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  Emaux et Camees

  Théophile Gauthier

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  Emaux et Camées by Théophile Gautier is a celebrated collection of poetry that stands as a defining work of the nineteenth-century aesthetic movement. Renowned for its precision, elegance, and devotion to artistic beauty, this volume reflects Gautier's belief in "art for art's sake"—the idea that art exists not to moralize or instruct, but to embody pure form and refined expression.
  
  The title, which translates to Enamels and Cameos, evokes miniature works of art—carefully crafted, polished, and enduring. In the same spirit, each poem in this collection is meticulously shaped, displaying Gautier's mastery of rhythm, imagery, and structure. His verses are vivid and sculptural, transforming fleeting moments into lasting artistic impressions. Like finely carved cameos, the poems capture scenes, emotions, and reflections with delicate precision.
  
  Throughout the collection, Gautier explores themes of beauty, mythology, love, mortality, art, and memory. Classical influences blend seamlessly with romantic sensibilities, creating a body of work that feels both timeless and deeply personal. Statues, paintings, landscapes, and historical figures come alive through his lyrical craftsmanship, revealing a poet deeply attuned to visual and sensory detail.
  
  Unlike more overtly emotional or political poetry of his era, Gautier's work often maintains a controlled and polished tone. His language is exacting and musical, emphasizing balance and harmony. Yet beneath the surface refinement lies profound contemplation—meditations on the permanence of art compared to the fragility of human life, and on the enduring power of beauty in a changing world.
  
  Emaux et Camées is widely regarded as one of Gautier's finest achievements and a cornerstone of French poetic tradition. Its influence extended beyond literature, shaping later movements that valued aesthetic purity and stylistic perfection. Readers encountering this collection will discover poetry that invites careful appreciation—verses that shimmer with clarity, artistry, and enduring grace.
  
  Elegant, reflective, and masterfully composed, Emaux et Camées remains a timeless tribute to the transformative power of artistic expression.

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  Hira-Singh's Farewell to Burmah

  Laurence Hope

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  Adela Florence Nicolson was an English poet who wrote under the pseudonym Laurence Hope.She was born in England and joined her father in 1881, who was employed in the British Army at Lahore (The traditional capital of Punjab for a millennium, Lahore was the cultural centre of the northern Indian subcontinent which extends from the eastern banks of the Indus River to New Delhi.)Her father was editor of the Lahore arm of The Civil and Military Gazette, and it was he who in all probability gave Rudyard Kipling (a contemporary of his daughter) his first employment as a journalist. Her sisters Annie Sophie Cory and Isabel Cory also pursued writing careers: Annie wrote popular, racy novels under the pseudonym "Victoria Cross," while Isabel assisted and then succeeded their father as editor of the Sind Gazette. ( Wikipedia)

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  Webs & Roses - A Poetry Collection

  Megan Linski

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  Journey through this collection of poems as the author recounts her teenage and college years, each line describing a young woman's adventure through life, love, faith, and loss.

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  Poetics

  Aristotle

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  Aristotle's Poetics (Greek: Περὶ ποιητικῆς; Latin: De Poetica) is the earliest surviving work of dramatic theory and first extant philosophical treatise to focus on literary theory. In it, Aristotle offers an account of what he calls "poetry" (a term that derives from a classical Greek term, ποιητής, that means "poet; author; maker" and in this context includes verse drama – comedy, tragedy, and the satyr play – as well as lyric poetry and epic poetry). They are similar in the fact that they are all imitations but different in the three ways that Aristotle describes: Differences in music rhythm, harmony, meter and melody. Difference of goodness in the characters.Difference in how the narrative is presented: telling a story or acting it out. In examining its "first principles", Aristotle finds two: 1) imitation and 2) genres and other concepts by which that of truth is applied/revealed in the poesis. His analysis of tragedy constitutes the core of the discussion. Although Aristotle's Poetics is universally acknowledged in the Western critical tradition, "almost every detail about his seminal work has aroused divergent opinions". The work was lost to the Western world for a long time. It was available in the Middle Ages and early Renaissance only through a Latin translation of an Arabic version written by Averroes.Aristotle's work on aesthetics consists of the Poetics, Politics and Rhetoric. The Poetics is specifically concerned with drama. At some point, Aristotle's original work was divided in two, each "book" written on a separate roll of papyrus.

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  rhoda enigma

  William T McCartney

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  Rhoda is a nurse, and this story is about the events that evolve after she meets two mental health patients.

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  In The Long Run

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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  LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of In The Long Run by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. This was the Weekly Poetry project for July 11th, 2010.

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