21/09/2014
Roger McGough presents a mixed bag of listeners' poetry requests, from Emily Bronte to Philip Larkin. Topics covered include religion, the seaside and an embarrassing dinner party.
Roger McGough presents a mixed bag of listeners poetry requests, from Emily Bronte to Philip Larkin. Topics covered include religion, a trip to the seaside and a really embarrassing dinner party. Women poets writing in the 19th and 20th centuries are highlighted, with work by Christina Rossetti, Mary Webb, Ella Wheeler Wilcox and Emily Dickinson.
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This Week's Poems
Flint
by Christina Rossetti
From The Oxford Book of Children’s Verse
Published by Oxford University Press
Is it Done?
by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
From Poems of Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Published by WP Nimmo, Hay and Mitchell, Edinburgh
To the Sea
by Philip Larkin
Taken from Philip Larkin – Collected Poems.
Published by The Marvell Press & Faber
All things Pass by Lao Tzu, translated by Timothy Leary.
Taken from Poems and Readings for Funerals.
Published by Penguin.
The Brook
by Edward Thomas
From Edward Thomas – The Annotated Collected Poems.
Published by Bloodaxe
Green Rain
by Mary Webb
From A Book of Nature Poems.
Published by Viking Press
In Praise of Cities
by Thom Gunn
From Thom Gunn – Collected Poems.
Published by Faber
Remembrance
by Emily Bronte
From Selected Bronte Poems
Published by Basil Blackwell Ltd
The Winter Palace
by Philip Larkin
From Philip Larkin – Collected Poems.
Published by Faber
The Kingdom of God
by Francis Thompson
From The Poems of Francis Thompson.
Published by Hollis and Carter Ltd
He Fumbles at Your Soul
by Emily Dickinson
From The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson.
Published by Faber.
Drawing Water
by Ann Atkinson
Taken from her website, http://annatkinson.wordpress.com/poems/
Poppies
by Ida Affleck Graves
From A Kind Husband by Ida Affleck Graves.
Published by Oxford University Press
Ginger
by Zena Edwards.
Taken from 57 Productions website. http://www.57productions.com/ipoems_items.php?search=Zena%20Edwards
The Sorry Hostess
by Edgar A Gest
Taken from Just Folks by Edgar A Guest.
Published by The Reilly & Lee Co, Chicago 1917
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Producer | Sally Heaven |
Broadcasts
- Sun 21 Sep 201416:30BBC Radio 4
- Sat 27 Sep 201423:30BBC Radio 4
