Poetry is often cited as our greatest use of words. The English language has well over a million of them and poets down the ages seem, at times, to make use of every single one. But often they use them in simple ways to describe anything and everything from landscapes to all aspects of the human condition. Poems can evoke within us an individual response that takes us by surprise; that opens our ears and eyes to very personal feelings. Forget the idea of classic poetry being somehow dull and boring and best kept to children's textbooks.
It still has life, vibrancy and relevance to our lives today.
Where to start? How to do that? Poetry can be difficult. We've put together some very eclectic Poetry Hours, with a broad range of poets and themes, to entice you and seduce you with all manner of temptations.
In this hour we introduce poets of the quality and breadth of Ben Jonson and Jalalludin Rumi as well as themes on The Female Poet, Hell, Victorian Poetry and more.
All of them are from Portable Poetry, a dedicated poetry publisher.
We believe that poetry should be a part of our everyday lives, uplifting the soul & reaching the parts that other arts can't. Our range of audiobooks and ebooks cover volumes on some of our greatest poets to anthologies of seasons, months, places and a wide range of themes. Portable Poetry can found at iTunes, Audible, the digital music section on Amazon and most other digital stores.
This audio book is also duplicated in print as an ebook.
Same title. Same words. Perhaps a different experience. But with Amazon's whispersync you can pick up and put down on any device - start on audio, continue in print and any which way after that.
Portable poetry - Let us join you for the journey.The Poetry Hour - Volume 15John Dryden.
An IntroductionFarewell Ungrateful Traitor by John DrydenDreams by John DrydenAlexanders Feast or The Power of Music by John DrydenAugustAugust 1914 by Isaac RosenbergAt Sundown by Daniel SheehanA Summer Evening Churchyard, Lechlade, Gloucestershire by Percy Bysshe ShelleyMoonlight Summer Moonlight by Emily Jane BronteAugust by Algernon Charles SwinburneAugust Moonrise by Sara TeasdaleThe Female Poet.
An Introduction. Volume 3Good Night by Mary GilmoreExpecting the Lord by Anne GriffithsMy Mother's Kiss by Frances E W HarperBattle Hymn of the Republic by Julia Ward HoweYou Kissed Me by Josephine Slocum HuntThe Power of Words by Letitia Elizabeth LandonLove, The Soul of Poetry by Anne KilligrewThe New Colossus by Emma LazarusSonnet by Amy LevyAnimal Poems - An IntroductionThe Fly by William BlakeThe City Mouse and the County Mouse by Christina RossettiThe Owl & the Pussy Cat by Edward LearA Lobster Quadrille by Lewis CarrollFrom Baby Tortoise by DH LawrenceWilliam Morris - An IntroductionThe Earthly Paradise - Apology by William MorrisOur Hands Have Met by William MorrisThe Voice of Toil by William MorrisA Garden By the Sea by William MorrisThe Message of the March Wind by William MorrisVictorian Poetry - An IntroductionA Broken Appointment by Thomas HardyMy Prayers Must met A Brazen Heaven by Gerard Manley HopkinsWhen Summer's End is Nighing by AE HousmanThe Mother's Son by Rudyard KiplingThe Owl and the Pussycat by Edward LearSonnet XXIX by George MeredithBetween the Dusk of a Summer Night by William Ernest Henley
