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The Listeners - Read by LAH

In The Listeners

Read by Lee Ann Howlett


Walter De la Mare, Walter de la Mare and Walter De La Mare


This year's Hollowe'en offering is an eerie tale by Walter de La Mare. ( David Lawrence )

Afternoon in School - the last lesson - Read by LAH

In Afternoon in School - the last lesson

Read by Lee Ann Howlett


D. H. Lawrence


David Herbert Lawrence was an English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter. His collected works represent, amon…

To The Men Who Went Down On The Titanic - Read by LAH

In To The Men Who Went Down On The Titanic

Read by Lee Ann Howlett


Margaret Steele Anderson


Margaret Steele Anderson's tribute to the men left on board the doomed ship, some of whom followed the "Women and children first" …

Canada, My Land - Read by LAH

In Canada, My Land

Read by Lee Ann Howlett


William Mackay MacKeracher


W. M. MacKeracher was a Canadian poet. This poem celebrating Canada's 150th year of Confederation is taken from Canada, My Land; and Other C…

The Seasons' Comfort - Read by LAH

In The Seasons' Comfort

Read by Lee Ann Howlett


Robert Laurence Binyon


Robert Laurence Binyon, was an English poet, dramatist and art scholar. His most famous work, For the Fallen, is well known for being used i…

In A Subway Station - Read by LAH

In In A Subway Station

Read by Lee Ann Howlett


Sara Teasdale


Sara Teasdale (August 8, 1884 – January 29, 1933) was an American lyric poet. - Summary by Wikipedia

Domestic Bliss - Read by LAH

In Domestic Bliss

Read by Lee Ann Howlett


Ella Wheeler Wilcox


This scene of 'Domestic Bliss' is from Poems of Cheer by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. (Pub 1914) - Summary by David Lawrence

A Canadian Summer Evening - Read by LAH

In A Canadian Summer Evening

Read by Lee Ann Howlett


Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon


From this imperfect sketch of Mrs. Leprohon’s literary life it will be seen that she was no sluggard. But we would leave a wrong impression …

Where's The Use - Read by LAH

In Where's The Use

Read by Lee Ann Howlett


Robert F. Murray


Robert Fuller Murray was a Victorian poet. Although born in the United States, Murray lived most of his life in the United Kingdom, most not…

A Place Of Burial In The South Of Scotland - Read by LAH

In A Place Of Burial In The South Of Scotland

Read by Lee Ann Howlett


William Wordsworth


This poem is part of the "Ecclesiastical Sonnets," writen by Wordsworth between 1821 - 22. - Summary by David Lawrence

A Solar Eclipse - Read by LAH

In A Solar Eclipse

Read by Lee Ann Howlett


Ella Wheeler Wilcox


A commemoration of the recent solar eclipse is presented in this week's group reading. - Summary by David Lawrence

The End of Summer - Read by LAH

In The End of Summer

Read by Lee Ann Howlett


Madison Cawein


Cawein's poetry allied his love of nature with a devotion to earlier English and European literature, mythology, and classical allusion. - S…

The New Colossus - Read by LAH

In The New Colossus, Version 2

Read by Lee Ann Howlett


Emma Lazarus


My Grandma's father arrived in this country through New York City, and often spoke to my dad, when he was a boy, of what it was like to firs…

Uphill - Read by LAH

In Uphill

Read by Lee Ann Howlett


Christina Rossetti


Rossetti began writing down and dating her poems from 1842, mostly imitating her favoured poets. From 1847 she began experimenting with vers…

When I heard the Learn’d Astronomer - Read by LAH

In When I heard the Learn’d Astronomer

Read by Lee Ann Howlett


Walt Whitman


Whitman claimed that after years of competing for "the usual rewards", he determined to become a poet. He first experimented with …

The Ruined Maid - Read by LAH

In The Ruined Maid

Read by Lee Ann Howlett


Thomas Hardy


While Hardy wrote poetry throughout his life and regarded himself primarily as a poet, his first collection was not published until 1898. In…

Sonnet 18 - Read by LAH

In Sonnet 18

Read by Lee Ann Howlett


William Shakespeare


A LibriVox Weekly Poetry tribute to William Shakespeare marking the 400th anniversary of the Bard's death in April 2016.Two of Shakespeare'…

Sonnet 130 - Read by LAH

In Sonnet 130

Read by Lee Ann Howlett


William Shakespeare


A LibriVox Weekly Poetry tribute to William Shakespeare marking the 400th anniversary of the Bard's death in April 2016. Two of Shakespeare…

Comfort in the Night - Read by LAH

In Comfort in the Night

Read by Lee Ann Howlett


Jean Ingelow


Jean Ingelow was an English poet and novelist. - Summary by Wikipedia

A Summer Morning - Read by LAH

In A Summer Morning

Read by Lee Ann Howlett


R. F. Murray and Robert F. Murray


He was young in years, and younger in heart, a lover of youth; and youth, if it could learn and could be warned, might win a lesson from his…

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