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Spring
Daffodils, snowmelt, green shoots and lengthening days in this spring special, presented by Roger McGough.
Daffodils, lambs, snow melt, green shoots and lengthening days... Roger McGough explores the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ archives to find the most evocative spring poems read by some of our best actors. With poems by Alice Oswald, Laurie Lee, Robin Robertson, Philip Larkin, Kathryn Simmonds and Edward Thomas.
Producer: Mair Bosworth.
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ThawÌýÌýÌýÌý
By Edward ThomasÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
From Edward Thomas - The Annotated Collected Poems
Pub: Bloodaxe
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Wood Not Yet OutÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
By Alice Oswald
From Woods etc.
Publisher: Faber and Faber
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The Year’s Awakening
By Thomas Hardy
From The Oxford Authors – Thomas Hardy
Published by Oxford University Press
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Coming
By Philip Larkin
From Philip Larkin – Collected Poems
Publisher: The Marvell Press / Faber
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PrimaveraÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
By Robin Robertson
From:Ìý Wild Reckoning
Publ: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
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³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Thoughts, from AbroadÌýÌý
By Robert Browning
From:Ìý Poems selected by WE Williams
Publ:Ìý Penguin
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I So Liked SpringÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
By Charlotte Mew
From: Collected Poems and Prose
Publ: Carcanet
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Song
By Rupert Brooke
Taken from
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Spring
By Andrew Motion
Unpublished
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Spring Quiet
By Christina Rossetti ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
From
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Usually MarchÌýÌý
By Kevin Nichols
From
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April RiseÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
By Laurie LeeÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
From Laurie Lee Selected Poems
Published by Penguin
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Spring Wedding
By Andrew Motion
Taken from The Telegraph website
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Spring Cleaning
By Jean Binta Breeze
From Spring Cleaning
Published by Virago Press Ltd
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Recyling, AprilÌýÌýÌý
By Kathryn Simmonds
From Sunday at the Skin Laundrette
Pub: Seren
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March
By Edward Thomas
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Spring by Jack Underwood
From The Poetry Review in 2015
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SapÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
By Roger McGough
From Roger McGough Collected PoemsÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
Published by Viking (Penguin)
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Loveliest of TreesÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
By AE Housman
From A Shropshire Lad
Published by Hesperus Poetry
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Roger McGough |
Producer | Mair Bosworth |
Broadcasts
- Sun 19 Mar 2017 16:30³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4
- Sat 25 Mar 2017 23:30³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4