In-between Days
Roger McGough presents poems that look forward and back for an in-between time of year. There are memories and desires, some regrets, but poems of hope and expectation too.
Winter is over but Spring has not quite sprung. Roger McGough presents a selection of poetry requests for an in-between time of year which looks both forward and back. The programme's full of memories and desires, some regrets; but poems of hope and expectation too. Expect stars, trees, childhood escapades, journeys taken (and not taken); things viewed across distances of time and space. Producer James Cook.
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This Week's Poems
Escape at Bedtime
By Robert Louis Stevenson
From The Kingfisher Book of Children’s Poetry
Published by Kingfisher Books
To the Evening Star
By William Blake
From Blake’s Poetical Works
Published by Oxford University Press
Three Trees
By Paul Henry
http://www.paulhenrypoet.co.uk/three_trees.htm
Growth Rings
By Menna Elfyn
Translated by Damian Walford Davies
From Murmur
Published by Bloodaxe Books
Blossom
By Kathleen Jamie
From The Bonniest Companie
Published by Picador
Notes From an Italian Journey
By Alan Wickes
From Voceti
Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Between Two Bridges
By Paul Henry
From http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poem/item/5720/auto/0/BETWEEN-TWO-BRIDGES
Sometimes
By Christala Rosena
From http://christalarosina.co.uk/momc.html
Meeting Point
By Louis MacNeice
From Louis MacNeice – Collected Poems
Published by Faber & Faber
After They Have Tired of the Brilliance of Cities
By Stephen Spender
From Stephen Spender – New Collected Poems
Published by Faber & Faber
Extract from ‘The Prelude’
By William Wordsworth
From The Prelude
Published by Penguin Classics
The Darkling Thrush
By Thomas Hardy
From The Oxford Authors – Thomas Hardy
By Oxford University Press
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Producer | James Cook |
Broadcasts
- Sun 12 Mar 201716:30BBC Radio 4
- Sat 18 Mar 201723:30BBC Radio 4
