Poetry Please - 15/02/2009

Roger McGough introduces a selection of poems by the late Adrian Mitchell, chosen and read by some of his friends and fellow poets. Music : Lover Man performed by Charlie Parker All the poems in this week's programme are by Adrian Mitchell and the books are published by Bloodaxe Back in the Playground Blues From: Blue Coffee To Whom It May Concern From: Tell Me Lies - Poems 2005-2008 A Puppy Called Puberty From: Blue Coffee Ten Ways to Avoid Lending Your Wheelbarrow to Anybody From: Tell Me Lies - Poems 2005-2008 Every Day is Mothering Sunday to Me From: The Shadow Knows The Doorbell From: Tell Me Lies - Poems 2005-2008 Sorry Bout That From: Tell Me Lies - Poems 2005-2008 Disguise From: The Shadow Knows William Blake Says Everything That Lives is Holy From: The Shadow Knows Death is Smaller Than I Thought From: In Person, 30 Poets A Spell to Make a Bad Hour Pass From: Heart on the Left:– Poems 1953 - 1984 Music: Poetry Glues Your Soul Together Words by Adrian Mitchell Music by Mike Westbrook From “Tyger” by Adrian Mitchell performed at the National Theatre