Robert Lowell and the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Roger McGough celebrates the centenary of American poet Robert Lowell, and other winners of the the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, including Robert Frost, Sharon Olds and Rita Dove. Producer Sally Heaven.
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This Week's Poems
Epilogue
By Robert Lowell
Taken from https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/47693
The Flaw
By Robert Lowell
From Robert Lowell’s Poems – A Selection
Published by Redwood Burn Limited (First published by Faber and Faber Limited, 1974)
Little Girl, Be Careful What You Say
By Carl Sandburg
Taken from https://prezi.com/ws8xctbb34fg/copy-of-little-girl-be-careful-what-you-say-by-carl-sandburg/
Eros Turannos
By Edwin Arlington Robinson
Taken from https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/detail/12839
The Madman
By Amy Lowell
Taken from The Complete Poetical Works of Amy Lowell
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company
Things Shouldn't be So Hard
Kay Ryan- Things Shouldn't be So Hard
Taken from http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=2006/09/27
Attempted Banquet
Sharon Olds
Taken from http://structureandstyle.org/post/50111788903/attempted-banquet
Two Tramps in Mudtime
Robert Frost
From The Poetry of Robert Frost
Published by Jonathan Cape
Extract from Blue Flag in the Bog
By Edna St Vincent Millay
From Collected Poems – Edna St Vincent Millay
Published by Harper Perennial
Testimonial
By Rita Dove
Taken from https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/detail/40129
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Producer | Sally Heaven |
Broadcasts
- Sun 30 Apr 201716:30BBC Radio 4
- Sat 6 May 201723:30BBC Radio 4
