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  Loss - Poetry

  David Harsent

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  The city never sleeps. Silence would weaken it. When all else fails it talks to itself seamless thrum of machinery dark undertone.  
  It is 00:00 and the full of the night yet to come. 
  A man sits at a window through the dead hours of night, his sleep broken by troubling dreams of a figure in a white landscape. This fragmentary vigil anchors a series of narrative sections in which a dramatic voice — which might well be an interior monologue — gives, first, an account of the man, then addresses him directly. We learn of a conflicted childhood, of love lost to circumstance, of the press of death on the protagonist's waking thoughts. He is a man afflicted by personal loss, but also a man of his time, all too aware of the troubled world in which he lives. 
  In this powerful sequence, David Harsent's breathtaking formal skills are always in evidence. Intense, lyrical and passionate, Loss makes for enthralling listening.

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  Recuerdo

  Edna St. Vincent Millay

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  LibriVox volunteers bring you nine different recordings of Recuerdo, by Edna St. Vincent Millay. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of July 16th, 2006.(Summary by Annie Coleman)

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  Oils

  Stephen Sexton

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  Oils is a gorgeous, beguiling collection of poems where the poise of the delivery belies the emotional, existential turmoil within.
  Through his portraits of an atheist, a pickpocket and a spinach-loving sailor (among others), Stephen Sexton evokes a strange kind of melancholy as he strives to reconcile passion with detachment and profound self-doubt with unwavering love.

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  This is not a poem

  L. A. Cunningham

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  This is not a poem. 
  It's barely even a book. 
  It's one page making fun of poems that aren't poems. 
  And now it’s a 42-second audiobook too! Perfect for those long road trips and the busy individual with no time to sit down with a book.

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  Lava (NHB Modern Plays) - (new...

  James Fritz

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  A small asteroid has hit the capital city. Thousands have been displaced. And in a town far away, a young man called Vin is finding it hard to talk. The only person who seems to notice is Rach, who resolves to find out what's troubling him and help him find his voice again.
  But when Rach's family take in an articulate and charismatic survivor of the asteroid incident, Vin's silence is no longer her first priority. How does it feel when the suffering of others seems more legitimate than our own?
  James Fritz's Lava is a timely play about grief and the power of expression, rocking with raw emotion and sharp humour. It premiered at Nottingham Playhouse in 2018, in a co-production with Fifth Word who commissioned the play. It was revived on tour in 2022, including a run at Soho Theatre, London.
  'Compassionate, warm and funny... Fritz's work pairs structural playfulness with emotional intelligence and inky wit... his plays are contained and compassionate, and frequently find reservoirs of humour in places you wouldn't expect' - The Stage

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  And Yet - Poems

  Kate Baer

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  The second full length poetry collection from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of What Kind of Woman. 
  Kate Baer shot into the literary stratosphere with the publication of her debut poetry collection, What Kind of Woman, which became an instant #1 New York Times bestseller. 
  Kate’s second full-length book of traditional poetry, And Yet, dives deeper into the themes that are the hallmarks of her writing: motherhood, friendship, love, and loss. Taken together, these poems demonstrate the remarkable evolution of a writer working at the height of her craft, pushing herself and her poetry in a beautiful and impressive way. 
  Intimate, evocative, and bold, Kate’s beguiling poetry firmly positions her in the company of Dorianne Laux, Mary Oliver, Maggie Nelson, and other great female poets of our time.

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