Wendy Cope
Roger McGough is joined by Wendy Cope, who shares a selection of her favourite poems from the Poetry Please archive of listeners' requests.
Roger McGough is joined by Wendy Cope, with a selection of her favourite poems from the Poetry Please archive of listeners' requests. Choices include requests for poems by A E Housman, Philip Larkin, W H Auden, Fleur Adcock, Edna St Vincent Millay and Charles Causley.
Wendy Cope has published several volumes of poetry including Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis and Serious Concerns. A remarkable talent for parody and for using humour to address grave topics, she also recites some of her new poems from her recent collection, Anecdotal Evidence (Faber 2018).
Producer: Sarah Addezio.
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This Week's Poems
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A Shropshire Lad XXXII
by A.E. Housman
Published by Hesperus Poetry
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The Trees
by Philip Larkin听听听
From Philip Larkin 鈥� Collected Poems
Published by Faber & Faber听听听
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In Memory of W.B. Yeats
by W.H.Auden
From W.H. Auden 鈥� Collected Shorter Poems 1927-1957
Published by Faber & Faber
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Waterloo Bridge / After the Lunch
By Wendy Cope
From Two Cures for Love 鈥� Selected Poems 1979-2006
Published by Faber & Faber
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Nothing
by James Fenton
From Yellow Tulips 鈥� Poems 1968-2011
Published by Faber & Faber
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Was Est Ist
by Erich Fried
Translated Stuart Hood
From Love Poems by Erich Fried
Published by One World Classics
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Water
by Fleur Adcock听
Looking Back
Published by Oxford Paperbacks
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Field Mouse鈥檚 Nest
by John Clare
From John Clare (Selected by Paul Farley)
Published by Faber & Faber
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Ashes of Life
by Edna St Vincent Millay
From Edna St Vincent Millay 鈥� Collected Poems
Published by Harper Perennial
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Eden Rock
by Charles Causley听听
From Charles Causley 鈥� Collected Poems 1951-1997
Published by Macmillan
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Interviewed Guest | Wendy Cope |
| Producer | Sarah Addezio |
Broadcasts
- Sun 5 Aug 2018 16:30大象传媒 Radio 4
- Sat 11 Aug 2018 23:30大象传媒 Radio 4