
Autumn
Roger McGough celebrates the autumn equinox with poetry by AE Housman, Wordsworth, Sylvia Plath, RS Thomas and more. Producer Sally Heaven.
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This Week's Poems
A Day in Autumn
by RS Thomas
A Book of Nature Poems
Published by Viking Press
Digging
By Edward Thomas
From Poetry Please: The Seasons
Published by Faber & Faber
October
By Jean Sprackland
From Poetry Please: The Seasons
Published by Faber & Faber
The Sands of Dee
By Charles Kingsley
From The Kingfisher Book of Children's Poetry
Published by Kingfisher Books
Beech
By Elizabeth Jennings
From Poetry Please: The Seasons
Published by Faber & Faber
Last Week in October
By Thomas Hardy
From The Oxford Authors: Thomas Hardy
Published by Oxford University Press
The Solitary Reaper
By William Wordsworth
From Everyman's Book of Evergreen Verse
Published by J. M. Dent
To Meadows
By Robert Herrick
From The Oxford Book of Seventeenth Century Verse
Published by Oxford University Press
Autumn
by Vernon Scannell
From Collected Poems 1950-1993
Published by Faber & Faber
The 4th of November
By Liz Berry
New and unpublished
November Songs
By Elaine Feinstein
From Elaine Feinstein: Collected Poems and Translations
Published by Carcanet
Poppies in October
By Sylvia Plath
From Poetry Please: The Seasons
Published by Faber & Faber
Autumn A Dirge
By Percy Bysshe Shelley
From The Complete Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley
Published by The Modern Library
Autumn
by Roy Campbell
From The Collected Poems of Roy Campbell
Published by The Bodley Head
Now is the Time for the Burning of the Leaves
By Laurence Binyon
From Poetry Please: The Seasons
Published by Faber & Faber
When Summer's End is Nighing
By AE Houseman
From Poetry Please: The Seasons
Published by Faber & Faber
Extract from Autumn Journal
By Louis MacNeice
Published by Faber & Faber
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Producer | Sally Heaven |
Broadcasts
- Sun 18 Sep 201616:30BBC Radio 4
- Sat 24 Sep 201623:30BBC Radio 4
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