Synopsis
A programme in a series about communicating through the spoken word. Whether expressing grief or talking to the bereaved we are often stuck for 'the right words'.
Poetry Please | Sonnet 71
Selections of poetry on various themes chosen by listeners. These include Fleas poem by Anon read by Linda Smith, Nits poem by Roger McGough read by the poet, Mee-Whee by Mohammed Ali read by Nonie Lewis, Ode to a goldfish by Gyles Brandreth read by Noni Lewis, No rhyme! No time! by Victoria Wood read by Noni Lewis, An Attempt at the world's shortest poem by Gareth Owen read by Gabriel Woolf, Good taste by Adrian Mitchell read by Gabriel Woolf, History by Steve Turner read by Gabriel Woolf, Sonnet 71 by William Shakespeare read by Gabriel Woolf, To My Dear and Loving Husband by Anne Bradstreet read by Noni Lewis, Sunne Rising by John Donne read by Gabriel Woolf, To John Donne written and read by Michael Symmons Roberts, Words by Anne Sexton read by Noni Lewis, No Thank You, John by Christina Rossetti read by Noni Lewis, To my Mother by George Barker read by Gabriel Woolf, Tarantella by Hilaire Belloc read by Hilaire Belloc, Matilda by Hilaire Belloc read by Gabriel Woolf, The Lungwash written and read by Michael Symmons Roberts and In The Studio by Charles Tomlinson read by Gabriel Woolf.
Poetry Please | 20/06/2010
Roger McGough introduces some of the 154 sonnets of Shakespeare, plus a selection from some other 17th-century masters: John Donne, Andrew Marvell and Henry Vaughan.