Poetry by Heart
Roger McGough presents a selection of poems from finalists at Poetry by Heart, a competition for school and college students to learn and recite poems from memory.
Roger McGough presents a selection of poems recited by finalists at Poetry by Heart, a competition for students at school and college in England to learn and recite poems from memory. Also featuring Jean Sprackland, Andrew Motion and Roger himself, all treating us to some of their favourite poetry without using any words on a page to prompt them.
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This Week's Poems
Those Winter Sundays
By Robert Hayden
From The Oxford Book of American Poetry
Published by Oxford UP
Read by Jean Sprackland
The Shout
By Simon Armitage
From The Universal Home Doctor
Published by Faber & Faber
Read by Anna Offiah
The Cleaner
By UA Fanthorpe
From Collected Poems 1978-2003
Published by Peterloo Poets
Read by Ellie Macdonald
Musee des Beaux Arts
By WH Auden
From Collected Shorter Poems 1927-1957
Published by Faber & Faber
Read by Sofia di Lorenzo
The God Abandons Antony
By CP Cavafy
From Collected Poems
Published by Chatto & Windus
Read by Kobby Adi
I Look into my Glass
By Thomas Hardy
From The Complete Poems of Thomas Hardy
Published by Macmillan
Read by Sir Andrew Motion
The Way Through the Woods
By Rudyard Kipling
From The Faber Book of Children’s Verse
Published by Faber
Read by Matilda Neill
A Supermarket in California
By Allen Ginsberg
From Collected Poems 1947-1980
Published by Harper & Row
Read by Logan Jones
The Galloping Cat
By Stevie Smith
From Collected Poems
Published by New Directions
Read by Isabel Brooks
Cargoes
By John Masefield
From Everyman’s Book of Evergreen Verse
Published by Everyman
Read by Roger McGough
Porphyria’s Lover
By Robert Browning
From An Oxford Anthology of English Poetry
Published by Oxford UP
Read by Fey Popoola
The Wedding
By Alice Oswald
From Being Alive
Published by Bloodaxe Books
Read by Kadedra Duffus
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Reader | Jean Sprackland |
| Reader | Andrew Motion |
Broadcasts
- Sun 25 May 201416:30BBC Radio 4 FM
- Sat 17 Sep 201623:30BBC Radio 4
