
Miscellany
Roger McGough presents a miscellany of listeners poetry requests. Poets include John Clare, WH Davies, Laurence Lerner and Olive Ritch. Producer Sally Heaven.
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In Time of the Breaking of Nations
by Thomas Hardy
From The Oxford Authors – Thomas Hardy
Published by Oxford University Press
The Pier-Glass
By Robert Graves
From Robert Graves – Collected Poems
Published by Oxford University Press
Extract from Mementos
by Charlotte Bronte
From The Brontes
Published by Everyman Poetry
On the Hill
by Alfred Lord Tennyson
From Alfred Lord Tennyson – Complete Works
Published by Delphi Classics
I'll Dream Upon the Days to Come
by John Clare
The Later Poems of John Clare, 1837–1864, Volume II
Published by Clarendon Press
A Great Time
by WH Davies
From Modern British Poetry
Published by Harcourt, Brace
Kin
by Deborah Harvey
Taken from http://deborahharvey.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/kin.html
The Hand Game
by Olive Ritch
Taken from http://www.poetrysoc.com/content/npc30/npc03/
Rembrandt Addresses His Mirror
By Laurence Lerner
From Rembrandt’s Mirror by Laurence Lerner
Published by Vanderbilt University Press
The Ancient World
by Mark Doty
Taken from http://www.poemhunter.com/best-poems/mark-doty/the-ancient-world/
Judging Distances
By Henry Reed
From The Bloodaxe Book of 20th Century Poetry; from Britain and Ireland
Published by Bloodaxe
Nothing Twice
by Wislawa Szymborska translated by Clare Cavangh and Stanislaw Barranczak
From Wislawa Szymborska – Poems New and Collected 1957-1997
Published by Faber and Faber
Credit
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
Broadcasts
- Sun 29 May 201616:30BBC Radio 4 FM
- Sat 4 Jun 201623:30BBC Radio 4