The Poem as Portrait
Roger McGough presents a selection of requests for poems which paint a portrait, including contributions from Lord Byron, UA Fanthorpe and Charles Causley. Producer Sally Heaven.
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This Week's Poems
The Idle Shepherd Boys
By William Wordsworth
From William Wordsworth – The Major Works
Published by Oxford University Press
The Schoolboy
By William Blake
From Blake’s Poetical Works
Published by Oxford University Press
Nurse's Song - Innocence
By William Blake
From Blake’s Poetical Works
Published by Oxford University Press
Nurse's Song - Experience
By William Blake
From Blake’s Poetical Works
Published by Oxford University Press
The Road Menders
By Laurence Binyon
From The Collected Poems of Laurence Binyon Volume 2
Published by Macmillan and Co Limited
Almswomen
By Edmund Blunden
From Poems of Many Years by Edmund Blunden
Published by Collins
The Vagabond
by John Drinkwater
From John Drinkwater Collected Poems Volume 1 1908-1917
Published by Sidgwick and Jackson Limited
Superannuated Psychiatrist
By UA Fanthorpe
From U.A Fanthorpe – Collected Poems 1978-2003
Published by Peterloo Poets
Chief Petty Officer
By Charles Causley
From Charles Causley – Collected Poems 1951-1997
Published by Macmillan
Mr Bleaney
By Philip Larkin
From Philip Larkin – Collected Poems
Published by Faber & Faber
Self Portrait, 1906
By Rainer Maria Rilke
Translated by Stephen Cohn
Taken from Rilke: New Poems
Published by Carcanet
Self portrait
By Linda Pastan
Taken from https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse?volume=171&issue=1&page=69
She Walks in Beauty
By Lord Byron
From Lord Byron – Selected Poems
Published by Bloomsbury
When You Are Old
By WB Yeats
From Yeats
Published by Everyman
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Producer | Sally Heaven |
Broadcasts
- Sun 26 Feb 201716:30BBC Radio 4
- Sat 4 Mar 201723:30BBC Radio 4
