Liz Lochhead
Roger McGough is joined by his old friend Liz Lochhead, who shares a selection of her favourite poems from the Poetry Please archive of listeners' requests. Her choices include Norman MacCaig, Seamus Heaney, Mark Doty and John Cooper Clarke.
Producer: Mair Bosworth.
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This Week's Poems
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O Westron Wind
By Anon
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The Twa Corbies
By William Motherwell
From Auld Scots Ballants
Published by Alexander Gardner
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I Wrote The Songs
By John Cooper Clark
´óÏó´«Ã½ Archive recording
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What the Pool Said on Midsummer’s Day
By Liz Lochhead
From A Choosing: Selected Poems
Published by Polygon
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Let Me Die a Young Man’s Death.
By Roger McGough
From Roger McGough – Collected Poems
Published by Viking
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Wings
By Miroslav Holub
Translated by George Theiner
From Poems Before & After: Collected English Translations
Bloodaxe Books
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Toad
By Norman MacCaig
From Norman MacCaig – Selected Poems
Published by Chatto & Windus
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The Skunk
By Seamus Heaney
From Opened Ground – Poems 1966-1996
Published by Faber and Faber
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The Embrace
By Mark Doty
From Sweet Machine
Published by HarperCollinsÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
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Forgetfulness
By Billy Collins
From Questions About Angels
Published by The University of Pittsburgh Press
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Roger McGough |
Interviewed Guest | Liz Lochhead |
Producer | Mair Bosworth |
Broadcasts
- Sun 25 Feb 2018 16:30´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Sat 3 Mar 2018 23:30´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4