Work
Roger McGough presents a selection of listeners' requests for poems on the theme of work, from the meaningful days to the monotonous routine.
Roger McGough presents a selection of listeners' requests for poems on the theme of work; praising meaningful days, night shifts and tool boxes. Today's programme features poets Liz Berry, William Letford and Caleb Parkin reading their own works, and others from Carolyn Wells, Phillip Levine and U. A Fanthorpe.
Producer: Eliza Lomas.
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This Week's Poems
Nailmaking
By Liz Berry
From Black Country, Chatto & Windus
Published by Chatto
Daily Wages
By Amrita Pritam
Translated by Charles Brash
From Soul Food
Published by Bloodaxe Books
Leisure (from Songs of Joy and Others)
By WH Davies
From A Book of Nature Poems
Published by Viking Press
The Workbox
By Thomas Hardy
From The Complete Poems of Thomas Hardy
Published by Macmillan
Domestic Work 1937
By Natasha Tretheway
From Domestic Work
Published by Graywolf Press
Worker
By William Letford
From Bevel
Published by Carcanet Press
Fired With Enthusiasm
By Roger McGough
You Will Be Hearing From Us Shortly
By U. A. Fanthorpe
From U.A Fanthorpe – Collected Poems 1978-2003
Published by Peterloo Poets
Routine
By Arthur Guitarman
From Good Poems, selected by Garrison Keillor
Published by Penguin
The Desktop Metaphor
by Caleb Parkin
Unpublished
Chair
By Lorraine Mariner
From Furniture
Published by Picador
What Work is
By Philip Levine
Stranger to Nothing
Published by Bloodaxe Books
An Overworked Elocutionist
By Carolyn Wells
From An Overworked Elocutionist
Published by Iron Rabbit Bindery
The Night Shift
By Oliver Reynolds
From The Oslo Tram
Published by Faber and Faber
Be Prepared
By William Letford
From Bevel
Published by Carcanet Press
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Producer | Eliza Lomas |
Broadcasts
- Sun 28 May 201716:30BBC Radio 4
- Sat 3 Jun 201723:30BBC Radio 4
