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22/01/2012

Roger McGough with poetry requests read by Catherine Cusack and Patrick Romer. Kathryn Simmonds also reads her own work.

Roger McGough with poetry requests read by Catherine Cusack and Patrick Romer. Kathryn Simmonds also reads her own work.
Conformity and subversion are among the themes that pop up today with Edna St Vincent Millay being merry on a ferry and William Carlos Williams prancing around naked, singing to himself. EilΓ©an NΓ­ ChuilleanΓ΅in's poem Fireman's Lift recalls the experience of seeing Coreggio's frescoes in the dome of Parma Cathedral, and the vagabond poet W.H. Davies also makes the case for staring in his famous poem 'Leisure'.

Producer: Sarah Langan.

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 28 Jan 2012 23:30

Broadcasts

  • Sun 22 Jan 2012 16:30
  • Sat 28 Jan 2012 23:30