Broadcastt by Philip Larkin
Broadcastt by Philip Larkin

Broadcastt

Philip Larkin * Track #3 On The Whitsun Weddings

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Broadcastt by Philip Larkin

Release Date
Sun Nov 05 1961
Performed by
Philip Larkin
Produced by
Philip Larkin
Writed by
Philip Larkin
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This poem is based on an actual event: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Hull, Nov 5th 1961. Larkin’s girlfriend at the time, Maeve Brennan was listening in the audience as Larkin listened to the same performance over the radio.
It is a love poem, quite atypical of love as generally seen in Larkin’s poems. (T...

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Giant whispering and coughing from
Vast Sunday-full and organ-frowned-on spaces
Precede a sudden scuttle on the drum,
'The Queen', and huge resettling. The begins
A snivel on the violins:
I think of your face among all those faces,

Beautiful and devout before
Cascades of monumental slithering,
One of your gloves unnoticed on the floor
Beside those new, slightly-outmoded shoes.
Here it goes quickly dark. I lose
All but the outline of the still and withering

Leaves on half-emptied trees. Behind
The glowing wavebands, rabid storms of chording
By being distant overpower my mind
All the more shamelessly, their cut off shout
Leaving me desperate to pick out
Your hands, tiny in all that air, applauding.

Broadcastt Q&A

Who wrote Broadcastt's ?

Broadcastt was written by Philip Larkin.

Who produced Broadcastt's ?

Broadcastt was produced by Philip Larkin.

When did Philip Larkin release Broadcastt?

Philip Larkin released Broadcastt on Sun Nov 05 1961.

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