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Poetry of Love, The - Speaking From the Heart

by John Keats, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, William Shakespeare ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe ...

Unabridged

35 min

Love whether fleeting or of the ages, expressed with a look, a touch, or a thought is wanted by us all.Across genders and generations love is both the glue and the accelerant of our lives.Yet once gained we sometimes let it go without recognition of its value or fail to nourish it spiritually. Love needs feeding, needs tending. Love needs love.In today’s easy, ‘always on’ society we wail, whine ... Read more

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Love whether fleeting or of the ages, expressed with a look, a touch, or a thought is wanted by us all.Across genders and generations love is both the glue and the accelerant of our lives.Yet once gained we sometimes let it go without recognition of its value or fail to nourish it spiritually. Love needs feeding, needs tending. Love needs love.In today’s easy, ‘always on’ society we wail, whine
... Read more
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Tres Grandes Poetas De America

by Pablo Neruda, Leon De Greiff, Jose Asuncion Silva ...

Narrated by Pablo Neruda, Leon De Greiff, Fabio Camero ...

Unabridged

3 hours 18 min

Tres grandes poetas de América, Neruda, León de Greiff, y Silva (leídos por ellos mismos) se reúnen en esta antología única, que permite apreciar matices incluso desconocidos de la obra de ellos. Este audiolibro se agrega a la serie de poemas leídos, con nombres atractivos e indispensables para los amantes de la poesía. ... Read more

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Tres grandes poetas de América, Neruda, León de Greiff, y Silva (leídos por ellos mismos) se reúnen en esta antología única, que permite apreciar matices incluso desconocidos de la obra de ellos. Este audiolibro se agrega a la serie de poemas leídos, con nombres atractivos e indispensables para los amantes de la poesía.
... Read more
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Мальцы выходзяць з-пад кантролю

by Тамаш Зан, Адам Міцкевіч, Адам Глёбус, Пятро Мятла, Шандар, Вячаслаў Бортнік, Зьміцер Александровіч, Альгерд Бахарэвіч, Уладзіслаў Гарбацкі, Артур Камароўскі, Вольга Касьцюк, Юлі Таўбін, Яна Крэмень, Юры Гумянюк, Мікіта Ільінчык ...

Narrated by беларусы і беларускі ...

Unabridged

7 hours 8 min

Прыйшоў час запытаць, чаму традыцыйна лічыцца, што беларуская літаратура моцная ў апісанні вайны і прыроды, а хутчэй бездапаможная і стэрыльная ў апісанні цялеснасці, сексуальнасці і інтымнасці? Беларуская квір-літаратура ўжо робіць свае першыя крокі і гэта – цікавая і важная з’ява.Анталогія беларускага гей-пісьменства сабрала ўсё, што на гэты момант вядома пра гэты пласт нашай літаратуры. Яна ... Read more

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Прыйшоў час запытаць, чаму традыцыйна лічыцца, што беларуская літаратура моцная ў апісанні вайны і прыроды, а хутчэй бездапаможная і стэрыльная ў апісанні цялеснасці, сексуальнасці і інтымнасці? Беларуская квір-літаратура ўжо робіць свае першыя крокі і гэта – цікавая і важная з’ява.Анталогія беларускага гей-пісьменства сабрала ўсё, што на гэты момант вядома пра гэты пласт нашай літаратуры. Яна
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Space and Time Magazine

Spring/Summer #133—Special Poetry Month Edition

by Angela Yuriko Smith, Clinton Lawrence, Christina Sng, Claire T. Feild, Daniel M. Kimmel, Derwin Mak, Gordon Linzner, Holly Lyn Walrath, John L. French, John Philip Johnson, John Reinhart, Jose Quintero, Karl Kofoed, Lily Tierney, Lisa Timpf, Loren Rhoads, Robert Beveridge, Roh Morgon, Sally Fogel, Terran L. Randolph, Terrie Leigh Relf, Todd French, Traci Castleberry, Will Shaw ...

