Poetry Please - 08/03/2009

Roger McGough celebrates the work of Vernon Scannell and Stevie Smith, and looks forward to spring in a selection of listeners' requests including the work of MR Peacocke, a keen observer of the natural world. Usually March by Kevin Nichols Tusking by Mick Imlah From: Birthmarks Published: Chatto & Windus The Jungle Husband by Stevie Smith From: Stevie Smith, Collected Poems Published: Penguin Not Waving but Drowning by Stevie Smith From: Stevie Smith, Collected Poems Published: Penguin Lie in the Dark and Listen by Noel Coward From: More Poetry Please Published: JM Dent & Sons Ltd I Remember by Stevie Smith From: Stevie Smith, Collected Poems Published: Penguin The World and Mrs Elphinstone by M.R. Peacocke From: In Praise of Aunts Published: Peterloo Winter Solstice by M.R. Peacocke From: In Praise of Aunts Published: Peterloo Naming of Poets by Vernon Scannell From: New & Collected Poems 1950-1980 Published: Robson Books Taken in Adultery by Vernon Scannell From: New & Collected Poems 1950-1980 Published: Robson Books Hendon Central by Ruth Fainlight From: Sugar-Paper Blue Published: Bloodaxe Somerset August by Ruth Fainlight From: Sugar-Paper Blue Published: Bloodaxe Spring in the City by Ruth Fainlight From: Selected Poems Ruth Fainlight Published: Sinclair Stevenson Trees Cannot Name the Seasons by Roger McGough From: Collected Poems Roger McGough Published: Penguin