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  Songbook - The Lyrics and Music...

  Steven Heighton

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  From the award-winning, multi-genre author and musician Steven Heighton, Songbook brings together Heighton’s lyrics and music for the first time in a single volume, including his final songs, which have never been heard or seen until now. When Steven Heighton died suddenly of cancer in 2022, he was in the middle of an intensely creative period of songwriting. He released his first album of original material, The Devil’s Share, in 2021 and was preparing to record his second album. Known first as a poet, Heighton had always held that “music and poetry are two words for the same thing.”
  		 
  As in his songwriting, in Songbook, Heighton moves fluidly between genres and subjects, from political songs like “The Butcher’s Bill,” about the carelessness of nations sending their youth to war, to reimagining the myth of Orpheus (“I'll hold my breath the whole way down / And find your soul in the undertown”), to blues tunes like “Last Living Woman Alive,” and a tribute to the late John Prine, the “Buddha of Song.” With chords accompanying the lyrics, readers and musicians have the ability to bring the songs to life with their own interpretations. The music in Songbook was the final work of Heighton’s life, and it is not only a gift to have his lyrics and chords but an invitation from Heighton himself, challenging his readers to answer the call and keep singing along.

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  In The Long Run

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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  LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of In The Long Run by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. This was the Weekly Poetry project for July 11th, 2010.

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  A Rhyme A Dozen ― Music - 12...

  John Dryden, Stephen Vincent...

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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 - Music - An Introduction 
  2 - To Music by Rainer Maria Rilke 
  3 - Music by Stephen Vincent Benét 
  4 - Music by Wilfred Owen 
  5 - Power of Music by William Wordsworth 
  6 - Master of Music by Henry van Dyke 
  7 - Song 53 - What is That Flute Whose Music Thrills Me with Joy by Kabir 
  8 - Rain Music by Joseph Semon Cotter 
  9 - The Strange Music by G K Chesterton 
  10 - The Iron Music by Ford Madox Ford 
  11 - Music's Empire by Andrew Marvell 
  12 - Sonnet 8 - Music to Hear Why Hearest Thou Music Sadly by William Shakespeare 
  13 - Alexander's Feast or, The Power of Music by John Dryden

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  The Poetry of James Russell...

  James Russell Lowell

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  James Russell Lowell was born on 22nd February 1819 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 
   
  Lowell graduated from Harvard in 1838, and thence on to earn a law degree from Harvard Law School.  
   
  His literary life began in 1841 with his first published collection of poetry.  Three years later he married Maria White and they had several children although, sadly, only one was to survive childhood. 
   
  A consuming issue at the time was the abolition of slavery.  Lowell was a staunch supporter even going so far as to move to Philadelphia to edit an abolitionist newspaper.  His poems were fully in support of Emancipation and the ending of this terrible abomination.  His later views were milder and came in for some criticism.  
   
  His publication in 1848 of the long poem ‘A Fable for Critics’, satirising the poets and critics of the then current poetry scene caused an uproar.  That same year came ‘The Biglow Papers’, which increased his fame and his finances.  His use of the Yankee accent in his character’s dialogue was an inspiration for many. 
   
  Maria died in 1853 and Lowell decided to travel to Europe for some time before returning to Harvard to take up a professorship of languages.   In 1857 he re-married and also took on the editorship of that key periodical ‘The Atlantic Monthly’ whilst continuing to teach at Harvard. 
   
  Lowell wrote and published poetry and essay collections throughout his literary career and is acknowledged as one of the ‘Fireside Poets’, a group of New England poets that rivalled the popularity of British poets.  Their work was not controversial and suitable for whole families to enjoy hence their name and appeal.  Whilst Lowell’s own work does not now attract the same praise as his then contemporaries, he was their equal. 
   
  Towards the end of his life Lowell was appointed as ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain and later to the Court of St. James's.  
   
  His last years were a return home to his estate in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  By the summer of 1891 doctors had diagnosed cancer in his kidneys, liver and lungs.  There was nothing that they could do except prescribe opium for the pain. 
   
