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  Short Poetry Collection 045

  Various

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  LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 045: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

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  Six Characters

  Luigi Pirandello

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  Six Characters by Luigi Pirandello is a groundbreaking theatrical masterpiece that revolutionized modern drama and challenged the very nature of reality, identity, and storytelling. Bold, innovative, and intellectually provocative, this seminal work dismantles the boundaries between fiction and life, drawing audiences into a world where characters demand to be heard and truth becomes a shifting, elusive force.
  
  The play opens in the midst of a theatrical rehearsal when six mysterious figures suddenly appear on stage. They are not actors but "characters"—abandoned creations of an author who never completed their story. Desperate for their drama to be realized, they interrupt the rehearsal and insist that the director and actors bring their tragic tale to life. What unfolds is a layered and self-reflective exploration of illusion and authenticity, as the characters argue that their emotional reality is more genuine than the artificial performances of the actors attempting to portray them.
  
  At the heart of the work lies a haunting family drama marked by betrayal, misunderstanding, guilt, and suffering. Each of the six figures carries a distinct perspective on shared events, exposing the instability of truth and the subjectivity of memory. As their story is reenacted and contested on stage, tensions escalate between the characters and the theatrical company, blurring the line between performance and lived experience.
  
  Pirandello's genius lies in his daring experimentation with form. By breaking the "fourth wall" and embedding a play within a play, he invites audiences to question the nature of authorship, the fluidity of identity, and the relationship between art and reality. The result is a meta-theatrical work that feels startlingly modern, anticipating later developments in existential and absurdist drama.
  
  Beyond its formal innovation, Six Characters offers profound philosophical insight. It suggests that individuals are trapped within the roles they inhabit, unable to escape the perceptions of others. Reality itself becomes fragmented—constructed through interpretation rather than fixed fact. In this way, Pirandello examines the human condition with both irony and compassion, revealing the fragile boundaries between truth and illusion.
  
  A cornerstone of 20th-century theatre, Six Characters transformed dramatic art and cemented Pirandello's legacy as one of the most influential playwrights of modern literature. Challenging, thought-provoking, and emotionally charged, this unforgettable work continues to captivate readers and audiences alike with its daring vision and timeless exploration of identity and existence.

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  I Done Clicked My Heels Three...

  Taylor Byas

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  Inspired by The Wiz, this debut, full-length poetry collection celebrates South Side Chicago and a Black woman's quest for self-discovery—one that pulls her away from the safety of home and into her power 
   
   
   
  I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times takes its inspiration and concept from the cult classic film The Wiz to explore a Black woman's journey out of the South Side of Chicago and into adulthood. The narrative arc of The Wiz—a tumultuous departure from home, trials designed to reveal new things about the self, and the eventual return home—serves as a loose trajectory for this collection, pulling listeners through an abandoned barn, a Wendy's drive-thru, a Beyoncé video, Grandma's house, Sunday service, and the corner store. At every stop, the speaker is made to confront her womanhood, her sexuality, the visibility of her body, alcoholism in her family, and various ways in which narratives are imposed on her. 
   
   
   
  Subverting monolithic ideas about the South Side of Chicago, and re-casting the city as a living, breathing entity, I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times spans sestinas, sonnets, free-verse, and erasures, all to reimagine the concept of home. Chicago isn't just a city, but a teacher, a lingering shadow, a way of seeing the world.

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  The Poetry of Elizabeth Siddal -...

  Elizabeth Siddal

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  Elizabeth Eleanor Siddall was born on the 25th July, 1829 in London into a working-class family where she received an ‘ordinary education’.   
  Whilst accounts differ, it is clear that she met the Pre-Raphaelite painter William Deverell whilst working in a millinery shop and he asked her to model for him, describing her as "magnificently tall, with a lovely figure, and a face of the most delicate and finished modelling ... she has grey eyes, and her hair is like dazzling copper, and shimmers with luster."  She personified female beauty for the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and her face became well known in Victorian Britain, gracing many famous paintings such as John Everett Millais's Ophelia, where she is portrayed drowned, floating in a pond. From the experience she also caught pneumonia.  
  Although Siddal (she later changed the spelling of her name) endured a toxic and probably controlling relationship with Dante Gabriel Rossetti, who wouldn’t allow her to model for anyone but himself, she made great strides under his tuition and in her endeavours as an artist.  She was the only woman to exhibit with the Pre-Raphaelites in 1857 where she sold one of her paintings to an American collector. 
  She created many paintings, often inspired by Medieval themes, but her output of poetry was scant despite the positive reception to her verse.  Their motifs were sad and often tragic, dwelling on lost or doomed love.  As well they suggest a strong connection with nature and often plead with God with a haunting yet evocative simplicity. 
  Allied to this was a laudanum addiction which may have contributed to a still-born birth in 1861 and from which she never fully recovered.   
  Elizabeth Siddal committed suicide by an overdose, whilst pregnant, on the 11th February 1862.  She was 32.

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  The Last Stand of Mrs Mary...

  Caroline Bird

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  'And what happens when the pendulum swings too far? We push back.'
  In the 1970s, one enigmatic old lady wielded extraordinary influence, fighting against what she believed was the UK's moral decline. Armed with only a typewriter, this seemingly harmless grandmother took on the BBC and the 'godless media' in a culture war that divided the nation.
  Inspired by real events, Caroline Bird's wickedly funny play delves into Whitehouse's most explosive battle – her infamous blasphemy trial against Gay News – and explores her formidable resolve to push back the tide. Was she a pearl-clutching prude or 'the most dangerous woman in Britain'?
  A fascinating investigation into freedom and censorship, The Last Stand of Mrs. Mary Whitehouse was co-commissioned by Nottingham Playhouse, Eleanor Lloyd Productions and Pakenham Projects. Premiering at Nottingham Playhouse in 2025, it was directed by Sarah Frankcom and starred Maxine Peake and Samuel Barnett. 

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  Not Enough Time - My Poetry Book

  Etanie Samuels

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  Not Enough Time is written in the form of a mini bio in a poetry form. Each chapter is designed with life, purpose, motivation, and reality.

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