John Masefield and the Sea
Roger McGough marks 50 years since the death of John Masefield with a programme full of poetry about the sea, from the Odyssey to the Ancient Mariner to the Mermaid at Zennor. Producer Sally Heaven.
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This week's poems
Sea Fever
By John Masefield
From Collected Poems – John Masefield
Published by William Heinemann Ltd
The Galley-Rowers
By John Masefield
From Collected Poems – John Masefield
Published by William Heinemann Ltd
Odyssey
By Homer
Dramatisation by Simon Armitage
Hermes of the Ways
By HD (Hilda Doolittle)
From Collected Poems, 1912–1944 [H.D. (Hilda Doolittle)]
Published by New Directions
Rime of the Ancient Mariner: Part 1
By Samuel Taylor Coleridge
From Poems: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Published by Everyman
Home-Thoughts from the Sea
By Robert Browning
From Browning: Poems selected by W.E Williams
Published by Penguin Books
At Whose Sheltering Shall the Day Sea
By WS Graham
Taken from Poetry Foundation
To the Mermaid at Zennor
By John Heath-Stubbs
From The Puffin Book of Salt-Sea Verse
Published by Puffin/Penguin
A Sea Child
By Bliss Carman
Taken from Bartleby
Pre-Existence
By Frances Cornford
From Frances Cornford – Collected Poems
Published by The Cresset Press
The Sea
By James Reeves
From The New Oxford Book of Children’s Verse
Published by Oxford University Press
The View
By Kathleen Jamie
From The Bonniest Companie
Published by Picador
Lovers on Aran
By Seamus Heaney
Taken from PoemHunter.com
This Page is a Cloud
By Derek Walcott
Taken from Scottish Poetry Library
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Producer | Sally Heaven |
Broadcasts
- Sat 13 May 201723:30BBC Radio 4
- Sat 25 Nov 201723:30BBC Radio 4 FM
