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Sunday 19 August 2007 1630
(Rpt on Saturday 25 August 2330)
Today's Poetry Please has a sensual feel, as many of the poems use as imagery the sea, trees and autumn fruits. The theme of summer food leads to a delightfully delicate piece about an end-of-school picnic which hints at grown-up pleasures to come. Phyllida Nash, Jenny Coverack, Tom Lawrence and Peter Marinker are the readers.
One of Our Saint Bernard Dogs is Missing by N.F. Simpson From: The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of the English Language Publ: Cambridge University Press
Lone Dog by Irene McLeod From: The New Oxford Book of Children’s Verse Publ: Oxford University Press
The Picnic by John Logan From: Voices, third book Publ: Penguin
Coming Up
Sunday 26th August For the last in this series Roger has chosen a selection of requests which reflect some of the main pre-occupations with the end of the summer: enjoying the garden, working the land, and preparing for the inevitable return to school. He's also looking at a collection of art work drawn especially for him by a class of pupils in primary school who were inspired by one of his own poems - though less so, he finds, by one of his photographs.
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