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  A Lick and a Promise

  Imelda May

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  The audiobook version of A Lick and a Promise read by Imelda May.
  A Lick and a Promise is the debut poetry collection of one of Ireland's most famed female musicians, Imelda May.
  Following the release of her first poetry EP Slip Of The Tongue  in 2020, this collection contains 100 poems, including two each from both her father and young daughter. Using the themes of Breast, Below, Blood, Eyes, Tongue and Temple, the poems are written in May's absorbing, visceral style and encapsulate heartbreak, sex, nature and womanhood. Included in the collection is 'You Don't Get to be Racist and Irish', the powerful poem which was written in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and was recently used by Rethink Ireland campaign.

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  Rhyme A Dozen A - Heartbreak -...

  Oscar Wilde, Emily Dickinson,...

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  ‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears. 
   
  1 - A Rhyme a Dozen - 12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic.  Heartbreak 
  2 - Helas! by Oscar Wilde 
  3 - A Poor Torn Heart, a Tattered Heart by Emily Dickinson 
  4 - I Prithee Send Me Back My Heart by Sir John Suckling 
  5 - Loves Lies Bleeding by Algernon Charles Swinburne 
  6 - Ebb by Edna St Vincent Millay 
  7 - My Own Heart, Let Me Have More, Have Pity by Gerard Manley Hopkins 
  8 - My Heart is Lame by Charlotte Mew 
  9 - My Heart Cries by Kabir 
  10 - Sonnet 87 - Farewell! Thou Art Too Dear for My Possessing by William Shakespeare 
  11 - When We Two Parted by Lord Byron 
  12 - We Parted in Silence by Isabella Valancy Crawford 
  13 - Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe

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  The Pulley

  George Herbert

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  LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 different recordings of The Pulley by George Herbert. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of June 15th, 2008.

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  50 Poems to Read at Weddings -...

  William Shakespeare, Christina...

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  The wedding.  The legal and public union of two people. 
   
  A very simple concept and one we all, at one time or another, have thought about. 
   
  In life that’s the easy part.   
   
  The difficult part is the ceremony, not for the dewy-eyed couple, family and friends but for those who are now called to stand and offer words of tribute, of jest and of satisfaction with the couple, on their past lives and future happiness.   
   
  Even the most socially hardened are certain nerves will fray and know the importance of confidence and delivery at this unique moment.  Expectations are high and a badly punch-lined joke or story has the glaring eyes of the room upon you.  
   
  In this volume our classic and well-loved poets take the work out of words and offer up lines and verse of unrivalled beauty, telling knowledge and the comfort of love.  Elizabeth Barrett Browning, W B Yeats, Rainer Maria Rilke, Khalil Gibran are but a handful of the poets who will speak for you and on behalf of us all.

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  Unterstadt - A Novel

  Ivana Šojat

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  The novel Unterstadt tells the story of an urban family of German origin living in Osijek from the end of the nineteenth till the end of the twentieth century. It is narrated through the portrayal of the destinies of four generations of women – a great grandmother, a grandmother, mother, and a daughter – their shattered illusions, the education of their children, the historical events that brutally lash out at them.
   
  Ivana Šojat creates a world rich in detail and nuance, all her characters, both major and minor, are expressive and suggestive, abundant in virtues and flaws, complex and multidimensional, as life itself is. By depicting a clash of generations through the female characters of a family, the author creates a world in which, often due to bizarre strokes of fate or wrongly selected life-cards, both horrible and beautiful events occur. Yet the central theme, running through all the generations and all the characters, is that of hiding away from the past, fleeing from it, concealing it, which sooner or later leads to traumas and misunderstandings.
   
  Unterstadt is a book about a family and a town, written in the manner of the best and greatest modernist novels. Through the history of one family, it speaks of the twentieth century in a multiethnic town, of dictatorships, of wrongly selected sides, of fate which one can hardly defy.Unterstadt reveals the richness of Ivana Šojat’s narrative talent, and it is thus not surprising that she has emerged as one of the most interesting writers of contemporary Croatian prose.
   
  The book Understadt was published as part of the Growing Together project, co-financed by the European Union.

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  Tender

  Eleanor Tindall

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  'You might say that my life is perfect.'
  Ivy has life sorted; she's got a flat, a boyfriend and she knows exactly where it's all headed. Except there is this thing that she tries not to think about. The thing she left in her childhood bedroom.
  Ash is having the time of her life. Fresh from leaving a bad relationship, she's got no idea what's next. But there's something about her new flat. The wallpaper pulses and sometimes it sounds like a heartbeat.
  Two women. A chance meeting. Giddy kisses they never should have shared. Eleanor Tindall's play Tender is the story of two people who find each other without even knowing they were looking. It was first performed at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2024, directed by Emily Aboud and produced by Broccoli Arts and Jessie Anand Productions. It was revived at the Bush Theatre in 2026.

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