The Heart's Highway
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
Publisher: Mary Wilkins Freeman
Summary
Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (October 31, 1852 – March 13, 1930) was a prominent 19th-century American author.
Publisher: Mary Wilkins Freeman
Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (October 31, 1852 – March 13, 1930) was a prominent 19th-century American author.
Robert Burns like you've never heard him before. Set within modern and vivid soundscapes, this collection gives Burns' texts new resonance. From the soullessness of a call-centre through the simple joy of a baby’s nursery to the horror of the battlefields and all the way into space, this is a visceral roller-coaster through the poems and songs of Scotland’s National Bard. Produced by multi-award winning, immersive audio company Almost Tangible. Chapters: 1 - Full Burns Sound-Journey (All poems) 2 - A Man's A Man for a' That (Eilidh Loan) 3 - A Poet's Address to his Love-Begotten Daughter (Lewis Rae) 4 - Address to a Haggis (Sophia McLean) 5 - Ae Fond Kiss, and Then we Sever (Eilidh Loan) 6 - A Red Red Rose, sung (Joshua Manning, Steph MacGaraidh, Sophia McLean) 7 - A Red Red Rose, spoken (Eilidh Loan) 8 - Auld Lang Syne (Joshua Manning, Steph MacGaraidh, Sophia McLean) 9 - Belles of Mauchline/To Ruin (James Robinson/Sam Garioch) 10 - Bottle and Friend (Tom Vanson) 11 - Epitaph for a Friend (Brigit Forsyth) 12 - Gin I Were a Baron's Heir (Peter Gardiner) 13 - John Anderson, my Jo (Ross Sutherland) 14 - My Heart's in the Highlands (Ross Sutherland) 15 - Pretty Peg (Sam Garioch) 16 - Scots Wha Hae (Peter Gardiner) 17 - Sweet Afton (James Robinson) 18 - Tam O'Shanter (Steph MacGaraidh) 19 - The Bonny Earl of Murray (Brigit Forsyth) 20 - To a Louse (Joshua Manning) 21 - To a Mountain Daisy (Sophia McLean) 22 - To a Mouse (Joshua Manning) 23 - To the Toothache (Tom Vanson) 24 - Ye Banks and Braes (Tracy Wiles) Director: Carl Prekopp Sound Designer/Composer: Jon Nicholls Production Manager: Alex Lynch Exec Producer: Charlotte Melén Cover Design: Tom PrekoppShow book
Sometimes puckishly humorous, sometimes elegiac, sometimes terrifying, these poems show the young artist using his new-found voice to explore a world - a village in New Hampshire - that meant everything to him. This volume includes some of his best-known and best-loved works, such as The Road Not Taken, Out! Out!, Birches, and The Hill-wife. It also includes one of his poem-dramas Snow. Enjoy!Show book
Poetry is often cited as our greatest use of words. The English language has well over a million of them and poets down the ages seem, at times, to make use of every single one. But often they use them in simple ways to describe anything and everything from landscapes to all aspects of the human condition. Poems can evoke within us an individual response that takes us by surprise; that opens our ears and eyes to very personal feelings. Forget the idea of classic poetry being somehow dull and boring and best kept to children’s textbooks. It still has life, vibrancy and relevance to our lives today. Where to start? How to do that? Poetry can be difficult. We’ve put together some very eclectic Poetry Hours, with a broad range of poets and themes, to entice you and seduce you with all manner of temptations. In this hour we introduce poets of the quality and breadth of John Donne and Jane Austen as well as themes on November, The Female Poet, Westminster Memorials and more. All of them are from Portable Poetry, a dedicated poetry publisher. We believe that poetry should be a part of our everyday lives, uplifting the soul & reaching the parts that other arts can’t. Our range of audiobooks and ebooks cover volumes on some of our greatest poets to anthologies of seasons, months, places and a wide range of themes. Portable Poetry can found at iTunes, Audible, the digital music section on Amazon and most other digital stores. This audio book is also duplicated in print as an ebook. Same title. Same words. Perhaps a different experience. But with Amazon’s whispersync you can pick up and put down on any device – start on audio, continue in print and any which way after that. Portable poetry – Let us join you for the journey. The Poetry Hour – Volume 14 - An Introduction John Donne – An Introduction Death Be Not Proud by John Donne The Good Morrow by John Donne The Expiration by John Donne A Valediction Forbidding Mourning by John Donne Westminster Memorials – An Introduction Longing by Matthew Arnold London by William Blake Heaven by Rupert Brooke Apostasy by Charlotte Bronte When We Two Parted by Lord Byron He That is Down Needs Fear No Fall by John Bunyan Turtle Soup by Lewis Carroll A Thought For A Lonely Death Bed by Elizabeth Barrett Browning November November by Thomas hood November by Amy