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  Complete Poems by Edgar Allan Poe

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  This selection includes poems:
  A Dream Within A Dream
  A Valentine
  An Enigma
  Annabel Lee
  Bridal Ballad
  Dreamland
  Eldorado
  Eulalie
  For Annie
  Hymn
  Lenore
  Marie Louise (Shew)
  Silence
  The Bells
  The City In The Sea
  The Coliseum
  The Conqueror Worm
  The Haunted Palace
  To One In Paradise
  The Raven
  The Sleeper
  To F-
  To Frances S. Osgood
  To Helen
  To Marie Louise (Shew)
  To My Mother
  To Zante
  Ulalume

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  Lycidas - Much shorter poem from...

  John Milton

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  John Milton was born in Bread Street, London, on December 9th, 1608.  His early years were privately tutored before gaining a place at St Paul’s School and in 1625 he matriculated at Christ's College, Cambridge, earning a BA in 1629 and an MA in 1632. At Cambridge he had developed a reputation for poetic skill but also experienced alienation from his peers and university life as a whole.  
  The next 6 years were spent in private study. He read both ancient and modern works of theology, philosophy, history, politics, literature and science, in preparation for a poetical career.  Milton mastered Latin, Greek, Hebrew, French, Spanish, and Italian. To these he would add Old English (whilst researching his History of Britain) and also acquired more than a passing acquaintance in Dutch.  
  Although he was studying, some of his poetry from this time is remarkable; L’Allegro and Il Penseroso in 1631 and Lycidias in 1638. 
  In May 1638, Milton embarked upon a 15 month tour of France and Italy. These travels added a new and direct experience of artistic and religious traditions, especially Roman Catholicism.  He cut the journey short to return home during the summer of 1639 because of what he claimed were "sad tidings of civil war in England."  
  Once home, Milton wrote prose tracts against episcopacy, in the service of the Puritan and Parliamentary cause.  
  He married 16-year-old Mary Powell in June 1643 but she left him after only a few months during which he wrote and published several writings on divorce. Mary did return after 3 years and their life thereafter seemed harmonious.  Milton received a hostile response to the divorce tracts and drove him to write Areopagitica, his celebrated attack on pre-printing censorship.  
  With the parliamentary victory in the Civil War, Milton wrote The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates (1649) which defended popular government and implicitly sanctioned the regicide which led to his appointment as Secretary for Foreign Tongues by the Council of State.  
  On 24 February 1652 Milton published his Latin defense of the English People, Defensio Pro Populo Anglicano, also known as the First Defense. Milton's Latin prose and intellectual sweep, quickly gained him a European reputation.  
  Tragically his first wife, Mary, died on May 5th, 1652 following the birth of their fourth child.   The following year Milton had become totally blind, probably due to glaucoma.  He then had to dictate his verse and prose to helpers, one of whom was the poet Andrew Marvell.  
  He married again to Katherine Woodcock but she died in February 1658, less than four months after giving birth to a daughter, who also tragically died.  
  Though Cromwell’s death in 1658 caused the English Republic to collapse Milton stubbornly clung to his beliefs and in 1659 he published A Treatise of Civil Power, attacking the concept of a state-dominated church. Upon the Restoration in May 1660, Milton went into hiding for his life. An arrest warrant was issued and his writings burnt. He re-emerged after a general pardon was issued, but was nevertheless arrested and briefly imprisoned before influential friends, such as Marvell, now an MP, intervened 
  His third marriage was to Elizabeth Mynshull. Despite a 31-year age gap, the marriage seemed happy and Milton spent the remaining decade of his life living quietly in London, apart from a short spell in Chalfont St. Giles, during the Great Plague of London.  
  Milton was to now publish his greatest works, which had been gestating for many years.  Paradise Lost, perhaps the classic English Epic poem was originally published in 10 books in 1667.  This was followed by Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes in 1671.  Because of his anti-monarchy views their reception was muted but over the centuries since Milton has established himself as second only to Shakespeare.  He died of kidney failure on November 8th, 1674 and was buried in the church of St Giles Cripplegate.

