
Journeys
Roger McGough goes on a journey in the company of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, CP Cavafy, Matthew Arnold and Sir Gawain. Producer Sally Heaven.
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This Week's Poems
Ulysses
by Alfred Lord Tennyson
From Selected Poems
Published by Penguin Classics
The Spell of The Yukon
by Robert Service
From The Best of Robert Service
Published by Ernest Benn
Extract from The Golden Journey to Samarkand
by James Elroy Flecker
From Selected poems of James Elroy Flecker
Published by Rowan Books
Extract from The Canterbury Tales
by Geoffrey Chaucer
Translated by David Wright
Published by Oxford University Press
Extract from Sohrab and Rustum
by Matthew Arnold
From The Everyman Book of Narrative Verse,
Published by JM Dent & Sons
A Sea Song
by Allan Cunningham
From A Book of Scottish Verse
Published by St Martin’s Press
Ithaka
by CP Cafavy
translated by John Mavrogordato
From A Literary Companion to Travel in Greece
Published by Penguin
Extract from Mort D’Artur
by Alfred Lord Tennyson
From Selected Poems
Published by Penguin Classics
Citizen of The World
by Dave Calder
From A Big Bunch of Poems by Dave Calder
Published by Other Publications
The Road not Taken
by Robert Frost
From Frost: Poems
Published by Everyman’s Library Pocket Poets
Extracts from Gawain and the Green Night
From both traditional and Simon Armitage Translation
Published by Faber & Faber
Old Woman of The Roads
by Padraic Colum
From Irish Verse: An Anthology
Published by Dover Publications
Credit
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
Broadcasts
- Sun 1 Mar 201516:30BBC Radio 4
- Sat 7 Mar 201523:30BBC Radio 4