07/09/2014
Roger McGough presents a mixed bag as requested by listeners, including poems by Allan Ahlberg and DH Lawrence for teachers returning to work, and Keats' classic autumnal ode.
Roger McGough presents a mixed bag as requested by listeners, including poems by Allan Ahlberg and DH Lawrence for teachers returning to work, Keats' classic Autumnal ode, and watery poetry by Thomas Hardy and Charles Tomlinson. There's also James Joyce and Thom Gunn, and Sean Street reading his paean to a jazz great, 'Hearing Buddy Bolden'.
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This Week's Poems
Swimming Chenango Lake
By Charles Tomlinson
From Collected Poems
Published by Oxford UP
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Under the Waterfall
By Thomas Hardy
From The Oxford Authors: Thomas Hardy
Published by Oxford UP
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To Autumn
By John Keats
From Poems selected by Andrew Motion
Published by Faber & Faber
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School Bell (aka The Last Lesson)
By DH Lawrence
From Complete Poems
Published by Penguin
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Scissors
By Allan Ahlberg
From Please Mrs Butler
Published by Puffin Books
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The Bridge
By John Redwood Anderson
From Poems for Pleasure: An Anthology by AF Scott (Book II)
Published by Cambridge UP
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Hearing Buddy Bolden
By Sean Street
From Jazz Time
Published by Lapwing Publications
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She Weeps Over Rahoon
By James Joyce
From Poems and Shorter Writings
Published by Faber & Faber
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On the Move
Thom Gunn
From Collected Poems
Published by Faber & Faber
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A Brief for the Defense
By Jack Gilbert
From Refusing Heaven
Published by Knopf
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Altar Smoke
By Rosalie Grayer
From The Golden Books Family Treasury of Poetry (selected by Louis Untermeyer)
Published by Golden Books, New York
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Producer | Sally Heaven |
Broadcasts
- Sun 7 Sep 2014 16:3091热爆 Radio 4
- Sat 13 Sep 2014 23:3091热爆 Radio 4