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Short Poetry Collection 176

This is a collection of 27 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for January 2018

Bruce Kachuk and 11 more 57 minutes Short Poetry Collections

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Michael Earls - Ballads of Peace in War

This is a collection of poetry by Michael Earls, a Jesuit priest, writer, poet, teacher, and administrator. This collection of poetry concerns war, in particular World War I. — Summary by Carolin

Bristol Chilton and 5 more 1 hour 8 minutes

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Roger Casement - Some Poems of Roger Casement

This is a small volume of poetry by Roger Casement. Casement was a diplomat for years, active especially in Africa, where he witnessed the dark side of British Imperialism. He began to devote his life to human rights,...

Linda Olsen Fitak and 5 more 42 minutes

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Robert Bridges - October and Other Poems

This is a collection of poetry by Robert Bridges. This collection also contains some poems written right after World War I, reflecting the state of international politics very impressively. «This miscellaneous...

ThatKidsMom and 3 more 1 hour 15 minutes

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Singing Man: A Book of Songs and Shadows

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Josephine Preston Peabody - Singing Man: A Book of Songs and Shadows

This is a collection of a number of long narrative poems. Ms. Peabody's poetry is marked by vivacity and living images. The poems contained in this collection are a great example of Ms. Peabody's style. — Summary by...

Linda Olsen Fitak and 4 more 1 hour 19 minutes

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Bliss Carman - By the Aurelian Wall and Other Elegies

This is a small volume of beautiful melancholy verses by Canadian poet Bliss Carman. The poems share a common theme which is the death of persons known and unknown to the poet. — Summary by Carolin

Peter Yearsley and 7 more 1 hour 15 minutes

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Poems on Slavery

This is a short volume of abolitionist poetry by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, first published in 1842. As Wikipedia notes, Longfellow himself was not entirely satisfied with his work: «However, as Longfellow himself...

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Maurice Baring - Poems, 1914-1919

This is a collection of Maurice Baring's poetry. This collection contains a number of Baring's earlier poetry, written before the war mostly about his travels in Russia. The other part of the collection is made up of...

Emma Charlotte and 5 more 48 minutes

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Bill & Doreen Get Hitched (Selections from

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C. J. Dennis - Bill & Doreen Get Hitched (Selections from "The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke")

«Bill & Doreen Get Hitched» is the sequel to «Bill & Doreen's Courtship». «The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke» is a verse novel by Australian novelist and poet C. J. Dennis. The work was first published in book form in...

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John Drinkwater - Tides

This is a volume of poetry by John Drinkwater. The English poet and playwright was a close associate of, among others, Rupert Brooke, before World War I, and continued a successful career as author and playwright...

Emma Charlotte and 4 more 35 minutes

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Frederick Locker-Lampson - London Lyrics

London is one of the most interesting cities in the world, and is inspiring poets until today. This particular volume on the charms of that metropolis is written by native Londoner Frederick Locker-Lampson, originally...

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Thomas George Tucker - Sonnets of Shakespeare's Ghost

This is a collection of sonnets in the Shakespearean style written by Thomas George Tucker as Gregory Thornton. As the author prefaces his volume: «The Spirit of William Shakespeare, sore vexed of them who say that in...

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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