16/06/2013
Roger McGough presents poems to make you glad to be awake, alive and not in prison, by South Korean poet Kim Kwang-kyu, Polish poet Piotr Kniecicki and Turkish poet Nazim Hikment.
Roger McGough presents poems to make you glad to be awake, alive and not in prison.
Listeners requests include the moving and uplifting poem 'Things I didn't know i Loved' by Nazim Hikmet; 'The Land of Mists' by the South Korean poet Kim Kwang-kyu; and an extraordinary poem contemplating the kind of miracle Polish poet Piotr Kniecicki would wish for if he could: 'Not Quite Convinced.'
There are also two poems by A E Housman and Slam Poetry champion Hollie McNish performs 'British National Breakfast'.
Roger is joined by readers Alex Lanipekun and Mark Meadows.
Producer...Mary Ward-Lowery.
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This week's poems
How Clear, How Lovely Bright by A E Housman
From The Collected Poems of A E Housman,
Published by Jonathan Cape
Things I Didn't Know I Loved
By Nazim Hikmet
Translated by Mutlu Konuk and Randy Blasing
From Poems of Nazim Hikmet
Published by Persea Books
The Expiation
By Victor Hugo
Translated by Robert Lowell
From World Masterpieces
Published by Englewood Cliffs
The City of the Future
by Velimir Khlebnikov
Translated by Paul Schmidt
From The Collected Works of Velimir Khlebnikov – Selected Poems Vol II
Published by Harvard University Press
The Land of Mists
By Kim Kwang-kyu
Translated by Brother Anthony
From This Same Sky – A Collection of Poems from Around the World
Published by Aladdin Paperbacks
A British National Breakfast
by Hollie McNish
From: http://holliemcnish.bandcamp.com/track/1-a-british-national-breakfast
Not Quite Convinced
by Piotr Kniecicki
From Ten of the Best: A Showcase of Poetry
Published by United Press
Yonder See the Morning Blink
by AE Housman
From The Collected Poems of A E Housman,
Published by Jonathan Cape
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Reader | Alex Lanipekun |
| Reader | Mark Meadows |
| Producer | Mary Ward-Lowery |
Broadcasts
- Sun 16 Jun 201316:30BBC Radio 4 FM
- Sat 22 Jun 201323:30BBC Radio 4
