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  Poetry Hour The - Volume 15

  John Dryden, William Morris,...

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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 John Dryden and William Morris as well as themes on Victorian Poetry, August, The Female Poet 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 15 
  John Dryden. An Introduction 
  Farewell Ungrateful Traitor by John Dryden 
  Dreams by John Dryden 
  Alexanders Feast or The Power of Music by John Dryden 
  August 
  August 1914 by Isaac Rosenberg 
  At Sundown by Daniel Sheehan 
  A Summer Evening Churchyard, Lechlade, Gloucestershire by Percy Bysshe Shelley 
  Moonlight Summer Moonlight by Emily Jane Bronte 
  August by Algernon Charles Swinburne 
  August Moonrise by Sara Teasdale 
  The Female Poet. An Introduction. Volume 3 
  Good Night by Mary Gilmore 
  Expecting the Lord by Anne Griffiths  
  My Mother’s Kiss by Frances E W Harper 
  Battle Hymn of the Republic by Julia Ward Howe 
  You Kissed Me by Josephine Slocum Hunt 
  The Power of Words by Letitia Elizabeth Landon 
  Love, The Soul of Poetry by Anne Killigrew 
  The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus 
  Sonnet by Amy Levy 
  Animal Poems – An Introduction 
  The Fly by William Blake 
  The City Mouse and the County Mouse by Christina Rossetti 
  The Owl & the Pussy Cat by Edward Lear 
  A Lobster Quadrille by Lewis Carroll 
  From Baby Tortoise by DH Lawrence 
  William Morris - An Introduction 
  The Earthly Paradise – Apology by William Morris 
  Our Hands Have Met by William Morris 
  The Voice of Toil by William Morris 
  A Garden By the Sea by William Morris 
  The Message of the March Wind by William Morris 
  Victorian Poetry - An Introduction 
  A Broken Appointment by Thomas Hardy  
  My Prayers Must met A Brazen Heaven by Gerard Manley Hopkins  
  When Summer’s End is Nighing by AE Housman  
  The Mother’s Son by Rudyard Kipling  
  The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear  
  Sonnet XXIX by George Meredith  
  Between the Dusk of a Summer Night by William Ernest Henley

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  LORENZO (NHB Modern Plays)

  Ben Targét

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  When Ben Targét was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2012 Edinburgh Comedy Awards, he was set on the path to becoming a critically acclaimed, multi-award-winning performance artist.
  Eight years later, amidst a global pandemic, he gave it all up to become the live-in carer for his uncle: an irascible octogenarian prankster called Lorenzo Wong.
  
  LORENZO is their story, a show that confronts the messiness of ageing and dying through the medium of storytelling, servitude to the audience and live carpentry, a combination not seen on the world stage since Nazareth circa 30AD.
  This book is the full script of that life-affirming show, with illustrations by Targét himself. It was directed by Adam Brace, and was premiered at Summerhall, Edinburgh, during the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where it was awarded a Fringe First. It subsequently transferred to Soho Theatre, London.
  'A beautiful and wise work' - Time Out
  'Very lovely… a joyful and philosophical show… a heartfelt hour about tough times and the people who quietly help us survive them' - Guardian
  'An exploration of the sorts of things that give life meaning… completely engaging… very funny and very moving… a life-affirming tale that is warm and whimsical, but fundamentally all about human connection' - WhatsOnStage
  'A moving and courageous piece of theatre' - The Scotsman
  'The ultimate celebration of life. I've never laughed and cried so much at the same show' - Everything Theatre
  'A joyous celebration of what it means to love deeply' - Fest Mag
  'A deeply affecting, tender and funny story of love and loss' - The List

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  Eighty Four - Poems on Male...

  Helen Calcutt

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  Eighty Four is a new anthology of poetry on the subject of male suicide in aid of CALM (campaign against living miserably). Poems have been donated to the collection by Andrew McMillan, Salena Godden, Anthony Anaxogorou, Katrina Naomi, Ian Patterson, Carrie Etter, Peter Raynard and Joelle Taylor while a submissions window yielded many excellent poems on the subject from both known and hitherto unknown poets we are thrilled to have been made aware of.
  
  Curated by poet Helen Calcutt, Eighty-Four showcases human vulnerability in all its forms. From the baby in the bath who knows daddy is gone, to the woman whose father haunts her through the window, here is a diverse collection of voices, delicately speaking the intense difficulties of the human predicament, courageously engaging with the profound impact that male suicide is having on all of us. There's a glittering strength to this volume, because of the honesty from which its poems have been created, giving this book the truth it was seeking.
  
  We hope to shed light on an issue that is cast in shadow, and often shrouded in secrecy and denial. If we don't talk, we don't heal, and we don't change. In Eighty Four, we are talking. Are you listening?

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  Poetry of World War I The -...

  Amy Lowell, Sara Teasdale,...

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  War may be rationalized as ‘diplomacy by other means’ but the reality is that when tribes, Nations and peoples bring themselves into armed conflict with one another mayhem, terror and slaughter are the result. 
  In the First World War, The Great War, The War to End all Wars any idealistic aims that it was a ‘just cause’ and would be all over in a few months were shattered against the vast scale of millions dead or wounded all for the often temporary gains of a few miles of shell-pocked mud.  Human bodies were of little more value than the bullets and shells which mowed them down. 
  In this series of poetry volumes we look at the first world war from several viewpoints.  From poets who died, often in battle, during its torturous years, to the women who write of war and its consequences as well as an anthology of those poets, some still of fame, and some now forgotten with only their words to bear witness for what they have experienced. Each has an individual point of view that bears its own truth. 
  Whilst in modern times women fight and serve in many armed forces a century ago their work was needed to tend and comfort the sick and wounded from battle and help Nations, depleted of their menfolk, work as best they could. 
  Within this vast landscape of pain and valour these women also put pen to paper to produce words that show us war from another angle.  Their own.  Whether it be jingoistic or patriotic, reflective or overwhelming their verses have an eloquence that is both painful and tender. 
   
  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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  A Potion - Light

  Sandeep Patel

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  A Potion, is a life saver for love. Love at utmost is a sacrifice to oneself to advantage another. 'He allowed us to love so we love Him more.' Mystical life of One cosmos. 
  A place far from here that is where this story is set. The formulas and terminologies are all from our existence and all are to be placed to the test. On a planet far from our galaxy where lives life and there they live peacefully. The inevitability of all laughs comes to cries, just as we feel there are also cries of joy, this story follows that existence. From a day of simple beliefs of the Adi Granth (Sikh Scripture) the islands of Sasha & Goman come alive, and are followed in Bani's spin with a moon and a rock orbiting it. Here people learn to live and they learn to obey as what revolves over them cannot be changed. They wait for their fate to be delivered to them.

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  Saved to Cloud

  Kate Foley

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  The algorithm
  of my own life, faded
  and spidery,
  is written,
  not keyed in.
  From bombsites used as childhood playgrounds to lockdown FaceTime calls, Kate Foley looks back on almost nine decades of life – a life characterised by curiosity, resistance and a strong connection with the natural world.
  Appreciation and concern for the planet runs through this frank and moving collection, which muses on the notions of faith and belief, ultimately rejecting both Whitehall politics and traditional religion as inadequate to deal with environmental crisis.
  Simultaneously nostalgic and highly concerned with the future, Kate Foley's candid reminiscence and simple use of language draw us softly into consideration of life's big questions: What's it all for? How will we be remembered?
  Will it build again, our earth?

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