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A brand new poetry slot on Radio 4 Extra gives listeners a weekly opportunity to revisit the riches of the BBC radio poetry archive

Poetry Extra: Lost Voices - Molly Holden

18/06/2017

Lost Voices - Molly Holden

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Poetry Extra, Lost Voices - Molly Holden

Daljit Nagra introduces Lost Voices featuring image maker Molly Holden.

4 Extra Debut. Poet-in-Residence Daljit Nagra introduces Lost Voices featuring image maker Molly Holden. Presented by Brian Patten. From April 2010.

BBC Radio 4's Poet in Residence, Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's radio poetry with 'Lost Voices' showcasing Molly Holden. 

From her early youth to her death in 1981, Molly Holden was an acute, unsentimental but lyrical poet of the natural world. She was influenced by Hardy and Edward Thomas but her poetry was distinctively her own. Her inspiration was topography, archaeology and the ties of the present world with the past. 

Molly delighted in the outdoors and it was a huge blow when Multiple Sclerosis first slowed her down, then put her in a wheelchair. She continued to write about the world she could see from her window but increasingly the cruel reality of her situation became evident in her poetry. 

Written and presented by Brian Patten.The readers are Annette Badland and Nigel Anthony.

Produced in Bristol by Christine Hall.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.

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