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Story Poems 1

Roger McGough introduces some story poems including work by Roy Fisher, Emily Dickinson and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Readers: John Mackay, Niamh Cusack, Anton Lesser and Kenneth Cranham. Producer: Tim Dee.

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Sat 14 Sep 2013 23:30
91福利社 Radio 4

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This Week's Poems

听All taken from 鈥楴OT TO SPEAK OF THE DOG: 101 Short Stories in Verse

Published by Faber

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Leda and the Swan

By WB Yeats

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Tithonus

By Lord Alfred Tennyson

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Orpheus in Soho

By Rosemary Tonks

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The Entertainment of War

By Roy Fisher

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As the Team鈥檚 Head-Brass

By Edward Thomas

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Napoleon听

By Walter de la Mare

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Ozymandias

By Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Marvin Gaye

By Michael Hofmann

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Because I could not stop for death

By Emily Dickinson

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At the Florists

By Jacques Prevert

Translated by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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Nutting

By William Wordsworth

Credits

Presenter Roger McGough
Reader John MacKay
Reader Niamh Cusack
Reader Anton Lesser
Reader Kenneth Cranham
Producer Tim Dee

Broadcasts

  • Sun 8 Sep 2013 16:30
    91福利社 Radio 4 FM
  • Sat 14 Sep 2013 23:30
    91福利社 Radio 4