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A compilation of early dramatic works by A. A. Milne, showcasing his versatility as a writer. Beyond his famed children's stories, Milne demonstrates his prowess in the realm of drama, touching upon a range of emotions and scenarios. These plays offer a glimpse into Milne's breadth of talent and his ability to capture the human experience in various forms.
The debut collection of an exciting new voice in poetryPlease make me pretty, I don't want to die explores tactility, sound, sensuality, and intimacy. Set across the four seasons of a year, these fresh and original poems by Tawanda Mulalu combine an inviting confessional voice and offbeat imagery, and offer an appealing mixture of seriousness and humor.The speaker of these poems probes romantic and interracial intimacy, the strangeness and difficulty of his experiences as a diasporic Black African in White America, his time working as a teacher's assistant in a third-grade classroom, and his ambivalent admiration for canonical poets who have influenced him, especially Sylvia Plath. Juxtaposing traditional forms such as sonnets and elegies with less orthodox interjections, such as prose-poem "prayers" and other meditations, the collection presents a poetic world both familiar and jarring—one in which history, the body, and poetry can collide in a single surprising turn of image: "The stars also suffer. Immense and dead, their gasses burn / distant like castanets of antebellum teeth. My open window / a synecdoche of country."Show book
This is a collection of 29 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for October 2013.Show book
Mothers who are blissed out. Mothers who are pissed off. Mothers who are great, or grateful, or grating. Mothers who have changed, mothers who can't, mothers who can't even change nappies. Women who aren't mothers. Welcome to the 'hood. The Motherhood Project draws together dramatic monologues and real-life reflections by some of the UK's leading writers, artists and thinkers, and explores all the guilt, joy and absurdity, the regrets, pressures and taboos surrounding motherhood. The project features work by Kalhan Barath, E. V. Crowe, Juno Dawson, Suhayla El-Bushra, Jodi Gray, Hannah Khalil, Katherine Kotz, Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, Siggi Mwasote, Irenosen Okojie, Anya Reiss, Naomi Sheldon, Lemn Sissay MBE, Athena Stevens and Joelle Taylor. It was produced online in 2021 by Katherine Kotz in association with Drift Studio, and presented in association with Battersea Arts Centre, London.Show book
The Merry Muses of Caledonia is among Burns' best known, but least read, work. This collection of bawdy poems, some written by and some collected by Burns, ranges from celebrations of spirited women in "Ellibanks", to misogyny in "There was twa wives" and male fantasy in "Nine Inch will please a lady". These engaging poems are not lewd or distasteful but possess a great wit and charm. This new edition updates the 1959 printing, which with engaging accompanying material by James Barke and preface by J. De Lancey Ferguson have made this the definitive version, until now. "The Merry Muses" was always intended to be accompanied by music but the 1959 edition was left incomplete due to Barke's premature death. For the first time the book is completed as it was always meant to be with notes to the tunes created with reference to Barke's unpublished papers. "The Luath Merry Muses" edition also includes bonus material with specially commissioned illustrations from top political satirist Bob Dewar and an introduction by Burns scholar Valentina Bold. Ferguson's work is brought up to date with commentary on the latest critical responses. This new edition will make this classic of Burns' literature more accessible to modern readers.Show book
The Tiruppavai is a collection of thirty stanzas (paasuram) in Tamil written by Andal, in praise of the God Tirumal or Vishnu. It is part of Divya Prabandha, a work of the twelve Alvars, and is important in Tamil literature. (Summary from Wikipedia)??????? ?????????????? ???????????????????? ???????????? ??? ???? ???????? ??????? (?????????????? ??????????), ?????????? ????? ??????? ??????? ??????? ???????????? ????????. ?????????? ???????????? ?????????? ???????????????????? ??? ????????? ????????????, ????? ????????????? ??? ?????????? ????????? ??????? ????????????.???????????? ????? ?????? ??????? ????????? ???????? ????????????? ?????????? ?????? ??????? ?????? ??????? ????? ????? ?????? ?????? ????????? ?????????. ??????, ???????? ???????? ?????, ???????? ?????????????? ??? ???????????? ????????????? ?????? ????????? ???????? ????????? ???????????, ????????? ????????????, ?????????? ????????????, ?????????? ???????????? ????????? ????????, ???????.??????? ????????? ????? ??????? ??????? ???????? ?????? ?????????? ?????????? ?????? ??? ???? ???????? ???? ???????? ????? ???????????????.(???? ???? ?????? ???????)Show book
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 ears and eyes to very personal feelings. Forget the idea of classic poetry being somehow dull and boring and best kept to children’s textbooks. It still has life, vibrancy and relevance to our lives today. Where to start? How to do that? Poetry can be difficult. We’ve put together some very eclectic Poetry Hours, with a broad range of poets and themes, to entice you and seduce you with all manner of temptations. In this hour we introduce poets of the quality and breadth of John Milton as well as themes on The Female Poet, February, Graveyard Poets and more. All of them are from Portable Poetry, a dedicated poetry publisher. We believe that poetry should be a part of our everyday lives, uplifting the soul & reaching the parts that other arts can’t. Our range of audiobooks and ebooks cover volumes on some of our greatest poets to anthologies of seasons, months, places and a wide range of themes. Portable Poetry can found at iTunes, Audible, the digital music section on Amazon and most other digital stores. This audio book is also duplicated in print as an ebook. Same title. Same words. Perhaps a different experience. But with Amazon’s whispersync you can pick up and put down on any device – start on audio, continue in print and any which way after that. Portable poetry – Let us join you for the journey. The Poetry Hour – Volume 16 John Milton. An Introduction Paradise Regained. An Extract from the First Book by John Milton Sonnet XIX by John Milton The Passion by John Milton The Graveyard Poets – An Introduction A Night Piece On Death by Thomas Parnell Invocation to Horror by Hannah Cowley Ode XIV – To Solitude by Joseph Warton February Lines On Observing A Blossom on the First of February 1796 by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Hymn Written Sunday February 11th, 1798 by Robert Anderson A Valentines Song by Robert Louis Stevenson The Kiss by Dante Gabriel Rossetti Winter’s Naked Wood by Daniel Sheehan How Like A Winter Hath My Absence Been. Sonnet 97 by William Shakespeare February by Louisa Sarah Bevington The Poetry of John Clare - An Introduction The Peasant Poet by John Clare The Vanities of Life by John Clare A World For Love by John Clare The Female Poet – An Introduction. Volume 4 Very Early Spring by Katherine Mansfield Sea Love by Charlotte Mary Mew Summer in England, 1914 by Alice Meynell Sonnet by Alice Dunbar Nelson Against Love by Katherine Phillips Hop Picking by Edith Nesbit Life by Mary Darby Robinson After Death by Fanny ParnellShow book
