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Roger McGough presents a selection of listeners' requests for poems on the theme of work, from the meaningful days to the monotonous routine.

Roger McGough presents a selection of listeners' requests for poems on the theme of work; praising meaningful days, night shifts and tool boxes. Today's programme features poets Liz Berry, William Letford and Caleb Parkin reading their own works, and others from Carolyn Wells, Phillip Levine and U. A Fanthorpe.

Producer: Eliza Lomas.

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 3 Jun 2017 23:30

This Week's Poems

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Nailmaking

By Liz Berry

From Black Country, Chatto & Windus

Published by Chatto

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Daily Wages

By Amrita Pritam

Translated by Charles Brash

From Soul Food

Published by Bloodaxe Books

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Leisure (from Songs of Joy and Others)

By WH Davies

From A Book of Nature Poems

Published by Viking Press

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The Workbox

By Thomas Hardy

From The Complete Poems of Thomas Hardy

Published by Macmillan

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Domestic Work 1937

By Natasha Tretheway

From Domestic Work

Published by Graywolf Press

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Worker

By William Letford

From Bevel

Published by Carcanet Press

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Fired With Enthusiasm

By Roger McGough

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You Will Be Hearing From Us Shortly

By U. A. Fanthorpe

From U.A Fanthorpe – Collected Poems 1978-2003

Published by Peterloo Poets

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Routine

By Arthur Guitarman

From Good Poems, selected by Garrison Keillor

Published by Penguin

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The Desktop Metaphor

by Caleb ParkinÌý

Unpublished

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Chair

By Lorraine Mariner

From Furniture

Published by Picador

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What Work is

By Philip Levine

Stranger to Nothing

Published by Bloodaxe Books

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An Overworked Elocutionist

By Carolyn Wells

From An Overworked Elocutionist

Published by Iron Rabbit Bindery

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The Night Shift

By Oliver Reynolds

From The Oslo Tram

Published by Faber and Faber

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Be Prepared

By William Letford

From Bevel

Published by Carcanet Press

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Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Roger McGough
Producer Eliza Lomas

Broadcasts

  • Sun 28 May 2017 16:30
  • Sat 3 Jun 2017 23:30