Synopsis
Poet Sean O'Brien considers the reputations of two very different poets: the raw versus the cooked, the shaman versus the rationalist, Ted Hughes versus Philip Larkin.
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Poetry in the Remaking | 3: Jacob Sam-La Rose and Zaffar Kunial
Six poets reread Ted Hughes's groundbreaking book about how to write poetry, which began life in the 1960s as a series of BBC schools radio broadcasts.

Poetry in the Remaking | 2: Michael Rosen and Simon Armitage
Six poets reread Ted Hughes's groundbreaking book about how to write poetry, which began life in the 1960s as a series of BBC schools radio broadcasts.