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  Freshness of Poetic Perception

  Paul Hamilton Hayne

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  LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of Freshness of Poetic Perception by Paul Hamilton Hayne. This was the Weekly Poetry project for October 7, 2012.Paul Hamilton Hayne was born in Charleston, South Carolina. He left his law practice to persue his literary interests.  He became a literaey critic and magazine editor in Grovetown, Georgia, where he lived until his death. (Summary by David Lawrence)

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  Henry VI Part One

  William Shakespeare, Pierre...

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  The all-conquering King Henry V is dead and the throne is occupied by his infant son, Henry VI. The good Duke Humphrey of Gloucester has been appointed protector, but a struggle for power soon develops between the young king’s Lancastrian relatives and the powerful house of York under Richard Plantagenet. Meanwhile the French, led by Joan of Arc, the maid of Orleans, threaten to win back the territories lost to Henry V.

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  Don Quixote of La Mancha

  Miguel de Cervantès

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  Don Quixote of La Mancha tells the story of Alonso Quixano, a middle-aged man from Spain who becomes so obsessed with tales of chivalry that he loses his sanity and decides to become a knight-errant. Renaming himself Don Quixote, he sets out on a quest to revive honor, defend the helpless, and live according to the ideals of heroic knights. 
  Accompanied by his loyal but practical squire, Sancho Panza, Don Quixote embarks on a series of misadventures where imagination and reality constantly clash. He famously mistakes windmills for giants, inns for castles, and ordinary people for characters in grand epics. While his actions often lead to comedic and sometimes tragic consequences, his unwavering belief in his mission gives the story a deeper emotional resonance. 
  Through humor, satire, and rich storytelling, Cervantes explores themes of illusion versus reality, the power of dreams, and the complexity of human nature. Don Quixote is widely regarded as one of the greatest works of literature ever written and a cornerstone of modern fiction.

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  The Flea (NHB Modern Plays)

  James Fritz

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  July 1889, London. A flea bites a rat. A rat spooks a horse. A horse kicks a man. As the chain reaction continues, a boy and his mother find themselves swept up in a national scandal that will reshape both their lives – and the country.
  James Fritz's play The Flea is a retelling of the Cleveland Street Scandal that shook England – from the streets of Bermondsey to the halls of Buckingham Palace – and features a flea, a horse, a detective, a queen, a pimp, a god, and Charlie, the telegraph boy who knelt before the Crown.
  This anarchic and affecting play was first performed at The Yard Theatre, London, in October 2023, directed by Artistic Director Jay Miller.

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  Most Blessed For Ever

  Frances Ridley Havergal

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  LibriVox readers bring you 9 readings of Most Blessed For Ever, by Frances Ridley Havergal. This was the weekly poem for January 11 to 18, 2015.  (Summary by EstherbenSimonides)

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  Gone Writing: The Poems of Moore...

  Peter Moore

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  Humorous poetry from the television program hosted by a beloved Minnesota news anchor. 
  In the 1950s, Dave Moore, a young actor born and raised in Minneapolis, accepted a newscaster position with the local CBS affiliate, WCCO-TV-a job Walter Cronkite turned down. For the next three decades, until his death in 1998, he delivered the evening news with integrity, conviction, humor, and flair, making him a fixture in Minnesota living rooms.  
  At the end of his weekly news-in-review program, Moore on Sunday (or, as he liked to call it, “Moron Sunday”), Moore often signed off by reciting a poem. These poems, composed by Moore’s son Peter and collected here for the first time, offer a fresh and funny take on the common and not-so-common stuff of our everyday lives. Reminiscent of Ogden Nash and Tom Lehrer, with a dash of Dr. Seuss, Peter Moore’s verse captures the essence of his father’s wit, common sense, honesty, and warmth.

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