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How Happy We'd Be If It Wasn't for Us
This is the story of one man's determination to live as a poet. Since the 1940s Donald Cowie has devoted his life to writing poetry. Supported by his wife Ruth he has penned 6,000 sonnets, published several volumes of work and filled drawers with manuscripts of unprinted verse.
As they reveal to
Susan Marling , together they have faced extreme poverty, illness and isolation but despite a life of extraordinary sacrifice they remain firm in their belief in Donald's work.
Poems read by JUNE BARRIE and DOUGLAS LEACH Producer MARY PRICE BBCBristol

Contributors

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Donald Cowie
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Susan Marling
Read By:
June Barrie
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Douglas Leach
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