
Women Poets
Roger McGough presents a selection of poetry written by women including Charlotte Mew, Wendy Cope and Kathleen Jamie. Maya Angelou reads her own work in a recording from the archives. Other readers are Lucy Black and Fiona Shaw. Producer Sally Heaven.
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Now I become myself
by May Sarton
Taken from http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/now-i-become-myself/
Phenomenal Woman
By Maya Angelou
From Maya Angelou - The Complete Collected Poems
Published by Virago
The Creel
by Kathleen Jamie
Taken from https://thisteacherslife.wordpress.com/2011/11/24/the-creel/
Names
By Wendy Cope
From Two Cures for Love
Published by Faber and Faber
Storm Warnings
By Adrienne Rich
From The Fact of a Doorframe – Poems Selected and New 1950-1984
Published by Norton
Dreamwood
By Adrienne Rich
Taken from http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/244130
The Coat
by Vicki Feaver
From Close Relatives
Published by Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd
Rain After Drought
By Mary Morison Webster
From http://nimnod.org/poetry/others/mmwebster
The Train
Mary Elizabeth Coleridge
Taken from http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-train-18/
Hatred
By Wislawa Szymborska
Translated by Stanislaw Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh
From Wislawa Szymborska – Poems New and Collected 1957-1997
Published by Faber and Faber
May 1915
By Charlotte Mew
From Charlotte Mew – Collected Poems
Published by Gerald Duckworth and Co Ltd
June 1915
By Charlotte Mew
From Charlotte Mew – Collected Poems
Published by Gerald Duckworth and Co Ltd
Courage
By Anne Sexton
From The Complete Poems of Anne Sexton
Published by Houghton Mifflin
When I Shall Die
By Olive Fraser
Sent in by requester
Stargazer
By Jo Shapcott
From Of Mutability
Published by Faber and Faber
Hello
By Sheenagh Pugh
Taken from Sheenagh Pugh – Selected Poems
Published by Seren Books
Home
By Elaine Feinstein
From Elaine Feinstein – Collected Poems and Translations
Published by Carcanet
Enough for Me
by Fadwa Tuqan
Taken from http://www.angelfire.com/rant/truthaboutpalestine/enough.html
Italia, Io Ti Saluto!
By Christina Rossetti
From Christina Rossetti – Poems and Prose
Published by Everyman
Bird
By Myra Schneider
From Circling the Core
Published by Enitharmon
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Reader | Maya Angelou |
| Reader | Lucy Black |
| Reader | Fiona Shaw |
| Producer | Sally Heaven |
Broadcasts
- Sun 6 Mar 201616:30BBC Radio 4
- Sat 12 Mar 201623:30BBC Radio 4