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  The Orchid Folios

  Mok Zining

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  “When you take an orchid out of its pot, you must first loosen the roots’ hold on the soil. Late last evening as I unravelled the braids of the shattered phalaenopsis, I saw how the ends were white and shrivelled from neglect. You have to do it gently—it’s like combing hair. I remember Mum’s fingers running through mine, and mine through hers, until the final months when all of it started to fall.” 
   
   
  A pot shatters. An arrangement falls apart. A florist finds herself amidst the scattered leaves of history. At once a poetry collection and a documentary novella, The Orchid Folios reimagines the orchid as a living, breathing document of history: a history that enmeshes the personal, colonial, linguistic, and biotechnological with the Vanda Miss Joaquim, the symbol of Singapore’s postcolonial hybridity. While the Orchid has shaped the fantastical narratives that govern our multiracial City in a Garden, it continues to shape-shift and bloom on its own terms, challenging us to imagine a decolonised Singapore. This is the organism at the heart of The Orchid Folios—by turns stark and unruly, documenting and challenging the narratives that are the roots of our national consciousness.

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  Poems of a Bering Sea Captain...

  Lee Woodard II

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  Deep-cutting spiritual poems addressing the deepest human feelings.

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  Paul Laurence Dunbar: 16 Poems...

  Anonimo

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.   
  “Paul Laurence Dunbar: 16 Poems and Analyses with an Original Piano Underscore Adapted for Each Poem” is a richly immersive audiobook that brings one of America’s most beloved poets to vivid, resonant life. This unique collection blends Dunbar’s poetic mastery with thoughtful literary interpretation and original piano compositions crafted to mirror the tone, rhythm, and emotional landscape of each piece. The result is a listening experience that honors Dunbar’s legacy while offering fresh pathways into his work for both longtime admirers and new audiences. 
  Across these sixteen carefully chosen poems, listeners will encounter the full range of Dunbar’s genius—his lyrical tenderness, sharp social insight, humor, sorrow, musicality, and extraordinary command of both dialect and traditional verse. Each poem is followed by a clear, engaging analysis that illuminates themes, historical context, poetic techniques, and the nuances that give Dunbar’s writing its enduring power. The analyses deepen appreciation without academic heaviness, offering accessible guidance that enhances rather than interrupts the listening journey. 
  The original piano underscore is crafted specifically for this production, with each piece composed to complement the emotional geography of its poem. Gentle, contemplative melodies accompany Dunbar’s moments of brighter, lilting motifs animate his scenes of warmth and daily life; and deeper, resonant harmonies underscore his explorations of struggle, dignity, and resilience. The music never overwhelms the poetry—rather, it expands it, creating a layered, atmospheric tapestry that brings out subtleties of mood and meaning. 
  Whether you are studying Dunbar, rediscovering him, or stepping into his world for the first time, this audiobook offers a beautifully curated, thoughtfully structured, and artistically enriched encounter with one of America’s essential poetic voices,. 
  Paul Laurence Dunbar's works are in the public domain.

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  Voices of Poetry Volume 2

  Edna St. Vincent Millay, Ezra...

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  Hear rare recordings from some of the world's most-respected poets reading their own works: Ezra Pound, Old Men With Beautiful Manners; William Butler Yeats, The Lake Isle Of Innisfree; Robert Graves, A Last Poem; Edna St. Vincent Millay, The Harp-Weaver; Richard Eberhart, The Groundhog; Philip Levine, Blasting from Heaven; Marianne Moore, The Mind is an Enchanting Thing; Stephen Spender, What I Expected; Vachel Lindsay, An Interpolation by Mr. Lindsay. 
  Recording obtained and published by Rick Sheridan. 
  ©2009 Rick Sheridan (P)2009 Rick Sheridan

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  Thresh & Hold

  Marlanda Dekine

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  A New York Times New-in-Poetry feature 
  Marlanda Dekine’s debut collection is a holy, radical unlearning and reclamation of self. What does it mean to be a Gullah-Geechee descendant from a rural place where a third of the nation’s founding wealth was harvested by trafficked West and Central Africans? Dekine’s poems travel across age and time, signaling that both the past and future exist in the present. Through erasure and persona, Dekine reimagines intergenerational traumas and calls institutions from the Works Progress Administration narratives to modern-day museums to task. 
  Beyond gospel music, fear, and the stories of generations past, Thresh & Hold offers magic, healing, and innovative pathways to manifest intimacy. Dekine remembers, remakes, and brings forth their many selves, traveling far in order to deeply connect to a spiritual home within and all around them, calling: “I am listening to Spirit. I am not dying today.”  
  Marlanda Dekine is the winner of the 2021 New Southern Voices Poetry Prize, judged by Gabrielle Calvocoressi.

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  Before We Grow Old - The love...

  Clare Swatman

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  'Before We Grow Old had me from the first page, and crying buckets by the last!' Katy Regan  
  When seven-year-old Fran first met Will they knew instantly that they were made for each other. For eleven years they were inseparable, but then, at the age of eighteen, Will just upped and disappeared.Twenty-five years later Will is back.Is fate trying to give them a second chance?Still nursing the heart break from all those years ago, Fran is reluctant to give Will the time of day. The price Will must pay is to tell the truth – the truth about why he left, the truth about why he’s back…And Fran has her own secrets to hide. The time has come to decide what Fran and Will really want from life – before it’s too late.Unashamedly romantic, Before We Grow Old is a book full of love, laughter and tears, and you’ll be rooting for Fran and Will from the moment you meet them. Let Clare Swatman whisk you away for the love story of the year. Perfect for fans of Sophie Cousens and Isabelle Broom.Praise for Clare Swatman: 
  'Before We Grow Old is an unashamedly big, life-affirming, tear-jerking love story. Beautifully told, characters Fran and Will had me from the first page, and crying buckets by the last ! Just gorgeous.' Katy Regan 
  'Heart-breaking and life-affirming in equal measures, Before We Grow Old is the tender story of a chance meeting between former childhood sweethearts Fran and Will, and is packed with secrets and revelations. Through her beautiful writing, Clare Swatman delivers a powerful lesson in learning to love with your whole heart and accepting the same, no matter what life throws at you.' Sarah Bennett 
  'Before We Grow Old took me on an intense emotional journey, and I cried at the end (and I rarely cry when I'm reading!) The portrayal of the mother and son bond - with its peaks and troughs of intensity and frustration - felt incredibly real, and the dialogue in particular was brilliantly done.' Victoria Scott  
  'A beautifully written tale of enduring love' - Rowan Coleman  
  'Irresistible . . . A delightfully bittersweet story that will appeal to fans of One Day' - Sunday Mirror 'Wonderful' - Sun

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