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  Father's Day Poetry

  Rudyard Kipling, Walt Whitman,...

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  The role of Fathers has changed much over the course of centuries.   Men are now better suited to a role of co-parent in this modern age rather than the stilted, slightly aloof figure of times past. Being a Father is, of course, both a blessing and a burden.  This modern day parenting in a frenetic fast changing world has to be both learnt and adapted from some inner well of memory from generations past as well as on the job experience.  How to combine both the tenderness of love and support of modern views with the age old virtues of strength and leadership brings many difficulties to most men. Surprisingly then that poets have given Fathers both a courageous view of life as well as a dependability to be there for their children.  In success or failure we can identify with their hopes and dreams.  In this collection many of our greatest poets express their worded opinions of that unique role of Fatherhood – whether as one themselves or as a child reaching for that same mantle. It’s a difficult role for most men to assume and to keep perspective with but do you know any Father who is not ready to accept the challenge?  Or any son and daughter not willing to acknowledge that unique and binding bond? This collection of Father’s Day poetry is read for you by Ghizela Rowe and Tim Graham.

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  Rhyme A Dozen A - Sufi’s - 12...

  Jalaluddin Rumi, Saadi,...

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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 - Sufi's - An Introduction 
  2 - A World with No Boundaries by Jalaluddin Rumi 
  3 - One Body by Saadi 
  4 - An Ocean Without Shore by Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi 
  5 - All Pervading Consciousness by Farid ud-Din Attar 
  6 - Your Hope Is My Heart by Rabia al Basri 
  7 - Song 9 - Oh How May I Ever Express That Secret Word by Kabir 
  8 - Beauty of Truth by Khwaja Ghulam Farid 
  9 - Neither Hindu Nor Muslim by Bulleh Shah 
  10 - Sleep on Thine Eyes by Hafiz 
  11 - A Life Without Love by Shams Tabrizi 
  12 - Kalam - I  by Sultan Bahu 
  13 - The Walled Garden by Sanai Ghaznavi

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  100 (NHB Modern Plays)

  Christopher Heimann

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  A strikingly original play combining traditional storytelling with physical theatre, created by The Imaginary Body. Winner of a Fringe First at the 2002 Edinburgh Festival. Imagine that you must choose one single memory from your life./Imagine that choosing this memory is your only way of passing through to eternity./Imagine that you have just one hour to choose... 'Armed with only five bamboo sticks, the actors created a visual piece of theatre that captured the imagination of every spectator... They all left the theatre thinking about what their 'one memory' would be' - Joyce McMillan 'A theatre show that actually makes you think about your own life... fascinating' -Guardian 'This play moved me more profoundly than anything I can remember seeing' -Scotsman

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  The Unmanageable Sisters (NHB...

  Michel Tremblay

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  Green Shield stamps, a million of them, and Ger Lawless has won them all. It's Ballymun, it's 1973 and she's got 15 friends round for a stamp-sticking party.
  Over one night, the lives of 15 women collide in Deirdre Kinahan's new version of Michel Tremblay's fêted Quebecois comedy, Les Belles-Soeurs.
  Premiered at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, in February 2018.

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  Quatrains of Omar Khayyam of...

  Omar Khayyám

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  In 1906, Eben Francis Thompson,scholar and poet, published a limited edition of his translation of the Quatrains of Omar Khayyam. This edition contains 878 quatrains, and represents the most extensive translation of Omar's rubai in any language.In the Introduction, Nathan Haskell Dole writes: Mr Thompson has put into English verse this whole body of Persian poetry. It is a marvel of close translation, accurate and satisfactory. He has succeeded in doing exactly what he set out to do - to add nothing and to take nothing away, but to put into the typical quatrain, as determined by Fitzgerald and others, exactly what Omar and his unknown imitators said. (Summary by Algy Pug)This project was proof listened by Algy Pug and Bev J. Stevens.

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  Rum and Vodka (NHB Modern Plays)

  Conor McPherson

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  A play from the multi-award winning author of The Weir.
  A young Irishman with a drink problem tells of three momentous days in his life when his drab nine-to-five existence is obliterated in an escapist binge which threatens to engulf him.

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