
Dreams and Sleep
Roger McGough introduces poems about dreams and sleep, with works by DH Lawrence, Rose Macaulay, Norman MacCaig and others. The readers are Adjoa Andoh and Patrick Romer.
Dreams and sleep people the poems that Roger McGough introduces this week, with works by DH Lawrence, Rose Macaulay, Norman MacCaig and others. Poets from across the centuries nudge up against each other, as they engage in a dialogue around the ways in which day dreams and deep sleep can stoke the imagination. The readers are Adjoa Andoh and Patrick Romer.
Producer: Mark Smalley.
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This Week's Poems
Journey Planner
By Lorraine Mariner
From Bye for NowÂ
Published by The Rialto (Bridge Pamphlets No. 1)
Travel
By Edna St Vincent Millay
From Collected Poems (ed. Norma Millay)
Published by Harper PerennialÂ
Pleasant Sounds
By John ClareÂ
From Sensational: Poems Inspired by the SensesÂ
Published by Macmillan Children’s Books
Music’s Empire
By Andrew Marvell
From The Complete Poems
Published by Penguin
Incident
By Norman MacCaigÂ
From Collected Poems: New Edition
Published by Chatto & WindusÂ
Day Dream
By ASJ TessimondÂ
From Collected Poems (trans. Jacques Prevert)
Published by Bloodaxe Books
Elizabeth Pender’s Dream of Friendship
By Alan BrownjohnÂ
From Alan Brownjohn: Collected Poems 1951-83
Published by Secker & WarburgÂ
While I was Sleeping
By Antonio Machado (trans. Willis Barnstone)
From Being Alive (ed. Neil Astley)
Published by Bloodaxe BooksÂ
Four Corners of Sleep
By Benn Moston
From The Civilized and Other Poems
Published by Arthur H Stockwell
We Are Transmitters
By D.H. LawrenceÂ
From The Love Poems of D.H. Lawrence
Published by Kyle Cathie
I’d Rather Go Hedging
By Frank MansellÂ
From Cotswold Ballads
Published by Richard Courtauld
When First
By Edward Thomas
From Collected Poems
Published by Faber
Selborne HangerÂ
By Gilbert WhiteÂ
From The Natural History & Antiquities of Selborne
To Iron-Founders and OthersÂ
By Gordon BottomleyÂ
From The Oxford Book of Modern Verse 1892-1935Â
Published by Oxford University PressÂ
Picnic July 1917
By Rose MacaulayÂ
From First World War Poems, chosen by Andrew Motion.Â
Published by Faber & Faber
Credits
Role | Contributor |
---|---|
Presenter | Roger McGough |
Reader | Adjoa Andoh |
Reader | Patrick Romer |
Producer | Mark Smalley |
Broadcasts
- Sun 2 Feb 2014 16:30ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Sat 8 Feb 2014 23:30ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4