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Liz Lochhead

Roger McGough is joined by his old friend Liz Lochhead, who shares a selection of her favourite poems from the Poetry Please archive of listeners' requests. Her choices include Norman MacCaig, Seamus Heaney, Mark Doty and John Cooper Clarke.

Producer: Mair Bosworth.

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 3 Mar 2018 23:30

This Week's Poems

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O Westron Wind

By Anon

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The Twa Corbies

By William Motherwell

From Auld Scots Ballants

Published by Alexander Gardner

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I Wrote The Songs

By John Cooper Clark

Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Archive recording

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What the Pool Said on Midsummer’s Day

By Liz Lochhead

From A Choosing: Selected Poems

Published by Polygon

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Let Me Die a Young Man’s Death.

By Roger McGough

From Roger McGough – Collected Poems

Published by Viking

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Wings

By Miroslav Holub

Translated by George Theiner

From Poems Before & After: Collected English Translations

Bloodaxe Books

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Toad

By Norman MacCaig

From Norman MacCaig – Selected Poems

Published by Chatto & Windus

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The Skunk

By Seamus Heaney

From Opened Ground – Poems 1966-1996

Published by Faber and Faber

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The Embrace

By Mark Doty

From Sweet Machine

Published by HarperCollinsÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

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Forgetfulness

By Billy Collins

From Questions About Angels

Published by The University of Pittsburgh Press

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Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Roger McGough
Interviewed Guest Liz Lochhead
Producer Mair Bosworth

Broadcasts

  • Sun 25 Feb 2018 16:30
  • Sat 3 Mar 2018 23:30