Brian Bilston

'Poet Laureate of Twitter' Brian Bilston chooses his favourites from among the listener requests, including UA Fanthorpe, Henry Reed, Philip Larkin and more.

Produced by Sally Heaven for BBC Audio in Bristol.

Frank O’Hara - Having a Coke with You
Taken from “Selected Poems”
Published by Carcanet

Henry Reed - Naming of Parts
Taken from “Collected Poems”
Published by Carcanet

Billy Collins - The Lanyard
Taken from “The Trouble with Poetry and Other Poems”
Published by Picador

Thomas Hardy - Ah, Are you Digging On My Grave?
Taken from “The Collected Poems of Thomas Hardy”
Published by Wordsworth Editions

W.H Auden - Musee des Beaux Arts
Taken from “Collected Poems”
Published by Faber

Mandy Coe - Let's Celebrate
Taken from “Clay”
Published by Shoestring Press

Rosemary Tonks - Dressing-Gown Olympian
Taken from “Bedouin of the London Evening”
Published by Bloodaxe

Philip Larkin - An Arundel Tomb
Taken from “Collected Poems”
Published by Faber

Luke Kennard - The Murderer
Taken from “The Harbour Beyond the Movie”
Published by Salt Publishing