Narrated by Ryan Aussie Smith ...

Series Audiobook 133 - Space and Time Magazine
Unabridged

4 hours 11 min

Space and Time Magazine has been putting the best speculative fiction and poetry in ink for over five decades—a must-read for true fans of Strange and Unusual. Readers can look forward to stories from the future stars of genre fiction intermingled with unique tales from pros like Jessica A. Salmonson, Norman Spinrad, Jack Ketchum, and Aliette de Bodard.Whether you are new to the magazine, or have ... Read more

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Space and Time Magazine has been putting the best speculative fiction and poetry in ink for over five decades—a must-read for true fans of Strange and Unusual. Readers can look forward to stories from the future stars of genre fiction intermingled with unique tales from pros like Jessica A. Salmonson, Norman Spinrad, Jack Ketchum, and Aliette de Bodard.Whether you are new to the magazine, or have
... Read more
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How a Poem Moves

A Field Guide for Readers of Poetry

by Adam Sol ...

Narrated by Adam Sol ...

Unabridged

5 hours 23 min

A collection of playfully elucidating essays to help reluctant poetry readers become well-versed in verseDeveloped from Adam Sol’s popular blog, How a Poem Moves is a collection of 35 short essays that walks readers through an array of contemporary poems. Sol is a dynamic teacher, and in these essays, he has captured the humor and engaging intelligence for which he is known in the classroom. With ... Read more

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A collection of playfully elucidating essays to help reluctant poetry readers become well-versed in verseDeveloped from Adam Sol’s popular blog, How a Poem Moves is a collection of 35 short essays that walks readers through an array of contemporary poems. Sol is a dynamic teacher, and in these essays, he has captured the humor and engaging intelligence for which he is known in the classroom. With
... Read more
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A Little History of Poetry

by John Carey ...

Narrated by Ralph Lister ...

Series series The Little Histories Series
Unabridged

9 hours 52 min

A vital, engaging, and hugely enjoyable guide to poetry, from ancient times to the present, by one of our greatest champions of literatureWhat is poetry? If music is sound organized in a particular way, poetry is a way of organizing language. It is language made special so that it will be remembered and valued. It does not always work—over the centuries countless thousands of poems have been ... Read more

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A vital, engaging, and hugely enjoyable guide to poetry, from ancient times to the present, by one of our greatest champions of literatureWhat is poetry? If music is sound organized in a particular way, poetry is a way of organizing language. It is language made special so that it will be remembered and valued. It does not always work—over the centuries countless thousands of poems have been
... Read more
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Forbidden Love - The Lesbian Poets - Volume 1

by Sappho, Emily Dickenson, Katherine Mansfield ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe, David Shaw Parker ...

Unabridged

1 hour 27 min

In the last few decades secular society has become more tolerant of homosexuality. Now, in the West, we live in a time when to be gay is a matter of fact rather than a despised and criminal act. We celebrate sexual diversity but for much of the centuries past, religious interpretations and society's dogma have placed this 'forbidden love' into hell on earth; unable to be fully expressed or ... Read more

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In the last few decades secular society has become more tolerant of homosexuality. Now, in the West, we live in a time when to be gay is a matter of fact rather than a despised and criminal act. We celebrate sexual diversity but for much of the centuries past, religious interpretations and society's dogma have placed this 'forbidden love' into hell on earth; unable to be fully expressed or
... Read more
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Poetry Please

by Various Poets ...

Narrated by Adjoa Andoh, Anton Lesser ...

