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  Short Poetry Collection 139

  Various Various

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  This is a collection of 24 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for December 2014.

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  Antony and Cleopatra

  William Shakespeare

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  Antony and Cleopatra is one of William Shakespeare's most powerful and emotionally charged tragedies—a sweeping drama of passion, politics, loyalty, and betrayal set against the grandeur of the ancient world. Blending historical events with poetic brilliance, Shakespeare brings to life the tumultuous romance between Mark Antony, a Roman general, and Cleopatra, the captivating Queen of Egypt.
  
  At the center of the play is a love affair that defies reason, duty, and empire. Antony, one of Rome's triumvirs and a celebrated military leader, becomes enthralled by Cleopatra's charisma and allure. Their relationship, intense and all-consuming, places Antony at odds with his responsibilities to Rome and his political alliances. As tensions rise between Antony and his rival Octavius Caesar, the personal and political become inseparably intertwined.
  
  Cleopatra is portrayed as complex and commanding—passionate, strategic, theatrical, and fiercely proud. Her dynamic with Antony is marked by devotion and volatility, tenderness and manipulation. Together, they create a partnership that is both intoxicating and destructive, as ambition and emotion collide on a global stage.
  
  Shakespeare masterfully contrasts the disciplined, duty-bound world of Rome with the sensual, opulent atmosphere of Egypt. Through this contrast, the play explores themes of power, identity, honor, sacrifice, and the struggle between public obligation and private desire. The shifting landscapes—from battlefields to royal courts—mirror the instability of the characters' fortunes and the fragile nature of political authority.
  
  As war looms and allegiances fracture, Antony's decisions lead him toward inevitable tragedy. Cleopatra, faced with defeat and humiliation, must choose her own destiny in a world dominated by imperial ambition. Their story becomes not only a tale of romantic devotion but also a meditation on legacy, mortality, and the cost of greatness.
  
  Rich in poetic language and dramatic intensity, Antony and Cleopatra remains one of Shakespeare's most mature and complex works. It is a timeless exploration of love and power at their most magnificent and destructive—an epic tragedy that continues to captivate readers and audiences with its emotional depth and historical grandeur.

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  Gigi & Dar

  Josh Azouz

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  'Private Gigi. One Direction awaits your commands.'
  A roadblock. Two young women armed with machine guns and Nutella. Days away from finishing the army.
  Gigi has a secret. Dar dreamt she'd be shot today. And there's a strange vehicle heading their way… Well, that's okay. Nothing ever happens here. Right?
  A comic tragedy about what we bury in order to survive, Josh Azouz's play Gigi & Dar was first performed at the Arcola Theatre, London, in 2024, directed by Kathryn Hunter.

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  This Way to Change - Poems Prose...

  Jezz Chung

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  Artist, poet, and performer Jezz Chung (they/them) focuses on cultural change through personal transformation. In This Way to Change, Jezz shares contemporary poetry, accessible prose, and healing practices from different therapeutic modalities to explore subjects like healing your inner child, nourishing friendships, decolonizing your thinking, deconstructing binaries, and intentional community-making. The interactive healing practices in this book include writing and reflection prompts, somatic exercises, guided meditations, and more to help listeners tap into their powers of self-healing on their journey through change. 
   
   
   
  For anyone interested in: 
   
   
   
  ● Healing through the lens of race, gender, trauma, disability, and neurodivergence 
   
   
   
  ● Building community to address collective crisis, interdependence as the intersection of self care and community care 
   
   
   
  ● Transforming yourself to transform the world 
   
   
   
  ● Holistic and alternative approaches to wellness including guided meditations, reflection prompts, somatic practices 
   
   
   
  ● AAPI listeners interested in Jezz Chung's Korean American perspective on identity, sociopolitical engagement, and intergenerational trauma 
   
   
   
  ● Self-Love Poetry, Heart Talk, and such bestselling authors as Alexandra Elle and Yung Pueblo

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  Black Bones Red Earth

  Lee Richie

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  An Australian/English historical drama set in the unforgiving landscape of the Australian outback during the 1950s, the story follows the life of Katherine, an English child migrant who is consigned to an austere life on an isolated property beyond Broken Hill. There is little love in Katherine's life until Aboriginal station hands offer their friendship, but love comes at a deadly price. 
  Part two brings listeners to the modern-day English Lake District before taking us back to Australia for the story's climax. Inspired by the true experiences of family and friends closest to the author, Black Bones, Red Earth is a story of hope, love, sacrifice and resilience. 
  Beautifully read by Australian actress, Sandy Gore, star of television, film and stage, this heart wrenching tale is the sometimes harrowing, yet ultimately uplifting story of a child's search for love, and a woman's test of faith. Katherine's journey is an emotional roller-coaster with a deeply satisfying ending.

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  Poems Of Peace

  James Allen

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  Wordsworth held that every true poet was a teacher; and he said, “I wish either to be considered as a teacher, or as nothing.” The poems in this volume are designed to teach; and as instruction is best administered by methods which please while they elevate, the immediate object of these poems is to comfort, to bless, and to make happy; and, being framed on the principles of Truth, I doubt not that they will inspire men to embrace loftier ideals of life, draw them to a closer acquaintance with virtue, and lead them to a more intimate union with that perfect Wisdom whose ways are “ways of pleasantness,” and whose paths are “paths of peace.” 
  - James Allen 
  In this unusual departure from his usual practical and direct style, Allen here writes a series of thoughtful, reflective and inspirational poems laying out his unique thoughts in a new style.  
  Spiritual, secular, and deeply embedded in the genuine practice of faith, the book begins with Eolaus, an extended work following a man struggling through the depths of his spiritual sorrow, comforted and assailed by the vocies of earth and nature.  
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  James Allen wrote nineteen self-help books combining Buddhism, Confucianism, and classical Christianity between 1903 and 1912. Born to improvrished parents, one of whom was murdered when searching for work in America when Allen was fifteen, he went on to combine the esoteric and philosophical slant of eastern religions with the solid practicality and common-sense approach of a Victorian Englishman from Leicester.

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