09/06/2013
Roger McGough introduces requests for poetry by John Agard, Louise Bennett and Kathleen Jamie, plus a special appearance by spoken word artist Steven Duncan.
Roger McGough encounters a mango for the first time, meets the Queen of Sheba and hears how spoken word artist Steven Duncan is inspired by his grandma's wise words.
Listeners have requested a poem from his play 'The Mother' that got Bertolt Brecht into hot water with the House Committee on Un-American Activities, and another by the champion of Jamaican patois, Louise Bennett-Coverley 'Colonization in Reverse'.
With readers Alex Lanipekun, Hannah Wood and Nadia Williams.
Producer...Mary Ward-Lowery.
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This Week's Poems
In Praise of Learning
By Bertolt Brecht
Translated by Lee Baxandall
From The Mother
Published by Grove Press
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Colonization in Reverse
By Louise Bennett-Coverley
From The Penguin Book of Caribbean Verse in English
Published by Penguin
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Death’s Love Bite
by Ruth Fainlight
From New & Collected Poems
Published byÌýBloodaxe Books, 2012
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Vultures
By Chinua Achebe
From Chinua Achebe - CollectedÌý Poems
Published by Carcanet
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English Girl Eats Her First Mango
By John Agard
From Mangoes and Bullets
Published by Pluto Press /Serpent’s Tail
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The Queen of Sheba
By Kathleen Jamie
From Mr and Mrs Scotland Are Dead – Poems 1980-1994
Published by Bloodaxe
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My Conscience Will Never be Clear
By Steven Duncan
Specially recorded for the programme, but can be found here:
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
| Reader | Alex Lanipekun |
| Reader | Hannah Wood |
| Reader | Nadia Williams |
| Producer | Mary Ward-Lowery |
Broadcasts
- Sun 9 Jun 2013 16:30Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4
- Sat 15 Jun 2013 23:30Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4