Groups of Poets
Roger McGough looks at the poetry produced by groups of friends throughout history, from the Scriblerus club to the Mersey poets, by way of the Lakes and Rose Street. Producer Sally Heaven.
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This Week's Poems
Extract from Essay on Criticism
By Alexander Pope
From Poetical Works [Alexander Pope]
Published by Oxford University Press
A Description of the Morning
By Jonathan Swift
From Everyman's Book of English Verse
Published by J M Dent
Abou Ben Adhem
By Leigh Hunt
Taken from http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/44433
Ode on a Grecian urn
By John Keats
From Keats’s Poetry and Prose
Published by WW Norton and Company
The Inchcape Rock
By Robert Southey
Taken from http://www.bellrock.org.uk/misc/misc_poem.htm
She Dwelt Among th’ Untrodden Ways
By William Wordsworth
From William Wordsworth – Selected Poetry
Published by Penguin
If I Could tell You
By W H Auden
From W H Auden – Collected Shorter Poems – 1927-1957
Published by Faber and Faber
My parents kept me from children who were rough
By Stephen Spender
From Stephen Spender- Collected Poems
Published by Faber and Faber
Sparrow
By Norman MacCaig
From Norman MacCaig – Collected Poems
Published by Chatto & Windus
Waxwing
By Norman MacCaig
From Norman MacCaig – Collected Poems
Published by Chatto & Windus
The Bell
By Adrian Henri
Taken from http://www.adrianhenri.com/writer-poems-thebell.html
Armada
By Brian Patten
From Armada
Published by Flamingo
Take Comfort
By Roger McGough
From As Far As I Know
Published by Penguin
Everyday Eclipses
By Roger McGough
From Roger McGough – Collected Poems
Published by Penguin / Viking
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Producer | Sally Heaven |
Broadcasts
- Sun 15 May 201616:30BBC Radio 4
- Sat 21 May 201623:30BBC Radio 4
