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  Rhyme A Dozen A - 12 Poets 12...

  Thomas Gray, Alexander Anderson,...

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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 Poems, 12 Poets, 1 Topic - Churchyards - An Introduction 
  2 - Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray 
  3 - In Kirkonnel Old Churchyard by Alexander Anderson 
  4 - Contemplative Verses on the Tombs in Drumcondra Church Yard by Thomas Dermody 
  5 - Reflections in a Churchyard by Jane Timbury 
  6 - Lines Written Beneath An Elm in the Churchyard of Harrow On The Hill Sept 2nd 1807 by George Gordon Byron 
  7 - A Summer Evening Churchyard by Percy Bsysshe Shelley 
  8 - Scenes in London IV - The City Churchyard by Letitia Elizabeth Landon 
  9 - Elegy - Supposed To Be Written in Barnet Churchyard by George Townsend 
  10 - In a Christian Churchyard by James Thomson 
  11 - Eastnor Churchyard by Radclyffe Hall 
  12 - Epitaph for a Roman Catholic Churchyard by John Kenyon 
  13 - Church Monuments by George Herbert

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  King Lear

  William Shakespeare

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  King Lear is one of Shakespeare’s greatest and darkest works. King Lear banishes his favorite daughter when she speaks out against him. However, he does not know that his two other daughters who pay tribute to him are in fact plotting against him.  Shakespeare’s observations on the nature of human suffering and kinship are never better defined than in this play.

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  What are You After?

  Josephine Corcoran

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  "There is no tick box for this poem. This poem grew up on benefits. This poem pays higher rate tax. This poem isn't in an anthology. This poem doesn't have a glottal stop."
  Josephine Corcoran's inventive and unflinching debut poetry collection asks us to consider what it is we're really here for. Bold and unsentimental, her remarkable poems trace the lifelines of where we've been and where we're going to, and they aren't afraid to ask difficult questions of where we are now, either.
  
  Corcoran's dexterity allows her to get under the skin of each poem, and to explore other lives with the same attentiveness and concision she brings to her own experiences. What Are You After is also fearlessly personal and political; these resolute poems celebrate outspoken women, working class and immigrant lives, and they refuse to look away from the harsh realities of inequality, austerity, and poverty. Throughout, the haunting texture of history, of long gone places and lost voices, is discernible just beneath the surface of the everyday present like a mirror's delicate silvering. These poems are a rare gift; tender, incisive and real.

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  Oh No - Not Even When First We...

  Thomas More

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  LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of Oh, No - Not Even When First We Loved by Thomas Moore. This was the Weekly Poetry Valentine's project for February 13, 2011.Thomas Moore (28 May 1779 – 25 February 1852) was an Irish poet, singer, songwriter, and entertainer, now best remembered for the lyrics of The Minstrel Boy and The Last Rose of Summer. He was responsible, with John Murray, for burning Lord Byron's memoirs after his death. In his lifetime he was often reffered to as Anacreon Moore. (summary by Wikipedia)

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  Love Alone - Eighteen Elegies...

  Paul Monette

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  Paul Monette’s fierce and arresting collection of poems on the death of his partner from AIDSFollowing his partner Roger Horwitz’s death from AIDS in 1986, Paul Monette threw himself into these elegies. Writing them, he says, “quite literally kept me alive.” Both beautifully written and deeply affecting, every poem is full of anger, sorrow, tenderness, and a palpable sense of grief. With graceful language and emotional acuity, Paul Monette captures the enormity of a loss that ravaged a generation. But even more than they are about tragedy, these poems are about love. Each moving line is full of love for one who is no longer there, but whose presence is still achingly felt at every turn. Love Alone is remarkable for its honesty, its passion, and its depth.This ebook features an illustrated biography of Paul Monette including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the Paul Monette papers of the UCLA Library Special Collections.

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  Taming of the Shrew

  William Shakespeare

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  Trevor Howard and Margaret Leighton lead a full cast performance of this popular Shakespeare comedy

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