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This week
Sunday 28 May 2006
Roger McGough introduces a selection of poems chosen by listeners
Featured poems
Poem - Lana Turner Has Collapsed by Frank O'Hara From: The Faber Book of Movie Verse Publ: faber and faber
Poem for a Cinema Organist by Lawrence Sail From: Out of Land - New and Selected Poems Publ: Bloodaxe Books
Continuous by Tony Harrison From: Selected Poems Publ: Penguin
Bogart by Nicholas Flocos From: The Faber Book of Movie Verse Publ: faber and faber
Slapstick by Wislawa Szimborska, translated by Stanislaw Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh From: Poems New and Collected 1957-1997 Publ: faber and faber
Stan Laurel by John Mole From: Selected Poems Publ: Sinclair- Stevenson
Johnny Wayne and Randy Scott by Robert Service From: The Faber Book of Movie Verse Publ: faber and faber
Elvis by Stephen Knight From: Dream City Cinema Publ: Bloodaxe
The Projectionist's Nightmare by Brian Patten From: Grinning Jack Publ: Unwin Paperbacks
Donal Og by Anon, translated by Lady Gregory From: The Rattle Bag Publ: faber and faber
Film by Roger McGough From: Bad, Bad cats Publ: Puffin
The Movies by Billy Collins From: Sailing Alone Around the Room Publ: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Big Sue and Now Voyager by Carol Ann Duffy From: Selected Poems Publ: Penguin
On the Demolition of the Odeon Cinema by John Heath-Stubbs From: The Faber Book of Movie Verse Publ: faber and faber
Beau Geste by Roger McGough Unpublished
Where Are You Now Batman? by Brian Patten From: Grinning Jack Publ: Unwin Paperbacks
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