
Poetry Please: Goblin Market
Daljit Nagra introduces an edition featuring works by Christina Rossetti, including Goblin Market. The reader is Shirley Henderson. Presented by Roger McGough.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4's Poet in Residence, Daljit Nagra revisits the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s radio poetry archive.
In 'Poetry Please' Roger McGough features the poems of Christina Rossetti. Shirley Henderson gives a beguiling rendition of what is arguably Rossetti's most famous poem 'Goblin Market', published in 1862. It's a heady fairy tale about temptation involving two sisters, Laura and Lizzie. The poem has a sexual undertone and a menacing quality that lurks among the persistent pleas of the fruit selling Goblin men to 'come buy, come buy.' Visits to your greengrocer may never be the same again.
There is also a reading of another of Rossetti's much requested and moving poems 'Remember,' as well as a lesser known poem of pilgrimage, 'Up-hill'.
Producer: Sarah Langan
First broadcast on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 in 2014 .
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- Sun 22 Nov 2015 17:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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