Poetry Please! by Bbc Radio 4

Poetry Please! by Bbc Radio 4

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The first-ever hardback edition of the bestselling collection of poems taken from the popular Radio 4 programme

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Poetry Please! by Bbc Radio 4

Alongside such familiar favourites as Edward Thomas's 'Adlestrop', John Masefield's 'Sea-Fever', Thomas Gray's 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' and Stevie Smith's 'Not Waving But Drowning', here are Jenny Joseph threatening to be a disreputable old lady, Patrick Chalmers on the wisdom of the fairground, V.L. Edminson on a good cure for bad temper and F.W. Harvey celebrating the comical duck. Heroism, the seasons, birth, death, work and eccentric characters: these are poems for every mood and taste, from the whole range of verse in English
To coincide with Poetry Day here are selections of the best work of favourite poets in attractive gift editions with high production values - head and tail bands, ribbon marker and decorative end papers and each book has an introduction by a leading writerPoetry Please! is a selection of favourites from the popular BBC Radio 4 programme.
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ISBN 13 9780753816516
ISBN 10 0753816512
Title Poetry Please!
Author Bbc Radio 4
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Year published 2002-09-26
Number of pages 176
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.