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Jacob Sam-La Rose

Jacob Sam-La Rose joins Roger McGough to share his favourite poems from listeners' requests, including poems by Billy Collins, Imtiaz Dharker, Sharon Olds and Josef Komunyakaa.

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 17 Feb 201823:30

This Week's Poems

Jabberwocky

By Lewis Carroll

From Through the Looking Glass And What Alice Found There

Published by Penguin

Minority

By Imtiaz Dharker

From Postcards from God

Published by Bloodaxe Books

Talk This Way

By Jacob Sam-La Rose

From Breaking Silence

Published by Bloodaxe

Requiem

By Yusef Komunyakaa

Published in Callaloo 31/2/2008

The Race

Sharon Olds

From The Father

Published by Knopf

Nuclear

By Terrance Hayes

From Hip Logic

Published by Penguin

The House on Jubilee Street

By Malika Booker

From Penguin Modern Poets 3

Published by Penguin

The Dead

By Billy Collins

From Sailing Alone Around the Room – New and Selected Poems

Published by Random House

A Life in Dreams

By Jacob Sam-La Rose

From Poetry By Heart

Published by Penguin / Viking

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterRoger McGough
Interviewed GuestJacob Sam-La Rose
ProducerBecky Ripley

Broadcasts

  • Sun 11 Feb 201816:30
  • Sat 17 Feb 201823:30