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05/02/2012

Roger McGough presents poetry requests read by John Sessions and Lisa Kerr, including poems by Philip Larkin, DH Lawrence and Kathryn Simmonds.

Roger McGough with a rich mixture of poetry requests read by John Sessions and Lisa Kerr.

Poems of temptation, and of lost loves and places, featuring a couple of snakes, a rusty fridge and a talking bull walrus. With W.S. Graham's lovely poem of longing for a favourite place from childhood, Loch Thom, and Kathryn Simmonds reads her own poems, including a love poem about a couple united by their dislike of the film The Fifth Element. There's a dash of acidity from Philip Larkin and a healthy dose of danger in a couple of snake poems by Denise Levertov and D.H. Lawrence. There's also a deceptive villanelle by Elizabeth Bishop and an unlikely conversation in a poem by the late Canadian poet Alden Nowlen.

Producer: Sarah Langan.

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 11 Feb 2012 23:30

Broadcasts

  • Sun 5 Feb 2012 16:30
  • Sat 11 Feb 2012 23:30