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Rommi Smith

Poet, playwright and librettist Rommi Smith chooses work by Linton Kwesi Johnson, Marilyn Hacker, Don Paterson and others, and performs her own work, Song 2.

Producer Sally Heaven

28 minutes

Last on

Sun 9 Jul 2023 00:15

This Week's Poems


Song 2: Sanctuary

By Rommi Smith

From Forever?

Commissioned by AG250

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Prayer

By Carol Ann Duffy

From Carol Ann Duffy – Selected Poems

Pub: Penguin

Ìý

Bone Railroad

By Adam Lowe

From Patterflash

Published by Peepal Tree Press

Ìý

Dusk July

By ÌýMarilyn Hacker

From the Carcanet collected words entitled: Essays on Departure

Ìý

The Welcome

By Imtiaz Dharker

From Radiance

To be published by Bloodaxe in 2024

Ìý

Tithonus: 46 Minutes in the Life of the DawnÌý (extract)

By Alice Oswald

Published by The Letter Press

Ìý

I Pull Myself Through Tight Spaces Through the Twists

By Jason Allen-Paisant

From Self-Portrait As Othello

Published by Carcanet

Ìý

Two Trees

By Don Paterson

From Rain

By Faber & Faber

Ìý

Sonny’s Lettah

By Linton Kwesi Johnson

From Mi Revalueshanary Fren

Pub: Penguin

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Broadcasts

  • Sun 2 Jul 2023 16:30
  • Sun 9 Jul 2023 00:15