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  Born in England – Exploring...

  John Dryden, Alfred Lord...

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  Poetry. A form of words that seems so elegantly simple in one verse and so cleverly complex in another.  Each poet has a particular style, an individual and unique way with words and yet each of us seems to recognise the path and destination of where the verses lead, even if sometimes the full comprehension may be a little beyond us. 
   
  Through the centuries every culture has produced verse to symbolize and to describe everything from everyday life, natural wonders, the human condition and even in its more hubristic moments, the crushing triumph of an enemy. 
   
  In the volumes of this series, we take a look at poetry through the prism of individual regions of England, or sometimes more quaintly known as ‘Albion’, or ‘Blighty’, through the centuries of its gloried history. 
   
  England, despite its perception of reserve and under-statement has, in reality, strode the global stage at various time in many things, both good and bad, from Empire to long distance running. Here our focus in on its literature.  Famed for its fiction and dramas, it is equally admired for its plethora of gifted poets and the dazzling verse which has added so much to its artistic legacy.  These classic poets are wonders of their age and of their art.  Genius is written in their names. 
   
  In this volume our poems come from the East Midlands in the centre of England. Once a vast manufacturing hub whose industries invented, created and exported the future to the entire world.  From its industry and grime came poets of the first rank including Alfred Lord Tennyson, D H Lawrence, Anne Bradstreet, John Dryden, John Clare and many others.

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  The Poetry of Radclyffe Hall -...

  Radclyffe Hall

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  Marguerite Radclyffe-Hall was born on August 12th, 1880 to wealthy parents who separated while she was still an infant.  Her parents thereafter paid little attention to her. Hall was educated privately, and then at King’s College London. Later she travelled to Europe, settling in Dresden, Germany.  With the death of her paternal grandfather she inherited a large estate and was then able to live as she pleased. 
  In Germany, Hall met Mabel Batten and fell in love despite the twenty-three year age difference. Batten gave Hall the nickname ‘John’ by which she was henceforward known in every circumstance throughout her life except in her work as an author. 
  In 1915, Hall met and, in 1917 moved in with sculptor Una Troubridge, with whom she would remain for the rest of her life. 
  Hall wrote poetry all throughout her twenties and thirties. She had published Dedicated to Arthur Sullivan as early as 1894, and five further volumes of collected works were released before she stopped writing poetry and published her first novel, The Forge, in 1924. 
  That same year also saw publication of The Unlit Lamp, the first work for which Hall was known as simply Radclyffe Hall. 
  The Well of Loneliness, the most important novel of Hall’s career, was published in 1928 to immediate sensation and controversy. It is Hall’s most direct artistic expression of her own personal sexual orientation. 
  After the controversy of The Well of Loneliness, Hall would publish only two more novels and a collection of short stories. 
  After years spent travelling in Italy and France and a series of long lasting affairs with other women (of which Troubridge was apparently aware), Hall retired with Troubridge to Rye, in East Sussex. Here, suffering from tuberculosis, she also underwent eye surgery and thereafter had difficulty reading and writing. 
  On October 7, 1943, Radclyffe Hall died from colon cancer at the age of sixty-three. She is buried in Highgate Cemetery in London. 
  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.

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  He Watched - Mekenze Walden

  Author Mekenze Walden,...

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  In the shadowed realm where life and death intertwine, an objective crow perches upon the precipice of existence. Its wings bear the weight of countless souls—both animal and human—whose final breaths echo through the void. 
  He Watched chronicles the crow’s solemn duty: to witness the unraveling of mortal threads. From the gnarled roots of ancient forests to the blood-soaked cobblestones of forgotten alleys, it observes without judgment. The grotesque and the sublime converge in a macabre ballet, each demise etched into the crow’s unyielding gaze. 
  But as the seasons turn and the moon waxes, a twist of fate awaits. The crow, once a silent observer, becomes ensnared in a web of treachery. Captured by unseen hands, it faces its own mortality—a revelation that transcends mere poetry. The boundaries blur, and the crow’s wings ache for flight beyond the ink-stained pages. 
  He Watched is a haunting tapestry woven from verses and prose, where the boundary between life and death dissolves. Prepare to be startled, unsettled, and transformed as you journey alongside the crow—a witness turned protagonist—in this enigmatic tale. 
  The crow’s secrets lie hidden within these verses. Will you dare to decipher them?

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  Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey

  Homer Homer

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  "Ah how shameless – the way these mortals blame the gods. From us alone they say come all their miseries yes but they themselves with their own reckless ways compound their pains beyond their proper share.” – The OdysseyExperience the stunning Greek poetry of Homer in this collection of his two major works: The Iliad and The Odyssey. These epic poems are beloved for their presentation of Greek history and belief systems, their strong theming and lessons on Greek virtues, and their continued influence on the literary canon.The Iliad –In the final days of the long-fought Trojan War, the Greek gods begin to interfere with the events of the war. When plagues strike the Achaean army, the fierce leader Achilles uses his connections with the gods to further interfere, which begins a series of events that leads to death and destruction on both sides of the war. This dramatic poem is a commentary on human folly and hubris, while also an in-depth explanation of the warfare styles of the time and a representation of the Greek views on the interference of gods in major historical events.The Odyssey –Following the events of The Iliad, Odysseus begins a journey to return to his home of Ithaca after being away for a decade due to angering Poseidon, the god of the sea. After sneaking away from Poseidon, he embarks on a years-long voyage home during which he is captured and circumvented by earthly and godly foes alike. His journey home is slow and full of turmoil and adventure. Themes in this poem include hospitality, predetermined fate and omens, journeying home, and wandering as a test of faith and resilience.

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  Rhyme A Dozen A - 12 Poets 12...

  Michael Drayton, Ivor Gurney,...

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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 - Ballads - An Introduction 
  2 - The Ballad of Agincourt by Michael Drayton 
  3 - Ballad of the Three Spectres by Ivor Gurney 
  4 - The Ballad of Persse O'Reilly by James Joyce 
  5 - The Ballad Which Anne Askew Made and Sang When She Was in Newgate by Anne Askew 
  6 - The Water Ballad by Samuel Taylor Coleridge 
  7 - The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear 
  8 - Ballade of An Omnibus by Amy Levy 
  9 - La Belle Dame Sans Merci by John Keats 
  10 - John Barleycorn, A Ballad by Robert Burns 
  11 - Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe 
  12 - A Ballad of Hell by John Davidson 
  13 - A Ballad of Death by Algernon Charles Swinburne

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  Modest

  Ellen Brammar

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  'A woman. On the line in Gallery Two of all places. I never thought I'd see the day. This is progress, my dear.'
  It's 1874, and Elizabeth Thompson stuns the artistic establishment with her painting The Roll Call. Five years later, she falls two votes short of becoming the first woman elected to the Royal Academy.
  In between, she shoulders the hopes and dreams of female artists across the country, while fighting for her place at a table full of top hats, neckties and mutton chop beards.
  A thrilling collision of music hall, cabaret and drag king swagger, Modest tells the true story of a pioneering megastar of the Victorian art scene. Written by Ellen Brammar and with music by Rachel Barnes, it was first produced in 2023 by Middle Child in collaboration with Milk Presents at Hull Truck Theatre before touring.

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