  James Russell Lowell died on the 12th of August 1891 on the Cambridge estate where he was also born.  He was 72. 
   
  01 - The Poetry of James Russell Lowell - An Introduction 
  02 - Columbus by James Russell Lowell 
  03 - George Washington by James Russell Lowell 
  04 - Abraham Lincoln by James Russell Lowell 
  05 - To H W L on His Birthday 27th February 1867 by James Russell Lowell 
  06 - To Charles Eliot Norton - Agro Dolce by James Russell Lowell 
  07 - Winter Evening Hymn To My Fire by James Russell Lowell 
  08 - The First Snowfall by James Russell Lowell 
  09 - Midnight by James Russell Lowell 
  10 - On A Portrait of Dante by Giotto by James Russell Lowell 
  11 - A Contrast by James Russell Lowell 
  12 - Above and Below by James Russell Lowell 
  13 - Of the Dawn of Freedom by James Russell Lowell 
  14 - On Board the 76 by James Russell Lowell 
  15 - Trial by James Russell Lowell 
  16 - Ode to France, February 1848 by James Russell Lowell 
  17 - Slaves by James Russell Lowell 
  18 - An Incident in a Railroad Car by Jamers Russell Lowell 
  19 - Threnodia by James Russell Lowell 
  20 - A Requiem by James Russell Lowell 
  21 - On the Death of a Friends Child by James Russell Lowell

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  The Merchant of Venice

  William Shakespeare

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  Antonio, a wealthy and popular merchant, is in financial difficulty. He approaches a Jewish money lender, Shylock, who agrees to provide 3000 ducats, with a very curious bond – a pound of the merchant’s flesh, to be levied if Antonio fails to make a timely repayment. Feeling confident that his argosies will arrive in time to cover the debt, Antonio agrees to this bizarre transaction. 
  Meanwhile, a wealthy gentlewoman, Portia, must choose a suitor using a curious ritual mandated by her father’s will. Applicants must choose from three locked caskets, one of which contains a picture of Portia. He who chooses the casket with the picture will wed Portia immediately; the unsuccessful applicants will cease courting not only Portia, but all prospective partners. Portia’s preferred suitor is a young Venetian, Bassanio, who is a close friend of Antonio. 
  Antonio’s ships fail to arrive in time to satisfy his debt to Shylock and Antonio is hauled into court. In a male disguise, Portia appears in court to represent Antonio. Will her skillful representation free Antonio from Shylock’s demands? 
  Written between 1596 and 1598 and published in 1600, The Merchant of Venice most notably touches on the troubling subject of antisemitism. While critical debate rages about Shakespeare’s actual attitudes toward Jewish culture, it is difficult to deny that the eventual fate of Shylock is not in accord with today’s view of social justice. 
  Featuring the voices of Denis Daly, Catherina Bilson, Alexandra Lee Smith, Gary D. Macfadden, Blaise Doran, Graham Scott, Roberta Jackson, Josh Innerst, Simon Paxton, Alan Weyman, Emma Faye and Marty Krz.

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  Monstering the Rocketman

  Henry Naylor

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  'Where is the line between fact and fiction? Not our concern. Truth is just a commodity to be sold.'
  When The Sun falsely accuses Elton John, 39, of 'sordid rent-boy sex sessions', the Rocketman blasts it with a whopping multi-million-pound lawsuit…
  But for unrepentant editor Kelvin MacKenzie, 40, 'sorry' seems to be the hardest word. He launches a staggering year-long campaign of media harassment, which could break the rocker. In the end: is Elton still standing? Or does The Sun go down on him?
  Based on the true story of Britain's biggest-ever libel suit, Monstering the Rocketman is a probing and provocative exploration of truth, privacy and ambition. Henry Naylor's play premiered to critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2025, where it received a Fringe First Award, before transferring to Arcola Theatre, London, in 2026.

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