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  James IV: Queen of the Fight

  Rona Munro

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  'You're a wonder. You're a window into a wide world.'
  Scotland, 1504, seen fresh through the eyes of new arrivals Ellen and Anne, two Moorish women who were expected to take their place at a royal court… but not this one.
  Both women now have to fight to find and keep a place in the dazzling, dangerous world of the Scottish court of James IV. It's a world where war is never far away, words of love and promises of peace are not what they seem, and where poets might turn out to be more dangerous than any assassin.
  Rona Munro continues her journey through an uncharted period of Scottish history with James IV: Queen of the Fight, which was first presented in 2022 by Raw Material and Capital Theatres in association with National Theatre of Scotland, and directed by Laurie Sansom.
  It follows the spectacular success of Munro's plays about James I, II and III, which were first performed by National Theatre of Scotland, transferred to the National Theatre, London, and were named Best New Play at the Evening Standard Awards.

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  Robert Browning - Selected Poems

  Robert Browning

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  Robert Browning was a deeply religious man who wrestled to obtain and keep his Christian faith. His conviction was that life in this world is so riddled with evil and sorrow that only a future life can make sense out of it. He viewed life as a training ground which God provided in His divine love and sovereign will. 
  Given Browning’s intensely romantic love affair with Elizabeth Barrett, it is characteristic that he should view love as life’s animating force and the key to its meaning. To Browning, the most dreaded fate would be to live a “ghastly smooth life, dead at heart.” This view of life is projected throughout his poetry. 
  Included in this collection are “Johannes Agricola in Meditation”, “The Pied Piper of Hamelin”, “Youth and Art”, “Beatrice Signorini”, “Spring Song”, and many others.

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  Mother Daughter Augur

  Mary Simmons

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  Mary Simmons’s debut is a world unto itself: a dark storybook realm, lush and full of eerie possibility, a place outside of time where women move in different forms and pass on warnings and wisdom. In the spirit of a Victorian naturalist’s collection, this book brings together found elements from nature, folklore, mythology, ballet, and oral tradition, crafting a strange, kaleidoscopic beauty and complicating inherited definitions of femininity. As these poems blur dichotomies—maiden and witch, mother and daughter, friend and lover—they reach for a new vision of womanhood beyond the bounds of roles and expectations, one that is mystical, ethereal, a little dangerous, and inherently queer. In the process, they tap into deep currents of yearning, grapple with corporeality, raise larger questions about love and what lasts, and find meaning in the uncanny and the macabre. In these pages are insects and omens, wolves and birds and weird apparitions, Odile and Ophelia, even a seventeenth-century professional poisoner. Original, atmospheric, and immersive, this is a work like no other: a tour through an enchanted forest, a darkness that’s illuminating.

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  The Iliad

  Homer Homer

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  The Iliad by Homer stands as one of the greatest and most influential works of world literature. Composed in ancient Greece more than two millennia ago, this monumental epic poem tells the dramatic story of heroism, rage, honor, and fate during the final year of the legendary Trojan War.
  
  Rather than recounting the entire conflict, The Iliad focuses on a crucial and intense period in the war between the Greek forces and the defenders of Troy. At the heart of the narrative is the fierce warrior Achilles, the greatest of the Greek heroes, whose pride and anger set the course for much of the story. When Achilles quarrels with the Greek commander Agamemnon and withdraws from battle, the balance of power shifts dramatically on the battlefield.
  
  As the war rages outside the towering walls of Troy, legendary figures emerge on both sides. Hector, the noble prince of Troy, fights courageously to defend his city and family, embodying duty and honor in the face of overwhelming danger. Around them stand a host of warriors, kings, and allies whose fates intertwine amid brutal combat and shifting fortunes.
  
  Homer's epic captures not only the spectacle of war but also the deeply human emotions behind it. Themes of pride, loyalty, friendship, grief, and mortality echo throughout the poem. Moments of fierce battle are balanced by scenes of reflection, compassion, and sorrow, reminding readers that even the greatest heroes are subject to the limits of human life.
  
  The poem also portrays the influence of the gods, who intervene in mortal affairs, shaping events according to their rivalries and whims. Through these divine interventions, the epic explores the tension between human choice and destiny.
  
  Rich in vivid imagery and unforgettable characters, The Iliad has shaped storytelling, poetry, and heroic tradition for centuries. Its exploration of courage, glory, and the cost of conflict continues to resonate with readers around the world.
  
  Epic in scale and timeless in its themes, The Iliad remains a cornerstone of classical literature—a powerful tale of war, honor, and the enduring struggle between pride and compassion.

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  Leaves of Grass The Original...

  Walt Whitman

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  Leaves of Grass is a poetry collection by the American poet Walt Whitman (1819–1892).The poems of Leaves of Grass are loosely connected, with each representing Whitman's celebration of his philosophy of life and humanity. This book is notable for its discussion of delight in sensual pleasures during a time when such candid displays were considered immoral. Where much previous poetry, especially English, relied on symbolism, allegory, and meditation on the religious and spiritual, Leaves of Grass exalted the body and the material world.Influenced by Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Transcendentalist movement, itself an offshoot of Romanticism, Whitman's poetry praises nature and the individual human's role in it. However, much like Emerson, Whitman does not diminish the role of the mind or the spirit; rather, he elevates the human form and the human mind, deeming both worthy of poetic praise.

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  The Wolf

  Mike Blake

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  The Wolf poem :: was inspired by William Blake's - 'The Tyger'. 
  It has the same regular form & meter as The Tyger. 
  With tempo and stanza (of the quatrain type), and is about one single animal in the natural world. 
  Where it differs from William Blake's poem is that the Poem Tyger has more religious connotations, not surprising for the times in which it was written. 
  Whereas 'The Wolf' written by myself, has more of Natures influences. 
  It's also about the possible demise totally of the Wolf through man, and a warning of this. 
  As we take care of The Wolf and other similiar 'top predator' animals, 
  so we automatically take care of the natural habitat that they live in - something that is increasing in peoples consciousness today. 
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