Selection of favourite poetry requested by listeners 3.2
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Episode 3 14th February 2010
Roger introduces a selection of poems for St Valentine's Day, with love on the menu but no straightforward hearts and flowers. Including poems on extraordinary manifestations of love by Edson Burton, Anne Sexton and John Updike, and poet Jenny Joseph reads from her new collection, Nothing Like Love.
Poems featured in this programme: Still Reading Fairy Stories // by Jenny Joseph Little Girl, My String Bean, My Lovely Woman // by Anne Sexton The Death of John Berryman in Slow Motion // by Roger McGough Iris and Edith // by Edson Burton Report of Health // by John Updike Ballad of Rodborough Common // by Jenny Joseph The House was Quiet and the World was Calm // by Wallace Stevens The Unlooked-for Season // by Jenny Joseph