Peacock Pie: A Book of Rhymes
Walter De La Mare
Read by Bruce Kachuk
These wonderful, whimsical poems from the incomparable Walter de la Mare describe the bliss of childhood, explore the marvel of a child's imagination and portray the intriguing landscapes of existences both lived and imagined by a young mind in a magical kingdom located somewhere between daydream and caprice.
In these poems we experience aspects of a reality unencumbered by concern, unhindered by anxiety, and share an imagination free to wander, ponder, contemplate, envision and express itself in a marvelous mosaic of impression, inspiration and introspection.
The wisdom and wonder of childhood is brought to life in these poems by an expert in the field of the fancy and fanciful. In the words of Walter de la Mare himself, these are poems that "echo the far-away calling of children, Magic hath stolen away."
- Summary by Bruce Kachuk (1 hr 44 min)
Chapters
| The Horseman | 0:40 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Up and Down | 0:43 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Mrs. Earth | 0:53 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Old Shellover | 0:45 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Alas, Alack! | 0:44 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| The Bandog | 0:41 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Jim Jay | 1:21 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| The Dunce | 0:47 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| I Can't Abear | 0:46 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Some One | 1:03 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Chicken | 0:45 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Bread and Cherries | 0:38 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Hapless | 0:51 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| The Little Bird | 0:55 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Miss T. | 0:53 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Cake and Sack | 1:03 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| The Barber's | 1:02 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| The Ship of Rio | 1:30 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Hide and Seek | 0:48 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Tillie | 0:59 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| The Huntsmen | 0:43 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Tired Tim | 0:52 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Mima | 0:42 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| The Cupboard | 1:05 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Then | 0:59 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| The Quartette | 1:11 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Poor Henry | 0:52 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| The Lost Shoe | 1:45 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Full Moon | 0:59 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| The Truants | 1:33 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| The Window | 0:42 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Mistletoe | 1:08 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| The Bookworm | 1:12 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Berries | 2:32 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Off the Ground | 3:49 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| The Thief at Robin's Castle | 6:31 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| A Widow's Weeds | 1:27 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| 'Sooeep!' | 1:13 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| The Little Green Orchard | 1:54 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| The Old House | 1:05 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Poor 'Miss 7' | 1:57 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Sam | 2:14 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| The Little Old Cupid | 1:08 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Mrs. MacQueen | 0:59 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Andy Battle | 1:46 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| The Old Soldier | 1:26 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| The Picture | 1:13 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| King David | 1:24 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Five Eyes | 1:17 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Unstooping | 0:54 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Nicholas Nye | 2:35 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| All but Blind | 0:49 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Grim | 0:56 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| The Pigs and The Charcoal-burner | 1:09 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Tit for Tat | 1:32 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Summer Evening | 0:44 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Earth Folk | 0:49 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Longlegs | 1:07 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| The Ride-by-Nights | 1:10 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| The Ruin | 0:52 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Bewitched | 1:45 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Melmillo | 1:26 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Peak and Puke | 1:12 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| The Old Stone House | 1:00 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| The Changeling | 1:41 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| At The Keyhole | 1:19 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| The Honey Robbers | 2:09 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| The Mocking Fairy | 1:24 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Many a Mickle | 1:16 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Trees | 1:06 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Nobody Knows | 1:36 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Silver | 1:12 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Will Ever? | 1:02 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Wanderers | 0:59 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| The Song of the Secret | 1:06 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| The Song of Soldiers | 1:14 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| The Bees' Song | 1:20 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| A Song of Enchantment | 1:21 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Dream-Song | 1:00 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| The Song of the Mad Prince | 1:01 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| The Song of Shadows | 1:13 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| The Song of Finis | 1:18 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |