Poems for the Spring Equinox
A collection of poems to celebrate the arrival of spring, longer days and new beginnings.
A collection of poems to celebrate the arrival of spring, longer days and new beginnings.
With poems by Robin Robertson, Stevie Smith, Louise Gluck, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Charlotte Mew, Ben Jonson, A E Housman and Patrick Kavanagh.
Radio 4's poet-in-residence, Alice Oswald reads a new poem written specially for the vernal equinox, Jackie Kay reads Life Mask and London's Young People's Poet Laureate, Caleb Femi reads his poem about how spring arrives in a concrete environment, Anti-Winter.
Readers include, David Calder, Clark Peters, Noma Dumezweni, Harriet Walter, Simon Russell Beale, Siobhan Redmond, Bill Patterson and Anton Lesser.
Producer: Sarah Addezio.
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- Sun 25 Mar 2018 16:30大象传媒 Radio 4
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