Poetry Please

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Roger McGough introduces selections of poetry on various themes, chosen by listeners.

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Poetry Please: Joelle Taylor

Joelle Taylor

BBC Radio 4 - Poetry Please, Joelle Taylor

The founder of Slambassadors Joelle Taylor makes her selection of poems

Poetry from Walt Whitman, TS Eliot,  Caroline Bird and Kayo Chingonyi feature in poet Joelle Taylor's selection of listener requests.  
Joelle was awarded the TS Eliot Prize for Poetry in 2021. She is the founder of Slambassadors and is the author of C+nto & Othered Poems.
Among her choices are an extract from Ilya Kaminsky's Deaf Republic read by Garth Greenwell and Noma Dumezweni and an extract of Walt Whitman's Song of Myself read by Orson Welles.

Producer: Maggie Ayre

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