Jones

From In Parenthesis

Published by Faber and Faber

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Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Roger McGough
Producer Sally Heaven

Broadcasts

  • Sun 17 Apr 2016 16:30
  • Sat 23 Apr 2016 23:30