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  Song (Seward version)

  Anna Seward

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  LibriVox volunteers bring you 26 recordings of Song by Anna Seward. This was the Weekly Poetry project for April 1, 2012. 
   
  Anna Seward was an English Romantic poet, often called the Swan of Lichfield. Her verses include elegies and sonnets, and she also wrote a poetical novel, Louisa, of which five editions were published. In an era when women had to tread carefully in society's orbit, Seward struck a middle ground. (from Wikipedia)

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  Night Poetry - Read & Written By

  Rachel Lawson

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  A book of poems of the night and a gift short story Stand and Deliver - In the Moonlight 
  Read by the Author

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  Any Given Day (NHB Modern Plays)

  Linda McLean

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  A sharply perceptive, darkly funny riff on urban isolation by one of Scotland's leading playwrights.
  This is a big day for Sadie and Bill; their favourite person is coming to visit. They've gone to great lengths to prepare for the occasion. It's an even bigger day for Jackie; and not one she'd anticipated. Should she make the most of it? She doesn't know if she can any more; too many people depend on her.
  Any Given Day explores our fear of the unknown, and our guilt and responsibility towards ourselves and others.
  'as bold, unnerving and fraught as anything McLean has written' - Guardian
  'an excellent play which truly does horrify on so many levels' - Independent

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  Sacred Sites - The Secret...

  Susan Suntree

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  Sacred Sites is a singular and memorable account of the evolution of the Southern California landscape, reflecting the riches of both Native knowledge and Western scientific thought. In his foreword, read by Peter Coyote, Pulitzer Prize winning poet Gary Snyder writes that this book "brings us home." Carrying readers from the Big Bang to the present, poet Susan Suntree describes the origins of the universe, the shifting of tectonic plates, and an evolving array of plants and animals that give Southern California its unique features today. She and Native American actor, Kalani Queypo, recount the migration of humans into the region, where they settled, and how they lived. Reflecting Native peoples' views of their own histories and ways of life, Suntree and Queypo recount narratives and songs of the First People, unforgettable shamans, and revered heroes. Founded on meticulous research, Suntree offers a rare and poetic vision combining Western and indigenous thinking to create an ever-deepening sense of a place and its people.  
   “Sacred Sites honors the power and beauty of our indigenous heritage and homeland. By knowing our history, we better understand the present and our journey into the future.” Anthony Morales, tribal chair, Gabrielino Tongva Council of San Gabriel                        
  “‘Human beings are the ones who have the power, through their songs, to affect the balance of the world.’ What an immensely beautiful book!” Stephen Greenblatt, Harvard University, author of The Swerve, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award       
  "Rooted in diversity and complexity, what many of the best books are about." Los Angeles Times 
  Bonus: Peter Coyote reads anthropologist Lowell John Bean's introduction to Southern California Native American cultures.

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  The Poetry of Henry Alford

  Henry Alford

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  Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at their command, it is not surprising that English poets have produced some of the most beautiful, moving, and descriptive verse through the centuries. In this collection, we look at the works of the Victorian poet Henry Alford.Alford was born in London in 1810. Something of a prodigy, he had published several Latin odes and a history of the Jews by the time he was ten years old. After graduating from Cambridge, his life was to follow in the family footsteps of being a clergyman; he held the post of Vicar at Wymeswold in Leicestershire for the next eighteen years. Much of his career highlights are based on his theology and such works as his startling four volume edition of the New Testament in Greek.A fine example of a Victorian poet who managed to write several volumes of his own verse, Alford produced work that is religious in tone yet has an undeniable quality of wonderment.

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  Spirit

  Helle Gade

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  A new collection of poems by this award-winning author will take your breath away with the emotions portraying love and loss, sadness and joy. Connect with her words and celebrate life and acknowledge the loss as the author takes you on a journey through her emotions in a most beautiful way – with her carefully chosen words. Her undeniable talent, her beautiful words, the loss she reflects on, will all make you feel her emotions deeply, as they resonate with yours.

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