Lowell November by John Payne A November Night by Sara Teasdale At Day Close In November by Thomas Hardy The Poetry of William Shakespeare - An Introduction If Music Be the Food of Love, from Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare How Like A Winter Hath My Absence Been (Sonnet 97) by William Shakespeare Shall I Compare Thee to A Summers Day (Sonnet 18) by William Shakespeare The Witches Spell by William Shakespeare Full Fathom Five by William Shakespeare No Longer Mourn For Me by William Shakespeare Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare The Female Poet – An Introduction. Volume 2 No Coward Soul is Mine by Emily Bronte If Thou Must Love Me Let It Be For Nought by Elizabeth Barrett Browning If Infinite Worlds, Infinite Centres by Margaret Cavendish Isabella Valancy Crawford – We Parted in Silence When My Love Did What I Would Not, What I Would Not by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge I’m Ceded – I’ve Stopped Being Theirs by Emily Dickenson Ah, Silly Pug by Queen Elizabeth I Sweet Evenings Come and Go Love by George Eliot The Poets of 19th Century America. An Introduction – Volume 2 Heaven is What I Cannot Reach by Emily Dickinson Knee Deep in June by James Whitcomb Riley <Show book
The Forest is a short collection of Ben Jonson's poetry. This collection of fifteen poems first appeared in the 1616 first folio of his collected works. (Summary by Sheldon Greaves)Show book
A beautifully illustrated collection of famous poems written about birds to read and cherish as a source of comfort and joy. Poets have long looked to birds for inspiration and this anthology of 65 poems is an ode to the myriad of way that these creatures bring us joy and solace. The poets here represented are amongst the greatest who have ever lived, and their joint celebration of a common theme has resulted in an enchanting book. Amongst the poets whose work is included are Blake, Shakespeare and Wordsworth; Tennyson, Keats and Shelley; twentieth-century writers, amongst them Yeats, Laurie Lee and Ted Hughes; and such American poets as Thoreau, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost and Theodore Roethke. Each poem is illustrated by iconic artworks by JJ Audubon, creating a beautiful book to cherish for years to come.Show book
Algernon Charles Swinburne was born on April 5th, 1837, in London, into a wealthy Northumbrian family. He was educated at Eton and at Balliol College, Oxford, but did not complete a degree. In 1860 Swinburne published two verse dramas but achieved his first literary success in 1865 with Atalanta in Calydon, written in the form of classical Greek tragedy. The following year "Poems and Ballads" brought him instant notoriety. He was now identified with "indecent" themes and the precept of art for art's sake. Although he produced much after this success in general his popularity and critical reputation declined. The most important qualities of Swinburne's work are an intense lyricism, his intricately extended and evocative imagery, metrical virtuosity, rich use of assonance and alliteration, and bold, complex rhythms. Swinburne's physical appearance was small, frail, and plagued by several other oddities of physique and temperament. Throughout the 1860s and 1870s he drank excessively and was prone to accidents that often left him bruised, bloody, or unconscious. Until his forties he suffered intermittent physical collapses that necessitated removal to his parents' home while he recovered. Throughout his career Swinburne also published literary criticism of great worth. His deep knowledge of world literatures contributed to a critical style rich in quotation, allusion, and comparison. He is particularly noted for discerning studies of Elizabethan dramatists and of many English and French poets and novelists. As well he was a noted essayist and wrote two novels. In 1879, Swinburne's friend and literary agent, Theodore Watts-Dunton, intervened during a time when Swinburne was dangerously ill. Watts-Dunton isolated Swinburne at a suburban home in Putney and gradually weaned him from alcohol, former companions and many other habits as well. Much of his poetry in this period may be inferior but some individual poems are exceptional; "By the North Sea," "Evening on the Broads," "A Nympholept," "The Lake of Gaube," and "Neap-Tide." Swinburne lived another thirty years with Watts-Dunton. He denied Swinburne's friends access to him, controlled the poet's money, and restricted his activities. It is often quoted that 'he saved the man but killed the poet'. Swinburne died on April 10th, 1909 at the age of seventy-two. This volume comes to you from Portable Poetry, a specialized imprint from Deadtree Publishing. Our range is large and growing and covers single poets, themes, and many compilations.Show book