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Poetry Postcards

Made for 4 Extra. Daljit Nagra introduces Poetry Postcards with poets from the Commonwealth. Hosted by Razia Iqbal. From 2014.

Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s radio poetry archive selecting Poetry Postcards.

In 2014 Glasgow hosted the Commonwealth Games. For this programme a poet from each participating nation and territory were invited to send a poem to Glasgow for the Games.

Razia Iqbal discusses the common themes arising from the collection with four of the participating poets: Sasenarine Persaud from Guyana; Nigerian journalist and poet Tolu Ogunlesi; Toni Stuart, a performance poet from South Africa; and Trinidadian Vahni Capildeo.

Produced by Liza Greig.

First broadcast on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 in 2014.

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 10 Jun 2019 05:00

Broadcasts

  • Sun 9 Jun 2019 17:00
  • Mon 10 Jun 2019 05:00