Food Glorious Food
Roger McGough introduces poems to make the mouth water from the Bristol Food Connections Festival, with readers John Telfer, Katy Sobey and James Fleet.
Roger McGough introduces delicious poems to make your mouth water from the Bristol Food Connections Festival, with readers John Telfer, Katy Sobey and James Fleet.
There's fruit: Wild Strawberries by Robert Graves and Blackberry Picking by Seamus Heaney; something substantial to get your teeth into: Bread by Brendan Kennelly, A Jar of Honey by Jacob Polley, and a sweet treat: Chocs by Carol Ann Duffy.
Perfectly balanced and nutritious: join the audience at Bristol's Food Connections Festival for this delightful feast of poetic treats.
Presenter...Roger McGough
Readers...John Telfer, Katy Sobey and James Fleet
Producer...Mary Ward-Lowery.
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This Week's Poems
The Poetry Diet
By Cathy Bryant
Available online here: http://www.writeoutloud.net/profiles/cathybryant
A Jar of Honey
By Jacob Polley
From The Brink
Published by Picador
Be Gentle When You Touch Bread
Anon
Bread
By Brendan Kennelly
From Familiar Strangers: New & Selected Poems (1960-2004)
Published by Bloodaxe Books
Blackberry-Picking
By Seamus Heaney
From Selected Poems 1966–1987
Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Rhubarb Pie
By Ruth Pitter
From Poems 1926-1966
Published by Barrie & Rockcliff (The Cresset Press)
Loveliest of Pies
By Peter de Vries
From The Oxford Book of American Light Verse
Published by Oxford University Press
The Rhyming Diner
By Roger McGough
From Slapstick
Published by Puffin
Go to Bed with a Cheese and Pickle Sandwich
By Mandy Coe
From 101 Poems that Could Save Your Life
Published by Harper Collins
Pour Commencer
By Jon Stallworthy
From The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry
Published by Norton
Mermaid and Chips
By Roger McGough
Unpublished
Henry King
By Hilaire Belloc
From The Faber Book of Nonsense Verse
Published by Faber
Wild Strawberries
By Robert Graves
From The Faber Book of Children’s Verse
Published by Faber
Chocs
By Carol Ann Duffy
From Sensational! Poems Inspired by the Five Senses
Published by Macmillan
The After Dinner Speaker
By Roger McGough
From Selected Poems
Published by Penguin
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Reader | John Telfer |
| Reader | Kate Sobey |
| Reader | James Fleet |
| Producer | Mary Ward-Lowery |
Broadcasts
- Sun 11 May 201416:30BBC Radio 4
- Sat 17 May 201423:30BBC Radio 4
