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POETRY SEASON 2009 : ON RADIO 3POETRY ON RADIO 3Radio 3 regularly covers poetry in its arts, culture and ideas programmes. In particular,
 Alfred Lord Tennyson mini season
 It was just the loud tick of the clock...On the 1 July 2009 edition of Breakfast Ian McMillan invited listeners to send in serious limericks and selected lines suggested by the audience to create the Breakfast limerick. Radio 3 BROADCASTS that featured as part of the BBC's 2009 Poetry Season 19 July 2009: Words and Music - Radio 3 presenters' recommended poemsAs part of the BBC Poetry Season, a selection of poems recommended by BBC Radio 3 presenters together with music.  2 Aug 2009 : Sunday Feature - Searching for Alfred In the Shadow of Tennyson200 years after Tennyson's birth, poet Ruth Padel investigates his legacy in art, film and music of all kinds and reveals that Tennyson is a poet for our times as well as his own. 3-6 Aug 09 : The Essay - Tennyson 200Four contemporary British poets each choose a single poem or extract by Tennyson and give a personal account of why it means so much to them. LISTEN ONLINE - readings of poetry and Sonnets were available online for a year. These readings are no longer available. 30 May 2009 : Music Feature - Ode to WhitmanRob Cowan explores the enduring attraction to composers of the poetry of Walt Whitman, discovering the importance of song to the poet, and the inherently musical aspects of his writing.  24 May 2009 : Sunday Feature - Children of the Whitsun WeddingsPoets Kate Clanchy and Paul Farley take a train through ‘Larkinland,’ as they explore their mutual admiration for Philip Larkin’s work.  18 - 22 May 2009 : The Essay - Under the InfluenceSeries in which contemporary poets write about others whose work has influenced their own. MORE FROM POETRY SEASONI pressed the buzzer, shut my eyes...Listeners to Radio 3's Breakfast on 21 May, spurred on by The Verb's Ian McMillan, created a rather lovely poem. |  | More poetryArts, literature and ideas programmes on Radio 3
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