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  The Poetry of Lord Byron

  Lord Byron

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  A selection illustrating the breathtaking variety of Byron’s poetry. 
  Read by Linus Roache, star of the critically acclaimed film Wings of the Dove, this collection includes She Walks in Beauty, The Destruction of Sennacherib, The Vision of Judgment and selections from Childe Harold, The Corsair and Don Juan. 
  The short but powerful selection of poems in The Poetry of Lord Byron is a top pick for anyone seeking to delve into the depths of romantic literature. It features the best of Byron's work, making it a compelling read.

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  I Smile When It Hurts & Other Poems

  Denise Moyo

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  This is a collection of 61 poems that were selected from poetry books written by Denise Moyo. The poems read are from books titled This Love is Like the Gitmo: Poems from My Spirit, No Longer Prodigal: A Collection Of Poetry, Pregnant with Words; A Collection of Poetry and Out of the Water: A Collection of Poetry. The audiobook is divided into 11 chapters. The poems presented address a variety of topics to include God, fear, shame, emotional pain, trauma and relationships. The poems are meant to encourage conversations and reflection regarding challenging life experiences to allow for growth, resilience and healing. Denise Moyo presents her poems in a way that is transformative.

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  After Long Grief

  Madison Cawein

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  LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 recordings of After Long Grief by Madison Cawein. This was the Weekly Poetry project for July 22, 2012.Madison Cawein was a poet from Louisville, Kentucky. His father made patent medicines from herbs. Cawein thus became acquainted with and developed a love for local nature as a child. His output was thirty-six books and 1,500 poems.  His writing presented Kentucky scenes in a language echoing Percy Bysshe Shelley and John Keats. He soon earned the nickname the "Keats of Kentucky". (Summary from Wikipedia )

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  Alarm Clocks

  Joyce Kilmer

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  Joyce Kilmer (born as Alfred Joyce Kilmer)  was an American writer and poet mainly remembered for a short poem titled "Trees" (1913), which was published in the collection Trees and Other Poems in 1914. While most of his works are largely unknown, a select few of his poems remain popular and are published frequently in anthologies.At the time of his deployment to Europe during World War I, Kilmer was considered the leading American Roman Catholic poet and lecturer of his generation, whom critics often compared to British contemporaries G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) and Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953). He enlisted in the New York National Guard and was deployed to France with the 69th Infantry Regiment (the famous "Fighting 69th") in 1917. He was killed by a sniper's bullet at the Second Battle of the Marne in 1918 at the age of 31.  - Summary by Wikipedia

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  The Poetry of Alice Meynell -...

  Alice Meynell

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  Alice Christiana Gertrude Thompson was born on 22nd September 1847 in Barnes, London. 
   
  Her family travelled widely meaning that Alice’s early years were spent around England, Switzerland, and France before finally settling in Italy. Her dedicated interest in religion brought a conversion to the Catholic faith.  Much of that viewpoint is seen in her first published volume in 1875, ‘Preludes’. 
   
  In 1876 she married Wilfred Meynell, the newspaper publisher and editor and together they set up and published a number of magazines as well as publishing the initial works of several poets including Francis Thompson. 
   
  Despite a hectic lifestyle of her own poetry and essays together with the family business she gave birth to eight children. Her health though was erratic, and she was frequently incapacitated by illness including migraines and depressions. 
   
  As the new century dawned she along with many other artists began to question the colonial needs of Empire with its segregation and oppression. In particular she sought and gained a role in the Women’s Suffrage movement as it attempted to obtain greater equality for women.  
   
  Today Alice is often overlooked for the quality and stature of her poetry which, during her career brought serious official consideration. She was twice considered but passed over for the post of poet laureate after the deaths of Alfred Lord Tennyson and Alfred Austin. 
   
  Alice Meynell died on 27th November 1922. She is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery in London. 
  1 - The Poetry of Alice Meynell - An Introduction 
  2 - The Poet to His Childhood by Alice Meynell 
  3 - To A Poet by Alice Meynell 
  4 - A Poet of One Mood by Alice Meynell 
  5 - The Modern Poet - A Song of Derivations by Alice Meynell 
  6 - The Poet to Nature by Alice Meynell 
  7 - In February by Alice Meynell 
  8 - Cradle-Song At Twilight by Alice Meynell 
  9 - Song. As the Inhastening Tide Doth Roll by Alice Meynell 
  10 - Song of the Day to the Night by Alice Meynell 
  11 - Soeur Monique. A Rondeau by Couperin by Alice Meynell 
  12 - To A Lost Melody by Alice Meynell 
  13 - Singers To Come by Alice Meynell 
  14 - A Shattered Lute by Alice Meynell 
  15 - Regrets by Alice Meynell 
  16 - Parted by Alice Meynell 
  17 - After A Parting by Alice Meynell 
  18 - Sonnet. Thoughts in Separation by Alice Meynell 
  19 - In Autumn by Alice Meynell 
  20 - My Heart Shall Be Thy Garden by Alice Meynell 
  21 - Your Own Fair Youth by Alice Meynell 
  22 - The Lover Urges the Better Thrift by Alice Meynell 
  23 - To The Beloved by Alice Meynell 
  24 - The Love of Narcissus by Alice Meynell 
  25 - An Unmarked Festival by Alice Meynell 
  26 - A Letter From A Girl To Her Own Age by Alice Meynell 
  27 - San Lorenzo Giustiniani's Mother by Alice Meynell 
  28 - Maternity by Alice Meynell 
  29 - The Modern Mother by Alice Meynell 
  30 - Summer In England 1914 by Alice Meynell 
  31 - The Lady of the Lambs by Alice Meynell 
  32 - Builders of Ruins by Alice Meynell 
  33 - The Lady Poverty by Alice Meynell 
  34 - At Night by Alice Meynell 
  35 - Renouncement by Alice Meynell 
  36 - To the Beloved Dead - A Lament by Alice Meynell 
  37 - Christ in The Universe by Alice Meynell 
  38 - Veni Creator by Alice Meynell

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  Sonnet 028

  William Shakespeare

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  LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 different recordings of Sonnet 28 by William Shakespeare. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of August 26th, 2007.

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