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  Beowulf

  Frederick Rebsamen

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  This acclaimed modern verse translation of the timeless epic of bravery and battle captures the drama and tone of the Old English narrative poem. 
   
  Here is the stirring legend of Beowulf, the great hero who saves the Danish king from the monster Grendel—only to face the avenging wrath of Grendel’s Mother. The first masterpiece of English literature, it has survived for centuries, passed down across generations through numerous versions. In this modern verse translation, Frederick Rebsamen conjures both the excitement of Beowulf’s adventures and the richness of the Old English poetic form. 
   
  “No self-respecting college professor will want his students to be without it . . . With the subtle rules of alliteration, stress, and pause in place—and with a translator bold enough to invent his own vigorous and imaginative compound nouns—the poem suddenly takes flight and carries us to the highest mountains of achievement.” —Booklist 
   
  “There are lots of translations of Beowulf floating around, some prose, some poetry, but none manages to capture the feel and tone of the original as well as this one.” —Dick Ringler, Professor of English and Scandinavian Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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  Echo

  Christina Rossetti

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  LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of Echo by Christina Rossetti. This was the weekly poetry project for April 12th, 2009.

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  Old Castle Road Trip

  Amanda Daire

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  Best friends, Elanna and Khrista, go on a last-minute road trip to reunite grumpy old Gerard with his long-lost love and to find--or lose--themselves along the way. 
  An elderly man with a second shot at finding love. 
  A mom of three teens seeking solace from a husband whose problematic behaviors threaten to shatter the image she so carefully cultivated. 
  A best friend searching for answers to her career questions. 
  A weekend in the city turns into a cross-country road trip, with plenty of bumps along the way. 
  On their quest to reunite Gerard with his old flame, will Elanna and Khrista be able to weather all the storms in their path?

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  Selected Ghazals of Ghalib

  Mirza Ghalib

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  Mirza Ghalib, full name Mirza Asadullah Khan Beig, pen name ‘Ghalib’ (1797-1869) was a famous Urdu- and Persian-language poet of India. He is best known for his lyrical and spiritual ghazals. Ghazal is a form of poetry in couplets. In a ghazal, each couplet is self-contained and generally unconnected with the next.Ghalib was born in Agra, in northern India, and was raised by his uncle. Ghalib had no formal education, but was tutored in Persian by Muhammad Mu'azzam, a noted scholar of the time. He was married in 1810 to Umrao Begum, the niece of Nawab Ahmad Baksh Khan who was the ruler of Ferozepur and Loharu at that time. Ghalib was introduced to the elite circle of intellectuals and artists that surrounded the Indian royal family in Delhi because of his father in law. In 1821 he compiled his first collection of Urdu verse. Deewan e Ghalib, Nuskha e Hamida was Published in 1828. soon after the publication of his Urdu poetry collection Ghalib switched to writing entirely in Persian, also known as Farsi. In 1826, on the death of Ghalib's uncle, the British government began providing Ghalib and his family with a small pension for the military services of his uncle. Despite this income, Ghalib remained nearly destitute for most of his life.Ghalib was also a poetry teacher of the King, Bahadur Sha Zafar, who himself was a very nice poet.Ghalib led a miserable life for he started taking wine at a very young age when he was just a boy whereas his financial condition was not good, and  moreover he had no children of his own. All of his children died during infancy. He then adopted his nephew called ‘Arif’ who also died at the age of 16. He collapsed emotionally because of the death of his adopted son. (Summary by Ahkam)This recording was made from a printed copy of Deewan e Ghalib, Nuskha e Hamida published in 1828.

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  The Poetry of Francis Ledwidge

  Francies Ledwidge

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  Francis Edward Ledwidge was born on 19th August, 1887 in the small village of Janeville in Slane, County Meath in Ireland to parents that believed strongly in education.   
   
  At the age of 5 his father died and the entire family, already desperately poor, were forced into work and by 13 the young Ledwidge took whatever job was to hand—from farm hand to road labourer.  Throughout this time he applied himself to his poetry writing whenever and wherever he could.  His poems were published on a regular basis from the age of 14 in the Drogheda Independent, his local paper. 
   
  Ledwidge was an ardent Nationalist and was well known for his Sinn Fein and trade union activism.  This association got him fired from his job at the Slane copper mines, for organising a strike for better working conditions, but prompted his appointment as the Secretary to the Slane branch of the Meath Labour Union.   
   
