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John Masefield and the Sea

Roger McGough marks 50 years since the death of John Masefield with a programme full of poetry about the sea, from the Odyssey to the Ancient Mariner to the Mermaid at Zennor. Producer Sally Heaven.

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Sat 25 Nov 2017 23:30
±«Óãtv Radio 4 FM

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This week's poems

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Sea Fever

By John Masefield

From Collected Poems – John Masefield

Published by William Heinemann Ltd

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The Galley-RowersÌý

By John Masefield

From Collected Poems – John Masefield

Published by William Heinemann Ltd

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OdysseyÌýÌý

By ±«Óãtvr

Dramatisation by Simon Armitage

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Hermes of the Ways Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýÌý

By HD (Hilda Doolittle)

From ÌýCollected Poems, 1912–1944 [H.D. (Hilda Doolittle)]

Published by New Directions

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Rime of the Ancient Mariner: Part 1 Ìý

By Samuel Taylor Coleridge Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýÌý

From Poems: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Published by Everyman

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±«Óãtv-Thoughts from the SeaÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

By Robert Browning

From Browning: Poems selected by W.E Williams

Published by Penguin Books

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At Whose Sheltering Shall the Day Sea

By WS Graham

Taken from ÌýÌý

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To the Mermaid at Zennor Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýÌý

By John Heath-Stubbs

From The Puffin Book of Salt-Sea VerseÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

Published by Puffin/PenguinÌýÌýÌý

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A Sea Child

By Bliss Carman

Taken from

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Pre-Existence

By Frances Cornford

From Frances Cornford – Collected Poems

Published by The Cresset PressÌýÌýÌýÌý

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The Sea

By James Reeves

From The New Oxford Book of Children’s Verse

Published by Oxford University Press

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The View

By Kathleen Jamie

From The Bonniest Companie

Published by PicadorÌý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýÌý

Lovers on Aran

By Seamus Heaney

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By Derek Walcott

Taken from

Credits

Presenter Roger McGough
Producer Sally Heaven

Broadcasts

  • Sat 13 May 2017 23:30
    ±«Óãtv Radio 4
  • Sat 25 Nov 2017 23:30
    ±«Óãtv Radio 4 FM