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  Calendar of Sonnets A (Version 2)

  Helen Hunt Jackson

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  Helen Hunt Jackson is probably most famous for her work on behalf of Native Americans’ rights. However, this short volume presents a sonnet for each month of the year, devoted simply and beautifully to the shifting wonder of nature through the seasons. (Summary by Laura Fox)

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  Merchant of Venice The (Argo...

  William Shakespeare

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  William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic prose and verse read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. 
  'The quality of mercy is not strain'd, 
  It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven’ 
  Bassiano, a noble Venetian, hopes to woo the beautiful heiress Portia. However, he requires financial assistance from his friend Antonio. Antonio agrees, but he, in turn, must borrow from the Jewish moneylender Shylock. As recourse for past ills, Shylock stipulates that the forfeit on the loan must be a pound of Antonio’s flesh. 
  In the most renowned onstage law scene of all time, Portia proves herself one of Shakespeare’s most cunning heroines, disguising herself as a lawyer and vanquishing Shylock’s claims; meanwhile, Shylock triumphs on a humanitarian level with his plea for tolerance. 
  All of the Shakespeare plays within the ARGO Classics catalogue are performed by the Marlowe Dramatic Society and Professional Players. The Marlowe was founded in 1907 with a mission to focus on effective delivery of verse, respect the integrity of texts, and rescue neglected plays by Shakespeare’s contemporaries and the less performed plays of Shakespeare himself. The Marlowe has performed annually at Cambridge Arts Theatre since its opening in 1936 and continues to produce some of the finest actors of their generations. 
  Thurston Dart, Professor of Music at London University and a Fellow of Jesus College Cambridge, directed the music for this production. 
  The full cast includes: Donald Beves; John Barton; Toby Robertson; George Rylands; Gary Watson; Anthony Jacobs; Gerald Mosback; Derek Jacobi; Richard Marquand; Tony Church; Clive Swift; Michael Bates; Terrence Hardiman; Christopher Renard; John Tracy-Phillips; Margaretta Scott; Christine Baker; Janette Richer. 
  This short, yet impactful play, is a testament to the best of European theatre, showcasing the performing prowess of the Marlowe Dramatic Society and Professional Players. The Merchant of Venice, a masterpiece by William Shakespeare, continues to resonate with audiences, proving the timeless nature of its themes and characters. 
  For fans of Richard Parsons (GCSE English Shakespeare Text Guide), and Arthur Miller (Incident at Vichy).

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  War Is Kind

  Stephen Crane

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  This weekly poem commemorated the anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, with “War is Kind” by Stephen Crane. The title takes on a gentle yet harrowing irony as this poem powerfully evokes the human costs of war, both the victims of the battlefield and those left behind.  (Summary by LauraFox)

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  Poetry Hour The - Volume 17

  Alexander Pope, GK Chesterton,...

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  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 Alexander Pope as well as themes on January, Cavalier Poets, Night 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 17 
  Alexander Pope – An Introduction 
  Summer by Alexander Pope 
  Solitude by Alexander Pope 
  The Dunicad. An Extract of Book I by Alexander Pope 
  January  
  Sonnet LIX. Written at Ampton, Suffolk. January 1838 by Henry Alford 
  At the Entering of the New Year by Thomas Hardy 
  The First Snowfall by James Russell Lowell 
  It is Winter by Daniel Sheehan 
  Pray, to What Earth Does This Sweet Cold Belong by Henry David Thoreau 
  January 1795 by Mary Darby Robinson 
  The Cavalier Poets – An Introduction 
  The Given Heart by Abraham Cowley 
  Go Lovely Rose by Edmund Waller 
  Epigram LXV – To My Muse by Ben Jonson 
  Definition of Love by Andrew Marvell 
  Love’s End by Lord Edward Herbert of Cherbury 
  Love Conquer’d by Richard Lovelace 
  To Sappho by Robert Herrick 
  Lips & Eyes by Thomas Carew 
  I Prithee Send Me Back My Heart by Sir John Suckling 
  The Poetry of GK Chesterton - An Introduction 
  The Englishman by GK Chesterton 
  The Rolling English Road by GK Chesterton 
  The Convert by GK Chesterton 
  The Last Hero by GK Chesterton 
  Americanisation by GK Chesterton 
  Who Goes Home by GK Chesterton 
  The Poetry of Night - An Introduction 
  Prolong the Night by Renee Vivien 
  I Weary Tonight, I Weary by Alexander Anderson 
  Sonnet LXVI – The Night Flood Rakes by Charlotte Smith 
  A Prayer in Darkness by GK Chesterton 
  The Night by Alfred Lichtenstein 
  From The City of Dreadful Night by James Thomson 
  In Drear Nighted December by John Keats 
  The Slave’s Singing at Midnight by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 
  Sleep on Thine Eyes by Hafiz 
  John Keats – A Tribute in Verse 
  John Keats by Dante Gabriel Rossetti 
  The Poetry of Keats by George Meredith 
  For the Anniversary of John Keats Death by Sara Teasdale 
  The Grave of Keats by Oscar Wilde

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  A Pocket Book of Poems - To...

  Dr. Liz Bataille

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  Dr. Liz’ Pocket Book of Poems is subtitled a companion to Dr. Liz’ Life Launch series, which includes her Amazon #1, multi-international, best-selling memoir: Life Launch! Surviving the Storms of Physical and Sexual Abuse, Book One, and soon to be published Life Launch! Book 2: A New Dawn of Healing and Recovery. 
  In Dr. Liz’ Pocketbook of Poems, Book 3, she shares with her reader her entire body of poetry that she has written since she was 12 years old. The majority of these works were written as an outlet to self-soothe during her own teen and young adult years that Dr. Liz recounted in her best-selling memoir: living in abusive environments; navigating the tragic, accidental death of her older, only brother and other family and friends’ suicides; and her own struggles with drug and alcohol abuse. Indeed, in this book she shares through rhyme and prose her struggle to make sense of these traumatic experiences, and further, how they fuel her desire to help others (YOU) find hope, healing and a renewed passion for your lives and know that you are not alone in your journey. 
  This is Book Three of a 3-book series. Life Launch! Book Two (coming soon) will reveal the struggles Dr. Liz overcame during the 2nd half of her life: the suicide of her husband, the death of her father, abusive relationships, and being engaged at one time to a man who later became the Butcher of Brooklyn. 
  15% OF THE PROCEEDS FROM THIS BOOK WILL BE DONATED TO CHARITIES THAT SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH (through the author’s own BJD Memorial Rainbow of Hope Charitable Foundation for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention that she established in memory of her husband, as well as too many friends and family members, who died by suicide or other tragic means).

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  What I'd Do For Love

  K.F. Johnson

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  A woman scorned is a dangerous woman. Greer Patterson always felt like an outsider. Loathed by her step mother and half siblings for being the green eyed, fair skinned product of her black father's affair with a white woman; she's never truly felt loved by anyone except her father and husband Michael. When Greer's life as she knows it comes crashing down after discovering her husband's torrid affair, she decides to take matters into her own bloody hands. Soon, after sending Michael to his untimely death and framing his mistress, she begins feeling something she's never felt before...powerful. Now, with a new found confidence and freedom to date, if she can stay out of jail, she's determined to stop anything and anyone from standing in the way of true love again! (contains strong language & sexual situations)

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