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Miscellany

Roger McGough presents a miscellany of listeners poetry requests. Poets include John Clare, WH Davies, Laurence Lerner and Olive Ritch. Producer Sally Heaven.

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 4 Jun 2016 23:30

This Week's Poems

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In Time of the Breaking of Nations

by Thomas Hardy

From The Oxford Authors – Thomas Hardy

Published by Oxford University Press

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The Pier-Glass

By Robert Graves

From Robert Graves – Collected Poems

Published by Oxford University Press

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Extract from Mementos

by Charlotte BronteÌýÌýÌý

From The Brontes

Published by Everyman Poetry

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On the Hill

by Alfred Lord Tennyson

From Alfred Lord Tennyson – Complete Works

Published by Delphi Classics

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I'll Dream Upon the Days to Come

by John Clare

The Later Poems of John Clare, 1837–1864, Volume II

Published byÌý Clarendon Press

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A Great Time

by WH Davies

From Modern British Poetry

Published by Harcourt, Brace

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Kin

by Deborah Harvey

Taken from

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The Hand Game

by Olive RitchÌý

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Rembrandt Addresses His Mirror

By Laurence Lerner

From Rembrandt’s Mirror by Laurence Lerner

Published by Vanderbilt University Press

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The Ancient World

by Mark Doty

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Judging Distances

By Henry ReedÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

From The Bloodaxe Book of 20th Century Poetry; from Britain and Ireland

Published by Bloodaxe

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Nothing Twice

by Wislawa Szymborska translated by Clare Cavangh and Stanislaw Barranczak

From Wislawa Szymborska – Poems New and Collected 1957-1997

Published by Faber and Faber

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Credit

Role Contributor
Presenter Roger McGough

Broadcasts

  • Sun 29 May 2016 16:30
  • Sat 4 Jun 2016 23:30