Peter Yearsley

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Stephen Crane - War Is Kind

This weekly poem commemorated the anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, with “War is Kind” by Stephen Crane. The title takes on a gentle yet harrowing irony as this poem powerfully evokes the...

Alan Davis Drake and 9 more 18 minutes

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Richard Dennys - Better Far to Pass Away

At this time of year, we dedicate the Fortnightly Poetry project to the fallen in war. This poem, written at a time when the average life expectancy of an officer at the front was a mere six weeks, vividly...

Algy Pug and 8 more 18 minutes

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Laurence Hope - Kashmiri Song

Adela Florence Nicolson (née Cory) was an English poet who wrote under the pseudonym Laurence Hope. Her father was employed in the British army at Lahore and she left for India in 1881 to join her father. In 1901,...

Ashley and 14 more 17 minutes

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John Donne - Death Be Not Proud

This week we’re marking the American Memorial Day with eleven readings of a John Donne poem. Memorial Day was conceived as a time to remember military men and women who had lost their lives in war. Kings and...

Andrew Miller and 10 more 16 minutes

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Bliss Carman - Epilogue

In 1904, Canadian poet Bliss Carman published Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics, which was not just a translation of the fragments but an imaginative reconstruction of the lost poems. While of little to no scholarly value,...

Brian Darby and 6 more 15 minutes

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Wilfred Owen - Anthem for Doomed Youth

LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 different recordings of Anthem for Doomed Youth , by Wilfred Owen, in honor of Veteran’s Day , Remembrance Day , and Armistice Day , 2006. This was the weekly poetry project for...

Annie Coleman Rothenberg and 11 more 15 minutes

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Edna St. Vincent Millay - Recuerdo

LibriVox volunteers bring you nine different recordings of Recuerdo , by Edna St. Vincent Millay. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of July 16th, 2006. (Summary by Annie Coleman)

Annie Coleman Rothenberg and 8 more 14 minutes

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Siegfried Sassoon - Road

Librivox volunteers bring you eight different readings of Siegfried Sassoon's The Road , a weekly poetry project. (Summary by Annie Coleman)

Annie Coleman Rothenberg and 7 more 13 minutes

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Alfred Noyes - Nippon

LibriVox volunteers bring you eleven recordings of Nippon by Alfred Noyes. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of June 9th, 2007.

Kristin Hughes and 10 more 13 minutes

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Thomas Hood - Death-bed

Thomas Hood was an English poet, author, and humourist, best known for poems such as The Bridge of Sighs and The Song of the Shirt. Hood wrote regularly for The London Magazine, the Athenaeum, and Punch. He later...

Algy Pug and 10 more 11 minutes

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Walt Whitman - Noiseless Patient Spider

Librivox volunteers bring you eight different readings of Walt Whitman’s A Noiseless Patient Spider, a weekly poetry project. (Summary by Annie Coleman)

Annie Coleman Rothenberg and 7 more 11 minutes

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John Donne - Song (Donne version)

Librivox volunteers bring you seven different readings of the short poem Song by John Donne, a weekly poetry project. Song is a bitter little poem on the falsity of women: search the world for ages, see mythical...

Annie Coleman Rothenberg and 6 more 10 minutes

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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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