Unabridged

2 hours 10 min

BBC Radio 4's Poetry Please is the longest-running broadcast of verse anywhere in the world. First aired in 1979, the programme, a request show which broadcasts to two million listeners a week, has become a unique record of best-loved poems over the decades since its inception.The BBC has looked back through its rich archive of recordings to produce a poll of the most asked for and most broadcast ... Read more

$24.99 USD

BBC Radio 4's Poetry Please is the longest-running broadcast of verse anywhere in the world. First aired in 1979, the programme, a request show which broadcasts to two million listeners a week, has become a unique record of best-loved poems over the decades since its inception.The BBC has looked back through its rich archive of recordings to produce a poll of the most asked for and most broadcast
... Read more
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The Poets' Corner

The One-and-Only Poetry Book for the Whole Family

by Mr. John Lithgow ...

Narrated by Mr. John Lithgow ...

Unabridged

6 hours 31 min

From listening to his grandmother recite epic poems from memory to curling up in bed while his father read funny verses, award-winning actor John Lithgow grew up with poetry. Ever since, John has been an enthusiastic seeker of poetic experience, whether reading, reciting, or listening to great poems.The wide variety of carefully selected poems in this book provides the perfect introduction to ... Read more

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From listening to his grandmother recite epic poems from memory to curling up in bed while his father read funny verses, award-winning actor John Lithgow grew up with poetry. Ever since, John has been an enthusiastic seeker of poetic experience, whether reading, reciting, or listening to great poems.The wide variety of carefully selected poems in this book provides the perfect introduction to
... Read more
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Victorian Poetry Volume 1

by Matthew Arnold, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, G. K. Chesterton ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe ...

Series series Victorian Poetry
Unabridged

1 hour 12 min

Victoria’s reign was long and presided over the restless expansion of the British Empire and reams of creative genius. Within these volumes we can bring only a glimpse of the richness, beauty and words of their poets and their musings on this remarkable age. Many are world renowned – Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Kipling, Austin, Hopkins, Hardy and Swinburne. Some almost forgotten – Patmore, Newbolt ... Read more

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Victoria’s reign was long and presided over the restless expansion of the British Empire and reams of creative genius. Within these volumes we can bring only a glimpse of the richness, beauty and words of their poets and their musings on this remarkable age. Many are world renowned – Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Kipling, Austin, Hopkins, Hardy and Swinburne. Some almost forgotten – Patmore, Newbolt
... Read more
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Poetry of Wallace Stevens, The

Poems from the Harvard graduate and Pulitzer Prize winning author.

by Wallace Stevens ...

Narrated by Christopher Ragland, Liza Ross, Danny Swopes ...

Unabridged

1 hour 12 min

Wallace James Stevens was born on October 2nd, 1879 in Reading, Pennsylvania.His father, a lawyer, sent Wallace to Harvard as a non-degree special student, after which he movedto New York City and worked briefly as a journalist.From there he attended New York Law School and graduated in 1903. On a trip home to Reading in1904 Stevens met Elsie Viola Kachel, a saleswoman, milliner, and stenographer ... Read more

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Wallace James Stevens was born on October 2nd, 1879 in Reading, Pennsylvania.His father, a lawyer, sent Wallace to Harvard as a non-degree special student, after which he movedto New York City and worked briefly as a journalist.From there he attended New York Law School and graduated in 1903. On a trip home to Reading in1904 Stevens met Elsie Viola Kachel, a saleswoman, milliner, and stenographer
... Read more
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The Book of American Negro Poetry (Unabridged)

by Joseph S. Cotter ...

Narrated by Jodie King, Dan Haynes, Lynn Olaughlin ...

Unabridged

4 hours 53 min

In the book of American Negro Poetry is one of the earliest and most essential anthologies of African-American verse ever brought to print. Edited by writer and diplomat James Weldon Johnson, this collection was published with the hope of bringing to the public a greater awareness of the art and literature created by Black writers. This is the first edition of this long-republished anthology and ... Read more

$5.99 USD

In the book of American Negro Poetry is one of the earliest and most essential anthologies of African-American verse ever brought to print. Edited by writer and diplomat James Weldon Johnson, this collection was published with the hope of bringing to the public a greater awareness of the art and literature created by Black writers. This is the first edition of this long-republished anthology and
... Read more
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Victorian Poetry Volume 2

by Thomas Hardy, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Edward Lear ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe ...

