Poetry Please - Episode 8

Roger McGough presents poems on themes reflecting the end of the summer such as enjoying the garden, working the land and preparing for the inevitable return to school. He also looks at a collection of artwork drawn especially for him by a class of primary school pupils who were inspired by one of his own poems. The Writer of This Poem by Roger McGough From: Pie in the Sky Publ: Viking Warning by Kate Scott From: Stitches Publ: Peterloo Poets Arithmetic by Carl Sandburg From: The Random House Book of Poetry for Children Publ: Random House Scenes from Childhood by Charles Causley From: Collected Poems Publ: MacMillan First Day by Charles Causley From: Collected Poems Publ: MacMillan From The Land by Vita Sackville-West From: Collected Poems Publ: The Hogarth Press Philosophy Lectures by C. Day Lewis From: The Complete Poems of C Day-Lewis Publ: Sinclair-Stevenson The Wishing Tree by Kathleen Jamie From: The Tree House Publ: Picador Garden in Progress by Berthold Brecht, translated by John Willett From: Poems 1913-1956 Publ: Methuen Towards the End of Summer by Jenny Joseph From: Read Me (2) – a Poem for Every Day of the Year Publ: MacMillans Children’s First Day at School by Roger McGough From: All the Best Publ: Puffin