
Listener Stories
Listeners tell Roger McGough the stories behind their poetry requests. Poems include William Blake's The Tyger, The Thought Fox by Ted Hughes and To the Cuckoo by Wordsworth. Producer Sally Heaven.
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This Week's Poems
Retrospect
by Rupert Brooke
From The Complete Poems of Rupert Brooke
Published by Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd
My Star
by Robert Browning
From The Poetical Works of Robert Browning Vol II
Published by John Murray
To the Cuckoo
by William Wordsworth
Wordsworth – Poems Selected by Seamus Heaney
Published by Faber and Faber
IX from Last Poems
By AE Housman
From The Collected Poems of A. E. Housman
Published by Jonathan Cape
Extract from Sand
by Dylan Iorworth
(sent in by listener)
Stop Thief (rewritten)
By Roger McGough
The Thought Fox
by Ted Hughes
From Poetry Please – The Nation’s Best-Loved Poems
Published by Faber & Faber
Away and See
by Carol Ann Duffy
From Carol Ann Duffy – Selected Poems
Published by Penguin
The Tyger
by William Blake
From Poetry Please – the Nation’s Best-Loved Poems
Published by Faber and Faber
Song of a Young Lady to her Ancient Lover
by John Wilmot Earl of Rochester
Taken from the CD Popular Poetry, Popular Verse Vol II
Label: Naxos
Lines on a Young Lady's Photo Album
by Philip Larkin
From Collected Poems by Philip Larkin
Published by Faber & Faber
The Horse Whisperer
by Andrew Forster
Taken from https://herddynamics.wordpress.com/horse-whisperer-poem-by-andrew-forster/
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Producer | Sally Heaven |
Broadcasts
- Sun 1 May 201616:30BBC Radio 4
- Sat 7 May 201623:30BBC Radio 4