Series series Victorian Poetry
Unabridged

50 min

Victoria’s reign was long and presided over the restless expansion of the British Empire and reams of creative genius. Within these volumes we can bring only a glimpse of the richness, beauty and words of their poets and their musings on this remarkable age. Many are world renowned – Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Kipling, Austin, Hopkins, Hardy and Swinburne. Some almost forgotten – Patmore, Newbolt ... Read more

$8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Victoria’s reign was long and presided over the restless expansion of the British Empire and reams of creative genius. Within these volumes we can bring only a glimpse of the richness, beauty and words of their poets and their musings on this remarkable age. Many are world renowned – Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Kipling, Austin, Hopkins, Hardy and Swinburne. Some almost forgotten – Patmore, Newbolt
... Read more
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Poetry of World War I, The

by Wilfred Owen, Charles Sorley, Edward Thomas ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe, Gideon Wagner ...

Unabridged

59 min

In the War a great volume of poetry was written, produced and published in books, periodicals, newspapers or letters back to home. We often think of War as a necessity. We fight for a more just and better world. We often fail. But in our poets we gain a truth and a morality that shocks us, consoles us and holds our values to the light. In this volume we hear poems from the front, from home, from ... Read more

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In the War a great volume of poetry was written, produced and published in books, periodicals, newspapers or letters back to home. We often think of War as a necessity. We fight for a more just and better world. We often fail. But in our poets we gain a truth and a morality that shocks us, consoles us and holds our values to the light. In this volume we hear poems from the front, from home, from
... Read more
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Lyrikalische Lesung Episode 1

by Friedrich Frieden, Various Artists ...

Narrated by Friedrich Frieden ...

Unabridged

1 hour 22 min

Seien Sie, Hörer ohne Furcht und Tadel, herzlich eingeladen zu einer akustischen Erlebnissreise der besonderen Art, auf welcher Ihnen in einzigartigen Interpretationen Lyrik der weltberühmtesten Dichterinnen und Dichter präsentiert wird. Musikalisch untermalt mit semi-akustischen Instrumenten (Gitarren + Bass) und intuitiver Percussion. Fusionierende Harmonien aus dem lyrischen Wort und ... Read more

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Seien Sie, Hörer ohne Furcht und Tadel, herzlich eingeladen zu einer akustischen Erlebnissreise der besonderen Art, auf welcher Ihnen in einzigartigen Interpretationen Lyrik der weltberühmtesten Dichterinnen und Dichter präsentiert wird. Musikalisch untermalt mit semi-akustischen Instrumenten (Gitarren + Bass) und intuitiver Percussion. Fusionierende Harmonien aus dem lyrischen Wort und
... Read more
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Poetry Hour, The - Volume 18

by Edmund Spenser, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Alfred Lord Tennyson ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Gideon Wagner, Ghizela Rowe ...

Unabridged

1 hour 1 min

Poetry is often cited as our greatest use of words. The English language has well over a million of them and poets down the ages seem, at times, to make use of every single one. But often they use them in simple ways to describe anything and everything from landscapes to all aspects of the human condition. Poems can evoke within us an individual response that takes us by surprise; that opens our ... Read more

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Poetry is often cited as our greatest use of words. The English language has well over a million of them and poets down the ages seem, at times, to make use of every single one. But often they use them in simple ways to describe anything and everything from landscapes to all aspects of the human condition. Poems can evoke within us an individual response that takes us by surprise; that opens our
... Read more
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Born in England – Exploring English Poetry - The East

A celebration of English poems

by William Cowper, Thomas Nashe, Robert Southwell, Thomas Shadwell, Nicholas Breton, William Whitehead, Arthur Graeme West, Sarah Fuller Adams, Amelia Opie, Sir John Suckling ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe, Tim Graham ...

