In our next three programmes we hear three of Lance’s favourite poems. We begin today with a deeply personal poem by John Betjeman: Before the Anaesthetic or A Real Fright
You can find most of Betjeman’s poems in John Betjeman, Collected Poems, published by John Murray. There is a fuller list of books at betjemansociety.com/booklist
You can hear 72 of his most famous poems on: ‘John Betjeman: A First Class Collection’, BBC Audio and the best of the rest on ‘The John Betjeman You Never Knew‘ by Lance Pierson
Click here to find out more about Lance’s poetry CD (Sing in My Mind)
Follow these links to find the words to each poem (where no link exists we encourage you to buy the book!)
James Carter
Shed Feverby Malcolm Guite (from After Prayer published by Canterbury Press. Used with the author’s permission.)
Preliminary Ritualby Malcolm Guite (from After Prayer published by Canterbury Press. Used with the author’s permission.)
After the Book is Closed by Gerard Benson (from Swings and Shadows, edited by Anne Harvey, published by Random House. Copyright Control)
When there was nothing by Stewart Henderson (from Homeland published by Hodder & Stoughton. Copyright c 1993 Stewart Henderson. Used with the author’s permission.)
Take a Poem by James Carter (from Zim Zam Zoom – zappy poems to read out loud published by Otter-Barry Books Ltd. Used with the author’s permission.)
In our first programme we look at three poems (see below) to help get us through hard times (since the podcast was launched during the Corona Virus lock-down of 2020).