Parenting
Sally Phillips and Matt Harvey join Roger McGough to read poems about parenting. There are different takes on the subject from Hollie McNish, William Blake and Carol Ann Duffy. Producer Sally Heaven.
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This Week's Poems
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The Light Gatherer
By Carol Ann Duffy听听听听听听听听听
From Feminine Gospels
Published by Picador
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What Are You?
By Matt Harvey
'What Are You?' is from The Hole in the Sum of my Parts published by The Poetry Trust
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Extract from 鈥榊o Ho Ho A Pirating We鈥檒l Go鈥�
by Kaye Umansky and Nick Sharratt, published by Puffin
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To a May Baby
by Winifred Mabel Letts听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
Taken from
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Born Yesterday
By Philip Larkin听
From Philip Larkin 鈥� Collected Poems
Published by Faber & Faber
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Shoulders
by Naomi Shihab Nye
From Being Human
Published by Bloodaxe
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Mother to Son
by Langston Hughes
From the Collected Poems of Langston Hughes
Published by Vintage
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Extract from Megatron
by Hollie McNish
Taken from 鈥楩ree Thinking鈥� on Radio 3, 8.13.16
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Infant Joy
by William Blake听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
From The Poetical Works of William Blake
Published by Oxford University Press
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Infant Sorrow
by William Blake
From The Poetical Works of William Blake
Published by Oxford University Press听听听听
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A Poet to His Baby Son
By James Weldon Johnson听听听听听听听听听
From James Weldon Johnson: Complete Poems
Published by Penguin
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Night Feed
by Eavan Boland
From Night Feed
Published by Carcanet Press Ltd
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The Roundabout
by Don Paterson
From 40 Sonnets by Don Paterson
Published by Faber & Faber
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Cycle 7 from Heart's Needle
by WD Snodgrass听听听听听听听听听听听听
Taken from Heart鈥檚 Needle
Published by Marvell Press
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My Son the Man
by Sharon Olds听
From Sharon Olds 鈥� Selected Poems
Published by Cape听听听听听听听听听听
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Autobiography
by Samuel Menashe听听听听听听
From Being Human
Published by Bloodaxe
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Lullaby
by James Agee听
From Remembering James Agee
Published by The University of Georgia Press
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Lullaby / Extract from 鈥楾he Princess鈥�
By Alfred Lord Tennyson
From Alfred Lord Tennyson: Selected Poems
Published by Dover Publications Inc
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Reader | Sally Phillips |
| Reader | Matt Harvey |
| Producer | Sally Heaven |
Broadcasts
- Sun 19 Feb 2017 16:30大象传媒 Radio 4
- Sat 25 Feb 2017 23:30大象传媒 Radio 4