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Wendy Cope

Roger McGough is joined by Wendy Cope, who shares a selection of her favourite poems from the Poetry Please archive of listeners' requests.

Roger McGough is joined by Wendy Cope, with a selection of her favourite poems from the Poetry Please archive of listeners' requests. Choices include requests for poems by A E Housman, Philip Larkin, W H Auden, Fleur Adcock, Edna St Vincent Millay and Charles Causley.

Wendy Cope has published several volumes of poetry including Making Cocoa for Kingsley Amis and Serious Concerns. A remarkable talent for parody and for using humour to address grave topics, she also recites some of her new poems from her recent collection, Anecdotal Evidence (Faber 2018).

Producer: Sarah Addezio.

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 11 Aug 2018 23:30

This Week's Poems

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A Shropshire Lad XXXII

by A.E. Housman

Published by Hesperus Poetry

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The Trees

by Philip LarkinÌýÌýÌý

From Philip Larkin – Collected Poems

Published by Faber & FaberÌýÌýÌý

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In Memory of W.B. Yeats

by W.H.Auden

From W.H. Auden – Collected Shorter Poems 1927-1957

Published by Faber & Faber

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Waterloo Bridge / After the Lunch

By Wendy Cope

From Two Cures for Love – Selected Poems 1979-2006

Published by Faber & Faber

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Nothing

by James Fenton

From Yellow Tulips – Poems 1968-2011

Published by Faber & Faber

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Was Est Ist

by Erich Fried

Translated Stuart Hood

From Love Poems by Erich Fried

Published by One World Classics

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Water

by Fleur AdcockÌý

Looking Back

Published by Oxford Paperbacks

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Field Mouse’s Nest

by John Clare

From John Clare (Selected by Paul Farley)

Published by Faber & Faber

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Ashes of Life

by Edna St Vincent Millay

From Edna St Vincent Millay – Collected Poems

Published by Harper Perennial

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Eden Rock

by Charles CausleyÌýÌý

From Charles Causley – Collected Poems 1951-1997

Published by Macmillan

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Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Roger McGough
Interviewed Guest Wendy Cope
Producer Sarah Addezio

Broadcasts

  • Sun 5 Aug 2018 16:30
  • Sat 11 Aug 2018 23:30