  As a poet Ledwidge found patronage from Lord Dunsany who was well known in literary circles and was offered regular funds if he did not fight in World War I.   
   
  Ledwidge was originally opposed to the War but then, seeing the greater injustice of an enslaved Europe, changed his view and enlisted and fought for Lord Dunsany's regiment, part of the 10th Irish Division.   
   
  He thrived in the army finding promotion, happy to be serving Ireland and continuing to write but on 31st July 1917, whilst road laying for the Battle of Ypres, a German artillery shell exploded and he was blown to pieces.  He was 29.   
   
  Francis Ledwidge, the patriot and nationalist has been called ‘The Soldier Poet’, ‘The Peasant Poet’ and the ‘Poet of the Blackbird’ 
  1 - The Poetry of Francis Ledwidge - An Introduction 
  2 - Ireland by Francis Ledwidge 
  3 - The Call to Ireland by Francis Ledwidge 
  4 - At Currabwee by Francis Ledwidge 
  5 - My Mother by Francis Ledwidge 
  6 - Nocturne by Francis Ledwidge 
  7 - The Sylph by Francis Ledwidge 
  8 - Evening in February by Francis Ledwidge 
  9 - Evening in England by Francis Ledwidge 
  10 - A Twilight in Middle March by Francis Ledwidge 
  11 - A Rainy Day in April by Francis Ledwidge 
  12 - Thoughts at the Trysting Stile by Francis Ledwidge 
  13 - Evening in May by Francis Ledwidge 
  14 - Autumn Evening in Serbia by Francis Ledwidge 
  15 - An Attempt at a City Sunset by Francis Ledwidge 
  16 - Behind the Closed Eye by Francis Ledwidge 
  17 - The Visitation of Peace by Francis Ledwidge 
  18 - To My Best Friend by Francis Ledwidge 
  19 - In the Dusk by Francis Ledwidge 
  20 - In a Cafe by Francis Ledwidge 
  21 - Lady Fair by Francis Ledwidge 
  22 - Low Moonland by Francis Ledwidge 
  23 - Old Clo by Francis Ledwidge 
  24 - The Maid in Low Moonland by Francis Ledwidge 
  25 - The Weddiing Morning by Francis Ledwidge 
  26 - To One Weeping by Francis Ledwidge 
  27 - Youth by Francis Ledwidge 
  28 - Had I a Golden Pound (After the Irish) by Francis Ledwidge 
  29 - The Lanawn Shee by Francis Ledwidge 
  30 - Fairies by Francis Ledwidge 
  31 - The Little Children by Francis Ledwidge 
  32 - A Fairy Hunt by Francis Ledwidge 
  33 - Pan by Francis Ledwidge 
  34 - The Find by Francis Ledwidge 
  35 - The Shadow People by Francis Ledwidge 
  36 - Bound to the Mast by Francis Ledwidge 
  37 - To One Who Comes Now and Then by Francis Ledwidge 
  38 - To an Old Quill of Lord Dunsany's by Francis Ledwidge 
  39 - Lament for the Poets, 1916 by Francis Ledwidge 
  40 - Waiting by Francis Ledwidge 
  41 - Lament for Thomas McDonagh by Francis Ledwidge 
  42 - The Dead Kings by Francis Ledwidge 
  43 - The Lost Ones by Francis Ledwidge 
  44 - An Old Pain by Francis Ledwidge 
  45 - Growing Old by

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  A Charles Dickens Holiday...

  Charles Dickens

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  The Cricket on The Hearth was first published in 1845. 
   
  A cricket constantly chirps on the hearth and acts as a guardian angel to the Peerybingle family. The arrival of a mysterious stranger threatens to shatter this harmony. Does the cricket have supernatural powers? Does he restore faith and overcome suspicion? A masterful story of love and loyalty, The Cricket on The Hearth is effused with the spirit of the season. 
   
  The Seven Poor Travellers was first published in 1854. 
   
  On Christmas Eve, a traveling gentleman happens upon a house in a quaint little village, which houses up to six travelers each evening. He decides to treat them all to a Christmas dinner and tells them a story around the fireplace about a soldier who finds the true meaning of forgiveness and redemption. 
   
  A sparkling holiday gem from the great Charles Dickens.

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