Earth and Air
Roger McGough is in his element, introducing requests for poems about earth and air. This is a companion piece to last week's show, with poems that evoked fire and water.
Roger McGough is in his element, introducing requests for poems about earth and air. Works by Auden, Yeats and Mary Oliver will be read by Alun Raglan, Jenny Coverack and others. This edition is a companion piece to last week's show, with poems that evoked the elements of fire and water.
Producer: Mark Smalley.
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This Week's Poems
Wild Geese
By Mary Oliver
From Wild Geese
Published by Bloodaxe Books
The Trees
By Philip Larkin
From Collected Poems
Published by Faber & The Marvell Press
Can One Sell the Sky?
By Chief Seattle
In Praise of Limestone
By WH Auden
From WH Auden: The Spoken Word (Audio CD)
Published by BBC/British Library Publishing
The Light Gatherer
By Carol Ann Duffy
From Feminine Gospels
Published by Picador
Extract from The Four Elements – Earth
By Anne Bradstreet
From The Four Elements
Going, Going
By Philip Larkin
From Collected Poems
Published by Faber & The Marvell Press
Rhapsody on a Windy Night
By TS Eliot
From Collected Poems 1909-1962
Published by Faber & Faber
The Bright Field
By RS Thomas
From Laboratories of the Spirit
Published by Macmillan
Summer Farm
Norman MacCaig
From Collected Poems
Published by Chatto & Windus
Extract from The Four Elements – Air
By Anne Bradstreet
From The Four Elements
Atmosphere
By Robert Frost
From The Poetry of Robert Frost
Published by Jonathan Cape
A Song of the Rolling Earth
Walt Whitman
From Leaves of Grass
Published by Random House
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Reader | Jenny Coverack |
| Reader | Judy Emmet |
| Reader | Natasha Jayetileke |
| Reader | Claire Patrick |
| Reader | Alun Raglan |
| Producer | Mark Smalley |
Broadcasts
- Sun 8 Jun 201416:30BBC Radio 4
- Sat 14 Jun 201423:30BBC Radio 4
