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This week
Sunday 2 October 2005
Roger McGough introduces a selection of poems chosen by listeners
Featured poems
Rain on Dry Ground by Christopher Fry From: The Boy with the Cart Publ: Frederick Muller Ltd
The Falcom to the Falconer by Jonathan Steffen From: Poem for the Day published by Sinclair-Stevenson
Wild Geese by Mary Oliver From: Wild Geese : Selected Poems Publ: Bloodaxe
Two Eagles by Andrew Motion From: Public Property Publ: Faber & Faber
Bird Log by Jeremy Grange. Overall winner of BBC Wildlife Magazine competition
Dormouse Stronghold by Paul Farley Unpublished
Toad by Norman MacCaig From: The Equal Skies Chatto
Rain on Dry Ground by Christopher Fry From: The Boy with the Cart Publ: Frederick Muller Ltd
The Falcom to the Falconer by Jonathan Steffen From: Poem for the Day published by Sinclair-Stevenson
Wild Geese by Mary Oliver From: Wild Geese : Selected Poems Publ: Bloodaxe
Two Eagles by Andrew Motion From: Public Property Publ: Faber & Faber
Bird Log by Jeremy Grange. Overall winner of BBC Wildlife Magazine competition
Dormouse Stronghold by Paul Farley Unpublished
Toad by Norman MacCaig From: The Equal Skies Chatto
The Owl Critic by JT Fields (non copyright) From: The Oxford Book of American Light Verse Publ: Oxford
Wheelie Bin Robins by Aidan Tulloch. Winner of the aged 7 and under competition run by BBC Wildlife Magazine
Spell to Bring a Smile by John Agard From: Laughter is an Egg Publ: Puffin
Reason for Not Writing Orthodox Nature Poetry by John Wain From: The Albemarle Book of Modern Verse 2
From: Dart by Alice Oswald Publ: Faber & Faber
The Cat and the Moon by Yeats From: The Collected Poems Publ: Palgrave
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