Anthologies in Poetry & Fiction & Literature Audiobooks

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Bedtime Stories for Stressed Out Adults

The soothing collection of childhood classics designed to calm restless minds before bed

by Various ...

Narrated by Joan Walker, Jonathan Keeble ...

Unabridged

7 hours 6 min

The dreamiest listen for anyone struggling with sleep: over 100,000 copies sold.'Great for settling the mind before bed' - 5* LISTENER REVIEWSail away in a wooden shoe on a river of crystal light; lose yourself in memories of a first love sparked by a dragonfly on a July day; and drift off on the lush grass of a giant's garden, filled with the sweet sound of birdsong and the fresh scent of blossom ... Read more

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The dreamiest listen for anyone struggling with sleep: over 100,000 copies sold.'Great for settling the mind before bed' - 5* LISTENER REVIEWSail away in a wooden shoe on a river of crystal light; lose yourself in memories of a first love sparked by a dragonfly on a July day; and drift off on the lush grass of a giant's garden, filled with the sweet sound of birdsong and the fresh scent of blossom
... Read more
Audiobook

Renaissance Poets, The: Volume 1

by Various Authors, Edmund Spenser, Ben Jonson, John Skelton ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Alex Jennings, David Shaw-Parker, Ghizela Rowe, Eleanor Bron, Tim Graham, Stella Gonet, Sian Phillips, Angharad Rees, Glyn Houston ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Renaissance Poets
Unabridged

1 hour 7 min

For our Renaissance Poets we start with the coming to the throne of Henry 8th in 1519. From then until its end, with the crumbling of the English Republic under Cromwell, in 1659 these poets capture a time when the World as they knew it then underwent tumultuous change. Within their ranks were Spenser, Donne, Milton, Shakespeare, Sidney, Jonson, Marvell, Drayton. It is a list rich and sumptuous, ... Read more

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For our Renaissance Poets we start with the coming to the throne of Henry 8th in 1519. From then until its end, with the crumbling of the English Republic under Cromwell, in 1659 these poets capture a time when the World as they knew it then underwent tumultuous change. Within their ranks were Spenser, Donne, Milton, Shakespeare, Sidney, Jonson, Marvell, Drayton. It is a list rich and sumptuous,
... Read more
Audiobook

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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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
... Read more
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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
Audiobook

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
Audiobook

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
Audiobook

Stranger Music

Selected Poems and Songs

by Leonard Cohen ...

Narrated by Jonathan Davis ...

Unabridged

5 hours 46 min

With the appearance of his first record album in 1967, Leonard Cohen—already well known in his native Canada as a poet and novelist—was introduced to audiences in the United States, where he quickly took his place among the preeminent singer–songwriters of the time.Over the years, and through the release of more than a dozen studio albums, Cohen gained a reputation as a dazzlingly literate and ... Read more

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With the appearance of his first record album in 1967, Leonard Cohen—already well known in his native Canada as a poet and novelist—was introduced to audiences in the United States, where he quickly took his place among the preeminent singer–songwriters of the time.Over the years, and through the release of more than a dozen studio albums, Cohen gained a reputation as a dazzlingly literate and
... Read more
Audiobook

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
Audiobook

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
Audiobook

81 Famous Poems

by various authors ...

Narrated by Alexander Scourby, Nancy Wickwire, Bramwell Fletcher ...

Unabridged

2 hours 16 min

Listen to the sound of English as it was meant to be heard. The only authorized audio companion to the widely respected Norton Anthology of Poetry, Third Edition, this audio collection includes the greatest poems of the English language, ranging from the writings of Shakespeare, Milton, Blake, and Wordsworth, to the best-loved verse of Whitman, Dickinson, the Brownings, and Yeats. Thirty-nine ... Read more

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Listen to the sound of English as it was meant to be heard. The only authorized audio companion to the widely respected Norton Anthology of Poetry, Third Edition, this audio collection includes the greatest poems of the English language, ranging from the writings of Shakespeare, Milton, Blake, and Wordsworth, to the best-loved verse of Whitman, Dickinson, the Brownings, and Yeats. Thirty-nine
... Read more
Audiobook

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

$24.99 USD

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
Audiobook

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
Audiobook

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
Audiobook

Imagists, The

A poetry collection of the hugely influential early-20th-century Anglo-American poetry movement.

by Amy Lowell, Hilda Doolittle, Ezra Pound ...

