16/02/2014
Roger McGough presents a selection of listeners poetry requests, from Lewis Carroll to Billy Collins via Kipling and Rossetti. There's also a close look at the poetry of Raymond Carver. With readers Harriet Walter and Guy Paul.
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If
By Rudyard Kipling
From Rudyard Kipling Verse: Definitive Edition
Published by Hodder & Stoughton
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What the Doctor Said
By Raymond Carver
From A New Path to the Waterfall
Published by Harvill (Harper Collins)
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Forgetfulness
By Billy Collins
From Staying Alive: Real Poems for Unreal Times
Published by Bloodaxe Books
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Late Fragment
By Raymond Carver
From A New Path to the Waterfall
Published by Harvill (Harper Collins)
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Prosser
By Raymond Carver
From Fires
Published by Picador
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The Big Parade
By Stephen Knight
From Dream City Cinema
Published by Bloodaxe Books
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His Bathrobe Pocket Stuffed with Notes
By Raymond Carver
From A New Path to the Waterfall
Published by Harvill (Harper Collins)
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A Birthday
By Christina Rossetti
From Selected Poems
Published by Penguin
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Foreign Lands
By Robert Louis Stevenson
From Selected Poems
Published by Penguin
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The Walrus and the Carpenter
By Lewis Carroll
From The Puffin Book of Nonsense Verse
Published by Puffin
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Gunga Din
By Rudyard Kipling
From Rudyard Kipling Verse: Definitive Edition
Published by Hodder & Stoughton
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Reader | Harriet Walter |
| Reader | Guy Paul |
Broadcasts
- Sun 16 Feb 2014 16:30蜜芽传媒 Radio 4
- Sat 22 Feb 2014 23:30蜜芽传媒 Radio 4