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Simon Armitage
Carol Ann Duffy
Ted Hughes
Hearts and Partners
When the Going Gets Tough
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Poems
Poem 1
Poem 2
Poem 3
Poem 4
Poem 5
Poem 6
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When the Going Gets Tough

Poems

  • Poem 1: 'Elegy for Himself' by Chidiock Tichbourne (1558-1586)
  • Poem 2: 'Life Doesn't Frighten Me' by Maya Angelou (1928-)
  • Poem 3: 'Vitaï Lampada' by Sir Henry Newbolt (1862-1938)
  • Poem 4: 'Song of the Worms' by Margaret Atwood (1939-)
  • Poem 5: 'The world is a beautiful place' by Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-)
  • Poem 6: ‘Light shining out of darkness’ by William Cowper (1731-1800). (This Poem appears in the Anthology but was omitted from the programmes due to lack of space.)