A dollop of nonsense and a hint of spring
Roger McGough presents a selection of listeners poetry requests, including a helping of nonsense from Mervyn Peake and Guy Wetmore Carryl, a hint of spring from Wordsworth, and a poem in praise of Galoshes. Readers are Harriet Walter and Guy Paul.
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An Unstamped Letter in a Rural Letterbox
By Robert Frost
From The Poetry of Robert Frost听听听听听听听
Published by Jonathan Cape
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Handbag
By Ruth Fainlight听听听
From New & Collected Poems
Published by Bloodaxe Books
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Black Rook in Rainy Weather
By Sylvia Plath
From Sylvia Plath: Collected Poems 1956-1963
Published by Faber & Faber
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Don鈥檛 Let That Horse Eat That Violin
By Lawrence Ferlinghetti 听
From These Are My Rivers: New and Selected Poems听
Published by New Directions Publishing Corporation
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Not My Best Side
By U.A. Fanthorpe
From U.A. Fanthorpe: Selected Poems
Published by Penguin
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The Frivolous Cake
By Mervyn Peake
From The Chatto Book of Nonsense Poetry
Published by Chatto
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The Sycophantic Fox and the Gullible Raven
By Guy Wetmore Caryl
From The Oxford Book of Children鈥檚 Verse in America
Published by OUP USA
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Miracle on St David鈥檚 Day
By Gillian Clarke
From Collected Poems
Published by Carcanet
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Daffodils (I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud)
By William Wordsworth
From William Wordsworth: Poems Selected by Seamus Heaney
Published by Faber & Faber
Recording from the Poetry Please archive (originally broadcast on听30th Jan 2001)
Read by Ralph Fiennes
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Galoshes
By Paul Jennings
From A Choice of Comic and Curious Verse
Published by Allen Lane
In copyright
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The Psalm of Life
By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
From The Poetical Works of Longfellow
Published by Oxford UP
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Reader | Harriet Walter |
| Reader | Guy Paul |
Broadcasts
- Sun 23 Feb 2014 16:30蜜芽传媒 Radio 4
- Sat 1 Mar 2014 23:30蜜芽传媒 Radio 4