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  Night Poetry - Read & Written By

  Rachel Lawson

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  A book of poems of the night and a gift short story Stand and Deliver - In the Moonlight 
  Read by the Author

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  Kink

  Zachary Phillips

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  Prepare yourself for a toe curling, lip biting, heavy breathing experience as you are taken on an adventure into the sexy, sensual, and seductive world of Kink: Volume 2.No matter what you’re into, there is something here for you, with 69 pieces of erotic poetry explicitly and expertly crafted to tempt, tease, and tantalise. So get ready to connect to your inner freak and perhaps even unlock a few new kinks along the way!What people are saying about Kink: Volume 1:“This collection is a fantastic and steamy way to slip away from the ordinary and submerge yourself into the pool of kink. So many different stories and poems show just how varied how we enjoy pleasure is. There is definitely something in here that will get you squirming and hot-n-bothered. A frequent re-read for sure!”“Once I started the book I couldn’t put it down. I was able to personally connect to it too. Loved it!”“Once I started I didn't stop. The short stories teased. The poetry well written. Each one hit something. It's something I can easily read over and over”“With already being a fan of his work I knew this would not disappoint. And it did not! From the first to last page I couldn't put this book down. I can’t pick my favourite poem or short story as I loved every single one. The way the poems and short stories are written, the words just flow beautifully and spicy. Will definitely recommend and will definitely be buying more of his work xxx”

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  Rhyme A Dozen A - Unrequited...

  A E Housman, William...

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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 - Unrequited Love - An Introduction 
  2 - Because I Liked You  by A E Housman 
  3 - Sonnet 87 - Farewell! Thou Art Too Dear For My Possessing by William Shakespeare 
  4 - No One So Much As You by Edward Thomas 
  5 - No Platonic Love by William Cartwright 
  6 - Sonnets On Miss Savage by Samuel Butler 
  7 - I Prithee Send Me Back My Heart by Sir John Suckling 
  8 - Heart We Will Forget Him by Emily Dickinson 
  9 - The Spring by Thomas Carew 
  10 - The Forsaken Lover Consoleth Himself With Rememberance of Past Happiness by Sir Thomas Wyatt 
  11 - The Given Heart by Abraham Cowley 
  12 - Longing by Matthew Arnold 
  13 - Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe

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  Hippies and Bolsheviks - and...

  Amiel Gladstone

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  Hippies and Bolsheviks and Other Plays collects three works by Amiel Gladstone, introducing a wide range of fascinating characters and a formidable new voice in Canadian drama.
     
  In The Wedding Pool, three single friends in unsatisfactory jobs decide to place a bet on who will marry first. The friends - waitress and wannabe dancer Sylvia, rock critic Miles and inventory manager Dave - open a joint account to which they each contribute $50 a month, the final sum to be collected by the first to tie the knot. But when Miles starts dating the bank teller who opens their account, the friends realize much more is at stake and are forced to consider their individual fears and failings.
     
  In Lena’s Car, a woman whose marriage has stalled reflects on how it got to that point, harkening back to her youth, when she was just a Young Girl in a Small Town Looking for Trouble. Picking over the memories of her adolescence, she attempts to figure out why she ended up in a disintegrating relationship and just when her life became like everyone else's.
     
  Hippies and Bolsheviks set in 1970s British Columbia, a hotbed of hippie idealism, is a comedy based on the big ideas of the long-haired revolution. Star stumbles home from a Led Zeppelin concert with a draft dodger. A bizarre love triangle develops the next morning as Allan (Green Tree), a defector from the same commune Star fled, shows up on her doorstep. As The Establishment gains more ground, three dropouts struggle to hold on to their ideals.
     
  ‘The Wedding Pool is a particularly smart and entertaining example of the thirtysomething angst genre.’
     
  – The Globe and Mail
     
  ‘If Hippies and Bolsheviks is any indication of the quality of work at this year's play Rites Festival, Calgary theatregoers are in for a phenomenal month.’
     
  – Calgary Sun

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