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  Short Poetry Collection 152

  Various Various

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  This is a collection of 26 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for January 2016.

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  The Poetry of Alice Meynell -...

  Alice Meynell

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  Alice Christiana Gertrude Thompson was born on 22nd September 1847 in Barnes, London. 
   
  Her family travelled widely meaning that Alice’s early years were spent around England, Switzerland, and France before finally settling in Italy. Her dedicated interest in religion brought a conversion to the Catholic faith.  Much of that viewpoint is seen in her first published volume in 1875, ‘Preludes’. 
   
  In 1876 she married Wilfred Meynell, the newspaper publisher and editor and together they set up and published a number of magazines as well as publishing the initial works of several poets including Francis Thompson. 
   
  Despite a hectic lifestyle of her own poetry and essays together with the family business she gave birth to eight children. Her health though was erratic, and she was frequently incapacitated by illness including migraines and depressions. 
   
  As the new century dawned she along with many other artists began to question the colonial needs of Empire with its segregation and oppression. In particular she sought and gained a role in the Women’s Suffrage movement as it attempted to obtain greater equality for women.  
   
  Today Alice is often overlooked for the quality and stature of her poetry which, during her career brought serious official consideration. She was twice considered but passed over for the post of poet laureate after the deaths of Alfred Lord Tennyson and Alfred Austin. 
   
  Alice Meynell died on 27th November 1922. She is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery in London. 
  1 - The Poetry of Alice Meynell - An Introduction 
  2 - The Poet to His Childhood by Alice Meynell 
  3 - To A Poet by Alice Meynell 
  4 - A Poet of One Mood by Alice Meynell 
  5 - The Modern Poet - A Song of Derivations by Alice Meynell 
  6 - The Poet to Nature by Alice Meynell 
  7 - In February by Alice Meynell 
  8 - Cradle-Song At Twilight by Alice Meynell 
  9 - Song. As the Inhastening Tide Doth Roll by Alice Meynell 
  10 - Song of the Day to the Night by Alice Meynell 
  11 - Soeur Monique. A Rondeau by Couperin by Alice Meynell 
  12 - To A Lost Melody by Alice Meynell 
  13 - Singers To Come by Alice Meynell 
  14 - A Shattered Lute by Alice Meynell 
  15 - Regrets by Alice Meynell 
  16 - Parted by Alice Meynell 
  17 - After A Parting by Alice Meynell 
  18 - Sonnet. Thoughts in Separation by Alice Meynell 
  19 - In Autumn by Alice Meynell 
  20 - My Heart Shall Be Thy Garden by Alice Meynell 
  21 - Your Own Fair Youth by Alice Meynell 
  22 - The Lover Urges the Better Thrift by Alice Meynell 
  23 - To The Beloved by Alice Meynell 
  24 - The Love of Narcissus by Alice Meynell 
  25 - An Unmarked Festival by Alice Meynell 
  26 - A Letter From A Girl To Her Own Age by Alice Meynell 
  27 - San Lorenzo Giustiniani's Mother by Alice Meynell 
  28 - Maternity by Alice Meynell 
  29 - The Modern Mother by Alice Meynell 
  30 - Summer In England 1914 by Alice Meynell 
  31 - The Lady of the Lambs by Alice Meynell 
  32 - Builders of Ruins by Alice Meynell 
  33 - The Lady Poverty by Alice Meynell 
  34 - At Night by Alice Meynell 
  35 - Renouncement by Alice Meynell 
  36 - To the Beloved Dead - A Lament by Alice Meynell 
  37 - Christ in The Universe by Alice Meynell 
  38 - Veni Creator by Alice Meynell

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  Mr President Collection 1

  Black Eye Entertainment

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  Mr. President came to ABC radio in 1947 and lasted until 1953. Each half-hour drama was based on an actual incident in the life of one of the men who have held the office of President of the United States. The scripts were cleverly written in such a way as to not reveal the name of the President until the last line of dialog in the program, when the President would be addressed by name. The audience was thus encouraged to guess, from the plot of the episode, which President he was. The series was created by Robert G. Jennings and produced and directed by Dick Woolen. The stories were written by a team that included Jean Holloway, Bernard Dougall and Ira Marion. An expert research staff made certain that the facts depicted were accurate. Each and every week, the Chief Executive was portrayed by the same actor, Edward Arnold. Arnold appeared in over 150 films and had served as President of The Screen Actors Guild (1940-1942). A lifelong conservative Republican and staunch anti-Communist, Arnold was one of the first actors to seriously consider running for public office. After losing a close election for Los Angeles City Alderman in the mid-1940s, he expressed his views afterward that entertainment and politics were incompatible. Of course, he has been proven wrong numerous times since then. Enjoy 12 half-hour episodes of Mr. President, one of the best historical dramas ever heard on radio. 
  1/23/49 "Program #84"3/6/49 "Program #90"5/8/49 "Program #99"5/15/49 "Program #100"9/25/49 "Program #119"10/23/49 "Program #123"1/1/50 "Program #132"4/2/50 "Program #145"5/14/50 "Program #151"6/25/50 "Program #157"7/23/50 "Program #161"9/17/50 "Program #169"

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  Terraform - Building a Better World

  Propaganda

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  Performed by Propaganda and featuring four exclusive original songs. 
  In this debut collection of essays and poetry, musician, speaker, and activist Propaganda inspires us to create a better, more equitable world. 
  “If we get to make the very cultures that shape who we are, then let us remake them in the best way possible.” 
  In this deep, challenging, and thoughtful book, Propaganda looks at the ways in which our world is broken. Using the metaphor of terraforming—creating a livable world out of an inhospitable one—he shows how we can begin to reshape our homes, friendships, communities, and politics. 
  In this transformative time—when we are redefining what a truly just and equitable world looks like, and reflecting on the work that needs to be done both in our spiritual and secular lives—Propaganda rallies readers to create that just world. He sheds light on how nefarious origin stories have skewed our views of ourselves and others and allowed gross injustices, and demonstrates how great storytelling and excellent art can create and shape new perspectives of the world and make all of us better. 
  ?Includes the songs "" IAGBTW (It Ain't Gotta Be This Way)”, "" The Soils Alive"", "" Us We "", and ""Imagine"" (featuring Nahoa Life) by Propaganda.

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  Short Poetry Collection 125

  Various Various

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  This is a collection of 29 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for October 2013.

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  A Parting Guest

  James Whitcomb Riley

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  LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of A Parting Guest by James Whitcomb Riley. This was the Weekly Poetry project for May 15, 2011.James Whitcomb Riley was an American writer, poet, and best selling author. During his lifetime he was known as the Hoosier Poet and Children's Poet for his dialect works and his children's poetry respectively. His poems tended to be humorous or sentimental, and of the approximately one thousand poems that Riley authored, over half are in dialect. His famous works include "Little Orphant Annie" and "The Raggedy Man". (summary from Wkipedia)

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