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In-between Days

Roger McGough presents poems that look forward and back for an in-between time of year. There are memories and desires, some regrets, but poems of hope and expectation too.

Winter is over but Spring has not quite sprung. Roger McGough presents a selection of poetry requests for an in-between time of year which looks both forward and back. The programme's full of memories and desires, some regrets; but poems of hope and expectation too. Expect stars, trees, childhood escapades, journeys taken (and not taken); things viewed across distances of time and space. Producer James Cook.

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 18 Mar 2017 23:30

This Week's Poems

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Escape at Bedtime

By Robert Louis Stevenson

From The Kingfisher Book of Children’s Poetry

Published by Kingfisher Books

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To the Evening Star

By William Blake

From Blake’s Poetical Works

Published by Oxford University Press

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Three Trees

By Paul Henry

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Growth Rings

By Menna Elfyn

Translated by Damian Walford Davies

From Murmur

Published by Bloodaxe Books

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Blossom

By Kathleen Jamie

From The Bonniest Companie

Published by Picador

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Notes From an Italian Journey

By Alan Wickes

From Voceti

Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

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Between Two Bridges

By Paul Henry

From

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Sometimes

By Christala Rosena

From

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Meeting Point

By Louis MacNeice

From Louis MacNeice – Collected Poems

Published by Faber & Faber

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After They Have Tired of the Brilliance of Cities

By Stephen Spender

From Stephen Spender – New Collected Poems

Published by Faber & Faber

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Extract from ‘The Prelude’

By William Wordsworth

From The Prelude

Published by Penguin Classics

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The Darkling Thrush

By Thomas Hardy

From The Oxford Authors – Thomas Hardy

By Oxford University Press

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Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Roger McGough
Producer James Cook

Broadcasts

  • Sun 12 Mar 2017 16:30
  • Sat 18 Mar 2017 23:30