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Story Poems 1
Roger McGough introduces some story poems including work by Roy Fisher, Emily Dickinson and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Readers: John Mackay, Niamh Cusack, Anton Lesser and Kenneth Cranham. Producer: Tim Dee.
Last on
Sat 14 Sep 201323:30
BBC Radio 4
This Week's Poems
All taken from ‘NOT TO SPEAK OF THE DOG: 101 Short Stories in Verse
Published by Faber
Leda and the Swan
By WB Yeats
Tithonus
By Lord Alfred Tennyson
Orpheus in Soho
By Rosemary Tonks
The Entertainment of War
By Roy Fisher
As the Team’s Head-Brass
By Edward Thomas
Napoleon
By Walter de la Mare
Ozymandias
By Percy Bysshe Shelley
Marvin Gaye
By Michael Hofmann
Because I could not stop for death
By Emily Dickinson
At the Florists
By Jacques Prevert
Translated by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Nutting
By William Wordsworth
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Reader | John MacKay |
| Reader | Niamh Cusack |
| Reader | Anton Lesser |
| Reader | Kenneth Cranham |
| Producer | Tim Dee |
Broadcasts
- Sun 8 Sep 201316:30BBC Radio 4 FM
- Sat 14 Sep 201323:30BBC Radio 4
