Poetry by Heart
Roger McGough is back with the first in a new series of the poetry requests show. This edition comes from the annual Poetry by Heart competition.
Roger McGough is back with the first in a new series of the poetry requests show. This programme comes from the annual Poetry by Heart competition. Students learn and recite a variety of poems, from Sylvia Plath's Morning Song to A Satirical Elegy by Jonathan Swift. There's a wealth of talent on display, but who will be crowned winner?
If you fancy making a request then get in touch at [email protected] or tweet us @bbcpoetryplease. Producer Sally Heaven.
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This Week's Poems
St Kevin and the Blackbird
by Seamus Heaney
From Opened Ground: Poems 1966 – 1996
Published by Faber and Faber
Concert Party: Busseboom
by Edmund Blunden
From The Faber Book of War Poetry
Published by Faber and Faber
Easter Monday
by Eleanor Farjeon
From Peace and War; a Collection of Poems
Published by Oxford University Press
Morning Song
by Sylvia Plath
From Collected Poems
Published by Faber and Faber
The Chimney Sweeper
by William Blake
From Poetry By Heart – Poems for Learning and Reciting
Published by Penguin
Two Pages
by Choman Hardi
From ‘Life For Us’
Published by Bloodaxe Books
A Satirical Elegy On the Death of a Late Famous General
by Jonathan Swift
From Poetry By Heart – Poems for Learning and Reciting
Published by Penguin
Envy
by Adelaide Ann Procter
From Poetry By Heart – Poems for Learning and Reciting
Published by Penguin
Invitation to Love
by Paul Dunbar
From Poetry By Heart – Poems for Learning and Reciting
Published by Penguin
Extract from The Ballad of Reading Gaol
by Oscar Wilde
From Poetry By Heart – Poems for Learning and Reciting
Published by Penguin
Machines
by Michael Donaghy
From Conjure
Published by Picador
My Grandfather at the Pool
by Glyn Maxwell
Taken from http://www.poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/my-grandfather-at-the-pool/
Glyn Maxwell is published by Picador
In Parenthesis
by David Jones
From In Parenthesis
Published by Faber and Faber
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Producer | Sally Heaven |
Broadcasts
- Sun 17 Apr 201616:30BBC Radio 4
- Sat 23 Apr 201623:30BBC Radio 4
