Bernard O'Donoghue, Helen Mort and Paul Farley reading their own work
Roger McGough presents listeners' poetry requests. With Bernard O'Donoghue, Helen Mort and Paul Farley reading their own work.
Roger McGough presents listeners' poetry requests. With Bernard O'Donoghue, Helen Mort and Paul Farley reading their own work.
Bernard O'Donoghue's poems include his translation of some of Piers Plowman as well as moving and beautifully observed poems about personal relationships. There's the pain of missed opportunity in poems like Ter Conatus, about a brother and sister who have lived together all their lives. Bernard also has a poem that was written in dedication to a Poetry Please listener, Morag Morris.
Rising poetry star Helen Mort makes her debut with a lovely poem in honour of a music hall comic from Sheffield called Stainless Stephen, and she reads others from her collection Division Street.
Paul Farley also reads his work, including an atmospheric poem about listening in the dark.
Producer: Sarah Langan.
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This Week's Poems
Ter Conatus
By Bernard O’Donoghue
From Here nor There
Published by Chatto & Windus
Stainless Stephen
By Helen Mort
From Division Street
Published by Chatto & Windus
Rag & Bone
By Helen Mort
From Division Street
Published by Chatto & Windus
Treacle
By Paul Farley
From The Boy from the Chemist is Here to See You
Published by Picador
Twenty-Two Words for Snow
By Helen Mort
From Division Street
Published by Chatto & Windus
The Airbrake People
By Paul Farley
From The Dark Film
Published by Picador
The People Through the Meadow Straying - Piers Plowman: Prologue
By William Langland, Trans. Bernard O’Donoghue
From Farmers Cross by Bernard O'Donoghue
Published by Faber & Faber
Exhibitions
By Bernard O’Donoghue
From Farmers Cross
Published by Faber & Faber
The Dogs
By Helen Mort
From Division Street
Published by Chatto & Windus
Common Names
By Helen Mort
From Division Street
Published by Chatto & Windus
Gerund
By Bernard O’Donoghue
The Nuthatch
By Bernard O’Donoghue
From The Weakness
Published by Chatto & Windus
The Circuit
By Paul Farley
From The Dark Film
Published by Picador
Dockets
By Bernard O’Donoghue
From Farmers Cross
Published by Faber & Faber
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Performer | Bernard O'Donoghue |
| Performer | Helen Mort |
| Performer | Paul Farley |
| Producer | Sarah Langan |
Broadcasts
- Sun 26 Jan 201416:30BBC Radio 4
- Sat 1 Feb 201423:30BBC Radio 4
