Cities
Roger McGough takes a poetic stroll through the streets of the city, from Liverpool to Bombay, and with the help of poets including Frank O'Hara, Imtiaz Dharker and TS Eliot.
Last on
This Week's Poems
The Gateway to the Atlantic
by Roger McGough
From Slapstick
Published by Puffin 听听听听听听听
听
Wings over NYC
By Kathleen Jamie
From The Bonniest Companion
Published by Picador听听听听听
听
Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802
By William Wordsworth听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
From Wordsworth 鈥� Poems Selected by Seamus Heaney
Published by Faber & Faber听听听听听听听
听
Another Westminster Bridge听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
By Alice Oswald听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
From London 鈥� A History in Verse
Published by The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
听
Up at a Villa鈥擠own in the City
By Robert Browning听听听听听听听
From A Centenary Selection From Robert Browning鈥檚 Poetry
Published by The Browning Institute and Constable听听听听听听听听
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
Rouen
By May Wedderburn Cannan
From The New Oxford Book of War Poetry
Published by Oxford University Press 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
Extract from 鈥楾he Burial of the Dead鈥� From The Waste Land听听
By TS Eliot听听听听听听听听听听听
From London 鈥� A History in Verse
Published by The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
听
The Day Lady Died
By Frank O'Hara听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
From Lunch Poems
Published by City Lights Books听听听听听听听听听听
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
Berlin Posthumous
By Durs Gr眉nbein
Translated by Michael Hofmann
Taken from
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
Hiraeth, Old Bombay
By Imtiaz Dharker
From Over the Moon
Published by Bloodaxe Books听听听听
听
The Streets
by Jorge Luis Borges
Translated by Stephen Kessler
From Jorge Luis Borges - Selected Poems
Published by Penguin
听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
The Cathedral Builders
by John Ormond 听听听听听听听听听听听听
From The Penguin Book of English Christian Verse
Published by Penguin
听
Credit
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Roger McGough |
Broadcasts
- Sun 5 Feb 2017 16:30麻豆约拍 Radio 4
- Sat 11 Feb 2017 23:30麻豆约拍 Radio 4