Unabridged

1 hour 4 min

Poetry. A form of words that seems so elegantly simple in one verse and so cleverly complex in another. Each poet has a particular style, an individual and unique way with words and yet each of us seems to recognise the path and destination of where the verses lead, even if sometimes the full comprehension may be a little beyond us.Through the centuries every culture has produced verse to ... Read more

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Poetry. A form of words that seems so elegantly simple in one verse and so cleverly complex in another. Each poet has a particular style, an individual and unique way with words and yet each of us seems to recognise the path and destination of where the verses lead, even if sometimes the full comprehension may be a little beyond us.Through the centuries every culture has produced verse to
... Read more
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Poets of the Early 20th Century, The - Volume 1

Find beauty and hope in a period ravaged worldwide by war

by James Joyce, Sara Teasdale, Rupert Brooke, Hilda Doolittle, Joyce Kilmer, Khalil Gibran, Sarojini Naidu, Sinclair Lewis, Wallace Stevens, William Carlos Williams ...

Narrated by Laurel Lefkow, David Shaw-Parker, Ghizela Rowe ...

Unabridged

1 hour 32 min

In England the Victorian Age was about to become the past and a new age of worldwide wars of horror and slaughter would envelop and decimate generations, forever staining mankind.The Century would see the World discover strengths. The Democracies would stand firm against Fascism and later Communism yet still keep its own elite and privileged in power and the rest of us underfoot.The World was more ... Read more

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In England the Victorian Age was about to become the past and a new age of worldwide wars of horror and slaughter would envelop and decimate generations, forever staining mankind.The Century would see the World discover strengths. The Democracies would stand firm against Fascism and later Communism yet still keep its own elite and privileged in power and the rest of us underfoot.The World was more
... Read more
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Born in England – Exploring English Poetry - The Lords, Knights & Gentlemen of the Realm

A celebration of English poems

by Sir Philip Sidney, Sir Thomas Wyatt, Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir John Suckling, Sir John Davies, Sir Francis Bacon, Lord Byron, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Lord Alfred Douglas, Francis Beaumont ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Robert Maskell, Ghizela Rowe ...

Unabridged

Poetry. A form of words that seems so elegantly simple in one verse and so cleverly complex in another. Each poet has a particular style, an individual and unique way with words and yet each of us seems to recognise the path and destination of where the verses lead, even if sometimes the full comprehension may be a little beyond us.Through the centuries every culture has produced verse to ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Poetry. A form of words that seems so elegantly simple in one verse and so cleverly complex in another. Each poet has a particular style, an individual and unique way with words and yet each of us seems to recognise the path and destination of where the verses lead, even if sometimes the full comprehension may be a little beyond us.Through the centuries every culture has produced verse to
... Read more
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Famous Poems (Unabridged)

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by et al. Edmund Spenser ...

Narrated by Garry Maier, Georgette Bunda, William Wilson, Glen Jordan ...

Unabridged

5 hours 40 min

Embark on a journey through enchanting realms with "Famous Poems," a captivating collection narrated for your listening pleasure. This audiobook unveils the brilliance of Edmund Spenser, the mastermind behind the epic "Faerie Queene," alongside other luminaries of the English Renaissance. Prepare to be swept away by tales of chivalry, unwavering love, and the captivating beauty of the natural ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Embark on a journey through enchanting realms with "Famous Poems," a captivating collection narrated for your listening pleasure. This audiobook unveils the brilliance of Edmund Spenser, the mastermind behind the epic "Faerie Queene," alongside other luminaries of the English Renaissance. Prepare to be swept away by tales of chivalry, unwavering love, and the captivating beauty of the natural
... Read more
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Lyrikalische Lesung Episode 20

by Friedrich Frieden, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff ...

Narrated by Friedrich Frieden ...

