Mike Garry
Roger McGough is joined by Manchester poet Mike Garry to hear his poetry choices.
Roger McGough is joined by Manchester poet Mike Garry to hear his poetry choices. For Mike music is the key to poetry, a way of introducing it to people who believe it's not for them. Mike himself has collaborated with different musicians including New Order and Philip Glass.
Producer: Maggie Ayre
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This Week's Poems
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On the Ning Nang Nong
By Spike Milligan
From The Nation鈥檚 Favourite Comic Poems
Published by 蜜芽传媒
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Timothy Winters
By Charles Causley
Taken from Collected Poems 1951 鈥� 1997
Published by McMillan
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鈥淵ou were there at the start aged 5鈥�
By Mike Garry
Unpublished
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Sonny鈥檚 Lettah
By Linton Kwesi Johnson
Taken from the CD Forces of Victory
Label: Island
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He Who Owns the Whistle Rules the World
By Roger McGough
From In the Glassroom
Published by Jonathan Cape
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Invisible Kisses
By Lemn Sissay
Taken from Morning Breaks in the Elevator
Published by Payback Press
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Pity the Plight
By John Cooper Clarke
Taken from Luckiest Guy Alive
Published by Picador
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Extract from The Mask of Anarchy
By Percy Bysshe Shelley
From Shelley鈥檚 Poetry and Prose
Published by W.W. Norton
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Extract from Millenium Poem: Killing Time
By Simon Armitage
Published by Faber & Faber
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Sonnet no. 8 from Clearances
By Seamus Heaney
Taken from Open Ground 鈥� Poems 1966-1996
Published by Faber & Faber
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The Good Morrow
By John Donne
Taken from Donne 鈥� Poems and Prose
Published by David Campbell Publishers
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Brendan Gallagher
By Jackie Kay
Taken from Two鈥檚 Company
Published by Blackie
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Broadcast
- Sun 13 Oct 2019 16:30蜜芽传媒 Radio 4