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

Unabridged

1 hour 14 min

In the early 1900s a new movement in poetry began. With the new century came new thinking, a reaction to both romanticism and the more formal, structured poetry of the Victorian era. Here was poetry designed to be simple, clear and precise, rather than be adorned and encrusted with more from the lexicon than what was actually needed.The original ideas sprang from T. E Hulme and from these Ezra ... Read more

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In the early 1900s a new movement in poetry began. With the new century came new thinking, a reaction to both romanticism and the more formal, structured poetry of the Victorian era. Here was poetry designed to be simple, clear and precise, rather than be adorned and encrusted with more from the lexicon than what was actually needed.The original ideas sprang from T. E Hulme and from these Ezra
... Read more
Audiobook

Серебряный век. Афоризмы

by Сборник ...

Narrated by Роман Покрышкин ...

Series series Золотые слова
Unabridged

1 hour 29 min

Cборник объединяет лучшие стихотворения великих поэтов конца XIX - начала XX веков, создавших неповторимую атмосферу своего времени. Эти стихи - ключ к пониманию эпохи, когда каждый звук и каждая рифма несли в себе глубокий смысл, раскрывали сокровенные тайны бытия и создавали новые миры. Прикоснитесь к живой истории, услышьте голоса поэтов, которые своим творчеством изменили мир. Независимо от ... Read more

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Cборник объединяет лучшие стихотворения великих поэтов конца XIX - начала XX веков, создавших неповторимую атмосферу своего времени. Эти стихи - ключ к пониманию эпохи, когда каждый звук и каждая рифма несли в себе глубокий смысл, раскрывали сокровенные тайны бытия и создавали новые миры. Прикоснитесь к живой истории, услышьте голоса поэтов, которые своим творчеством изменили мир. Независимо от
... Read more
Audiobook

William Shakespeare - A Tribute in Verse

by Ben Jonson, John Milton, Matthew Arnold ...

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

Unabridged

1 hour 2 min

William Shakespeare was born in Stratford upon Avon in late April 1565 and baptized there on 26th April. He was one of eight children. Little is known about his life but what is evident is the enormous contribution he has made to World Literature. His writing was progressive, magnificent in scope and breathtaking in execution. His plays and sonnets helped enable the English language to speak with ... Read more

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William Shakespeare was born in Stratford upon Avon in late April 1565 and baptized there on 26th April. He was one of eight children. Little is known about his life but what is evident is the enormous contribution he has made to World Literature. His writing was progressive, magnificent in scope and breathtaking in execution. His plays and sonnets helped enable the English language to speak with
... Read more
Audiobook

Top 10 Poets, The - The 20th Century

Five poems each from some of the best poets born in the 20th Century

by Robert Frost ...

Narrated by Darrell Joe ...

Unabridged

1 hour 25 min

The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives.But finding a starting point can be ... Read more

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The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives.But finding a starting point can be
... Read more
Audiobook

Christmas Poetry

by Rudyard Kipling, Robert Herrick, Christinas Rossetti ...

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

Unabridged

1 hour 15 min

Christmas, they say, comes but once a year. In these days it seems to also last for much of that year.For the religious amongst us this annual celebration of the Birth of Christ must seem bitter sweet; it’s acknowledgment by billions of people countered by the pervasive spread of material possessions translating the event to little more than a sales pitch for their own wares.Most religions ... Read more

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Christmas, they say, comes but once a year. In these days it seems to also last for much of that year.For the religious amongst us this annual celebration of the Birth of Christ must seem bitter sweet; it’s acknowledgment by billions of people countered by the pervasive spread of material possessions translating the event to little more than a sales pitch for their own wares.Most religions
... Read more
Audiobook

Poetry of Churchyards, The

by Thomas Gray, Alexander Anderson ...