Unabridged

1 hour 13 min

Seien Sie, Hörer ohne Furcht und Tadel, herzlich eingeladen zu einer akustischen Erlebnissreise der besonderen Art, auf welcher Ihnen in einzigartigen Interpretationen Lyrik der weltberühmtesten Dichterinnen und Dichter präsentiert wird. Musikalisch untermalt mit semi-akustischen Instrumenten (Gitarren + Bass) und intuitiver Percussion. Fusionierende Harmonien aus dem lyrischen Wort und ... Read more

$10.99 USD

Seien Sie, Hörer ohne Furcht und Tadel, herzlich eingeladen zu einer akustischen Erlebnissreise der besonderen Art, auf welcher Ihnen in einzigartigen Interpretationen Lyrik der weltberühmtesten Dichterinnen und Dichter präsentiert wird. Musikalisch untermalt mit semi-akustischen Instrumenten (Gitarren + Bass) und intuitiver Percussion. Fusionierende Harmonien aus dem lyrischen Wort und
... Read more
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Poets & Their Inner Demons – Dead Before 30

Poems by poets all linked by suffering similar issues

by John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Wilfred Owen, Christopher Marlowe, Emily Bronte, Thomas Chatterton, Arthur Rimbaud, Stephen Crane, Phyllis Wheatley, Isaac Rosenberg, Rupert Brooke, Amy Levy, Alfred Lichtenstein, Charles Sorley, Alan Seeger ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe, Gideon Wagner ...

Unabridged

2 hours 51 min

The stereotypical image of a poet is one of unknown talent starving in a garret and who’s faithfulness and legacy to the art is discovered only after their death.In some cases this is undoubtedly true, but Poets being human and with the same building blocks of physical and mental health as the rest of us, also had the same afflictions and problems as the rest of us.The long roll call of names and ... Read more

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The stereotypical image of a poet is one of unknown talent starving in a garret and who’s faithfulness and legacy to the art is discovered only after their death.In some cases this is undoubtedly true, but Poets being human and with the same building blocks of physical and mental health as the rest of us, also had the same afflictions and problems as the rest of us.The long roll call of names and
... Read more
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St Georges Day - A Holiday in Verse

by Robert Browning, John Keats, William Wordsworth ...

Narrated by Ghizela Rowe, Jake Urry, Richard Mitchley ...

Unabridged

2 hours 31 min

The United States has July 4th, Ireland St Patrick’s Day and France Bastille Day.Most Nations celebrate a particular day as ‘theirs’. That day is when they turn to themselves; to reflect on the past, to revel in the present and to look forward to the future.For England 23rd April is St George’s Day.St George, a hero from bygone days, who slays Dragons and pursues other mythic deeds, is part of ... Read more

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The United States has July 4th, Ireland St Patrick’s Day and France Bastille Day.Most Nations celebrate a particular day as ‘theirs’. That day is when they turn to themselves; to reflect on the past, to revel in the present and to look forward to the future.For England 23rd April is St George’s Day.St George, a hero from bygone days, who slays Dragons and pursues other mythic deeds, is part of
... Read more
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Westminster Memorials, Volume 1

by William Blake, John Bunyan, Rupert Brooke ...

Narrated by Alex Jennings, Eve Karpf, Richard Mitchley ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Westminster Memorials
Unabridged

1 hour 4 min

Volume 1Westminster Abbey has seen much during its long, rich history; the coronations of Kings and Queens, the burials of Prime ministers. However it is also a church that remembers the men and women of the arts. Dedicated writers and poets who spoke so eloquently that the Nation wished to remember them with plaques upon its walls so that all who travelled here could remember too.Their works are ... Read more

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Volume 1Westminster Abbey has seen much during its long, rich history; the coronations of Kings and Queens, the burials of Prime ministers. However it is also a church that remembers the men and women of the arts. Dedicated writers and poets who spoke so eloquently that the Nation wished to remember them with plaques upon its walls so that all who travelled here could remember too.Their works are
... Read more

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