Poetry Please - “I love to see the summer beaming forth”

Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and to celebrate the longest day chooses Poetry Please: 'I Love to See the Summer Beaming Forth'.

**And Daljit reads from his Poetry Extra Book of the Month: Startlement - New and Selected Poems by Ada Limon.

Roger McGough makes another foray into listeners' poetry requests, and comes up with a selection which largely reflects the season. With guest appearances by contemporary poets Kate Clanchy and Helen Dunmore.

Producer Christine Hall

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2011.