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

Unabridged

37 min

The church building has been pivotal to man’s spiritual and religious life for centuries.For many the interior of a church is literally their one to one with God. The interiors, whether soaring or simple, ornate or minimal, are built for communion, for worship.Outside and surrounding our many churches is the churchyard; the burial ground, the repository for faithful souls. An all-weather idyll of ... Read more

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The church building has been pivotal to man’s spiritual and religious life for centuries.For many the interior of a church is literally their one to one with God. The interiors, whether soaring or simple, ornate or minimal, are built for communion, for worship.Outside and surrounding our many churches is the churchyard; the burial ground, the repository for faithful souls. An all-weather idyll of
... Read more
Audiobook

Poetry of World War I, The - The Top 100

by Laurence Binyon, Ivor Gurney, Isaac Rosenberg ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Jake Urry, Gideon Wagner ...

Unabridged

1 hour 51 min

War may be rationalized as ‘diplomacy by other means’ but the reality is that when tribes, Nations and peoples bring themselves into armed conflict with one another mayhem, terror and slaughter are the result.In the First World War, The Great War, The War to End all Wars any idealistic aims that it was a ‘just cause’ and would be all over in a few months were shattered against the vast scale of ... Read more

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War may be rationalized as ‘diplomacy by other means’ but the reality is that when tribes, Nations and peoples bring themselves into armed conflict with one another mayhem, terror and slaughter are the result.In the First World War, The Great War, The War to End all Wars any idealistic aims that it was a ‘just cause’ and would be all over in a few months were shattered against the vast scale of
... Read more
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Short Story Collection Vol. 102 (Unabridged)

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by et al. Louisa May Alcott ...

Narrated by Alice Werre, Oswaldo Taylor, Patricia Broome, Bryan Darden ...

Unabridged

6 hours 57 min

Curl up by the fire with a heartwarming collection of tales in "Short Story Collection Vol. 102." Journey with Louisa May Alcott, master storyteller, and a host of talented voices, as they weave unforgettable narratives. From heartwarming family adventures to tales of hidden courage, this audiobook promises laughter, tears, and a touch of magic. Let these short stories transport you to bygone eras ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Curl up by the fire with a heartwarming collection of tales in "Short Story Collection Vol. 102." Journey with Louisa May Alcott, master storyteller, and a host of talented voices, as they weave unforgettable narratives. From heartwarming family adventures to tales of hidden courage, this audiobook promises laughter, tears, and a touch of magic. Let these short stories transport you to bygone eras
... Read more
Audiobook

Poetry of Stephen Crane, The

“Sometimes, the most profound of awakenings come wrapped in the quietest of moments”

by Stephen Crane ...

Narrated by Danny Swopes, Ghizela Rowe ...

Unabridged

1 hour

Stephen Crane was born 1st November, 1871 in Newark, New Jersey and was the eighth surviving child out of fourteen. Incredibly he began writing at the age of four and was published several times by the age of sixteen.Crane only began a full-time education when he was nine but quickly mastered the grades needed to catch up and move forward. Although educated at Lafayette and Syracuse he had little ... Read more

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Stephen Crane was born 1st November, 1871 in Newark, New Jersey and was the eighth surviving child out of fourteen. Incredibly he began writing at the age of four and was published several times by the age of sixteen.Crane only began a full-time education when he was nine but quickly mastered the grades needed to catch up and move forward. Although educated at Lafayette and Syracuse he had little
... Read more
Audiobook

Poetry Hour, The - Volume 15

by John Dryden, William Morris, Rudyard Kipling ...

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

Unabridged

59 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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