Publisher: BookRix
A young woman's desperate attempt for social acceptance renders disastrous results. A play in two acts dealing with the dilemma of acquaintance rape - an ever-present concern in all cultures and societies. A gripping read with some valuable lessons about interpersonal and intercultural relationships and dating.
The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives. But finding a starting point can be overwhelming, even off-putting, so in this series we offer up our Top 10 classic poets, who brim with talent and verse, on a range of subjects and themes that we can all enjoy. War may be called diplomacy by other means but for the youth of a nation, pressed into service for that nation, its effects are horror, terror, injury, trauma and the likelihood of death. Within the words of these 10 poets, dreams, ambition and reality collide into some very vivid and moving words. 1 - The Top 10 Poets - The War Poets - An Introduction 2 - Soldier's Dream by Wilfred Owen 3 - Anthem For Doomed Youth by Wilfred Owen 4 - Futility by Wilfred Owen 5 - From My Diary July 1914 by Wilfred Owen 6 - Sonnet - On Seeing A Piece of Our Heavy Artillery Brought into Action by Wilfred Owen 7 - This Is No Case of Petty Right or Wrong by Edward Thomas 8 - These Things That Poets Said by Edward Thomas 9 - The Trumpet by Edward Thomas 10 - Cock Crow by Edward Thomas 11 - Adlestrop by Edward Thomas 12 - Libido by Rupert Brooke 13 - Dead Men's Love by Rupert Brooke 14 - Desertion by Rupert Brooke 15 - The Funeral of Youth. Threnody by Rupert Brooke 16 - Soldier by Rupert Brooke 17 - Killed in Action by Isaac Rosenberg 18 - August 1914 by Isaac Rosenberg 19 - Spring 1916 by Isaac Rosenberg 20 - Isolation A Fragment by Isaac Rosenberg 21 - Break of Day in the Trenches by Isaac Rosenberg 22 - The Lost Ones by Francis Ledwidge 23 - A Soldier's Grave by Francis Ledwidge 24 - Lament for the Poets, 1916 by Francis Ledwidge 25 - Growing Old by Francis Ledwidge 26 - The Call to Ireland by Francis Ledwidge 27 - Blighty by Ivor Gurney 28 - Sonnets 1917 - V - England the Mother by Ivor Gurney 29 - On Somme by Ivor Gurney 30 - Strange Hells by Ivor Gurney 31 - In Memoriam (Easter 1915) by Ivor Gurney 32 - The Dying Patriot by James Elroy Flecker 33 - No Coward's Song by James Elroy Flecker 34 - Pillage by James Elroy Flecker 35 - Destroyer of Ships, Men, Cities by James Elroy Flecker 36 - Epithalamion by James Elroy Flecker 37 - The English Graves by Laurence Binyon 38 - The Distant Guns by Laurence Binyon 39 - For the Fallen by Laurence Binyon 40 - England's Poet by Laurence Binyon 41 - Ypres by Laurence Binyon 42 - A Call to Action by Charles Sorley 43 - A Letter From the Trenches to An Old School Friend by Charles Sorley 44 - Such Such Is Death by Charles Sorley 45 - German Rain by Charles Sorley 46 - To Germany by Charles Sorley 47 - Prayer Before Battle by Alfred Lichtenstein 48 - The Battle at Saarburg by Alfred Lichtenstein 49 - Monday in the Courtyard of the Barracks by Alfred Lichtenstein 50 - Soldiers' Songs by Alfred Lichtenstein 51 - The End by Alfred LichtensteinShow book
”...a trans-mystical work of love and change...”—Ali Blythe, author of Hymnswitch The mystics who coined the phrase ‘the way of affirmation’ understood the apocalyptic nature of the word yes, the way it can lead out of one life and into another. Moving among the languages of Christian conversion, Classical metamorphosis, seasonal transformation, and gender transition, Luke Hathaway tells the story of the love that rewired his being, asking each of us to experience the transfiguration that can follow upon saying yes—with all one’s heart, with all one’s soul, with all one’s mind, with all one’s strength ... and with all one’s body, too.Show book
The apprenticeships are only meant to last a year - there were never any guarantees beyond that. For Ava, Liv, Mason and Trent, they're just trying to get through the day. They don't know why there's an endless stream of strangers passing through, but no-one ever tells them anything. In a couple of months they'll be kicked out anyway, and God knows what happens after that. Who's looking out for them? Scissors is a play about family, heritage and legacy, and is part of Chris Bush's trilogy of plays about a Sheffield manufacturing family, Rock / Paper / Scissors. The three plays were first performed simultaneously with the same cast moving between three theatres in Sheffield – the Crucible, the Lyceum and the Studio – as part of Sheffield Theatres' fiftieth birthday celebrations in 2022.Show book
Come and join me as we rediscover one of the greatest myths to come out of the Emerald Isle: "Deirdre of the Sorrows," adapted for the stage by J.M. Synge. Deirdre, a woman of immeasurable beauty, is betrothed/condemned to the King of Ulster, Conchubar. But in true mythological fashion, there is a prophecy which prevents this--a prophecy that tells of her falling in love with another man, of heroes being banished in her name, of multiple wars waged for her honor. Loyalty, familial ties, and unadulterated love will be strained and broken, with only one question remaining: Who will be left to admire the beauty and sorrow of life?Show book
This collection of poems begins in the growing darkness of November, stretches through Advent and the seasons leading to Easter and to Pentecost, and ends in the budding light of the Scottish Orkney Islands, where the canonical hours measure time over centuries and where God broods over an austere and beautiful landscape. The measurement of time passing and returning, year after year, in the rhythms of the seasons and of the liturgical year, create the pace and the song. But in the biblical voices of Magdalene, Mary, Abel, and Eve, and in the grim historical and political realities of war and suffering, one also hears lament and finds the poet's clear-eyed gaze straight into life's challenges. Memory is at work here, too, in personal reminiscences and in theological reflection. As one philosopher has said, "All truth is God's truth." From Shade to Shine is published under Paraclete Press's Iron Pen imprint. In the book of Job, a suffering man pours out his anguish to his Maker. From the depths of his pain, he reveals a trust in God's goodness that is stronger than his despair, giving humanity some of the most beautiful and poetic verses of all time. Paraclete's Iron Pen imprint is inspired by this spirit of unvarnished honesty and tenacious hope.Show book
A Poetry Book Society Recommendation Inheritance is a profoundly moving exploration of what is passed down by our forebearers, what is left behind when we lose someone, and what we learn from being loved. Jasmine Cooray holds our most fiercely-guarded myths to the light, refracted through second-generation diaspora, family legend and life-changing loss. Her poems embrace both the quiet and the storms within. They sing of self-belief rising to the surface as drowning feels imminent, of desire and how it can cultivate hope. This is a timeless debut: wise, wild and empowering, a lodestar for survival. "A strident, playful language dance through life's more challenging parts, always towards something transcendent." Anthony Joseph, Sonnets for Albert, Winner of the 2022 T.S. Eliot Prize "Intimate, vulnerable, poignant and provocative. Inheritance is a stunning debut brimming with tenderness, authenticity and heart." Salena Godden, Mrs Death Misses DeathShow book
