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  Multilingual Poetry Collection 006

  Various Various

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  In LibriVox’s Multilingual Poetry Collection, LibriVox volunteers read their favourite public-domain poems in languages other than English. (Summary by David Barnes).

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  St David's Day - A Holiday in Verse

  Alun Lewis, Dafydd ap Gwilym, W....

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  It comes as no surprise to the average Welsh person that their culture continues to thrive despite centuries of seeming servitude to the English.  Wales, exemplified by the symbol of the Welsh dragon, is a small proud nation of many talents, large imaginations and even bigger hearts. 
   
  Saint David's Day, or the Feast of Saint David falls on the 1st March each year on the anniversary of his death in 589 AD. The feast has been regularly celebrated since his canonisation in the 12th century. 
   
  Traditional festivities include wearing the symbols of Wales and St David; daffodils and leeks, eating the National dish of cawl, a thick heartwarming soup, as well as the classic Welsh rarebit, and parades throughout the day featuring the traditional dress. 
   
  The pride in its culture and history is keenly felt and in this volume the poets of Wales through the ages bring verse that fortifies and uplifts the soul of a nation and its much admired literary merits.  
  1 - St David's Day - A Holiday in Verse  - An Introduction 
  2 - Grongar Hill by John Dyer 
  3 - Home, Fair Was The Morning Fair Our Tempers by Edward Thomas 
  4 - The Waterfall  by Henry Vaughan 
  5 - Sweet Empty Sky of June by Henry Vaughan 
  6 - from Chepstow - A Poem - Tinturn Abbey by Edward Davies 
  7 - The Grey Steed by Gwerfyl Mechain 
  8 - The Fox by Robert Williams Parry 
  9 - On a Mountain Tumulus by Dafydd ap Gwilym 
  10 - Llyn Y Gadair by T H Parry-Williams 
  11 - Plynlimmon by Lewis Glyn Cothi 
  12 - The Kingfisher by W H Davies 
  13 - In May by William Henry Davies 
  14 - Cock Crow by Edward Thomas 
  15 - All Day It Has Rained by Alun Lewis 
  16 - from Education In Wales by Rowland Williams 
  17 - Here's the Life I’ve Sigh’d For Long by Iolo Goch 
  18 - The Depression by David Gwenalt-Jones 
  19 - The Wind's Lament by John Morris-Jones 
  20 - In Praise of Wales by Talhaiarn 
  21 - Praise of a Girl by Huw Morus 
  22 - A Fleeting Passion by William Henry Davies 
  23 - Song of the Worker's Wife by Alice Gray Jones 
  24 - from The Happy Farmer by Iolo Morganwg 
  25 - Miners by Wilfred Owen 
  26 - This Poor Man by William John Gruffydd 
  27 - Old Man by Edward Thomas 
  28 - Wondrous Sight For Men by Ann Griffiths 
  29 - Has Your Soul Sipped by Wilfred Owen 
  30 - Faith by George Herbert 
  31 - Apologia Pro Poemate Meo by Wilfred Owen 
  32 - Exposure by Wilfred Owen 
  33 - War by Hedd Wyn 
  34 - There's An Open Door by Ann Griffiths 
  35 - The Immovable Covenant by Hugh Derfel 
  36 - The Black Spot by Hedd Wyn 
  37 - Expecting The Lord by Ann Griffiths 
  38 - Church Monuments by George Herbert 
  39 - A Flower Sunday Lullaby by Eiffion Wynn 
  40 - Virtue by George Herbert 
  41 - Hymn XLI by William Williams Pantycelyn 
  42 - Song to Mead by Taliesin 
  43 - The Owl Disturbs the Bard's Sleep by Dafydd ap Gwilym 
  44 - The Perishing World. From 'The Sleeping Bard' by Elis Wynn 
  45 - Lullaby by Roberty Bryan 
  46 - The Fold of the Bards Book of Taliesin 
  47 - from Arthur's Passing by Thomas Gwynn Jones 
  48 - An Elegy on the Death of Llywelyn ab Gruyffyd by Gruffydd ap Yr Ynad Coch 
  49 - In Memory of Mair Eluned by T Marchant Williams 
  50 - Goodbye by Alun Lewis 
  51 - Friends Departed by Henry Vaughan

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  Venus Trines at Midnight - Love...

  Linda Goodman

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  Linda Goodman is the world's best-known astrologer. Her three books, Sun Signs, Love Signs, and Star Signs have sold over 40 million copies in many languagaes. Known to her friends as both a poet and a romantic, Linda Goodman's view of the world was influencd by the astrology she understood so well. That unique combination of talents produced this charming and profound book.These poems about love and loss, death and reincarnation, beauty and romance, all seen through the prism of an astrological landscape, teach us how this fascinating science helps weave the fabric of our lives. But even more than that--like most great poetry, they make the heart sing and the spirit soar, and give us the wisdom to appreciate that the dance is eternal.

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  Breed (NHB Modern Plays)

  Lou Ramsden

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  A sharp and savage play about the animals we are and the people we try to be.
  Liv is in trouble - her mum's planning a dog fight, her dad's getting out of jail, her brother's getting too close to her baby, the police are sniffing around and the pack is closing in.
  "From the night you were born, puppy, I knew I'd do anything for you"
  'disturbing... powerful... grisly and engaging' - The Times
  'Ramsden hits upon something in Breed. It is a strong offering by a clearly talented young writer' - The Stage

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  Joanne (NHB Modern Plays)

  Deborah Bruce

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  Five characters share a common thread: Joanne. But it's not about her. It's about Stella, whose tomorrow is as far away as winter from summer. It's the way Grace finds her song on the footpath between two cars. It's about Alice's MBA wasted on plugging holes, Kath's patients crawling alongside her after the night shift and it's Becky caught in the crosshairs of what's best and what's right for her students.
  But what about her? What about Joanne?
  In Joanne, five of the most exciting voices in theatre explore the pressures on our public services as one young woman buckles under pressures of her own.
  The play comprises five interconnected short plays for a solo performer, written by Deborah Bruce, Theresa Ikoko, Laura Lomas, Chino Odimba and Ursula Rani Sarma.
  Commissioned by Clean Break, Joanne premiered at Latitude Festival in 2015, before transferring to Soho Theatre, London.

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  Thrice Welcome

  Harrison S. Morris

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  LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Thrice Welcome from Poor Robin's Almanac. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 11, 2011.Poor Robin's Almanac first appeared in England in the 17th century. It ran until sometime in the 18th century.It was originally a satirical publication, although over the years it became less humorous and more of a source for traditional homilies.Poor Robin is a pseudonym whose original user is unknown. William Winstanley and Robert Herrick are both possible candidates. More works were published under this pseudonym in America in the 1800s.(Summary by Lucy Perry)

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