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Jesús Isarrarás es uno de los mejores declamadores de México. A través de sus Poemas en Contraste nos acerca con alta sensibilidad a poetas que igual nos mueven al amor, a la denuncia social, a la pasión, a la ternura y también, por supuesto, a la risa. Ahí está Borges, Cardenal, Efraín Huerta, haciendo el contraste con Chava Flores y Luis M. Campos, entre otros.

In September 2007 an invited audience enjoyed a special performance by John Julius Norwich of a selection from his Christmas Crackers at the Jermyn Street Theatre in London to benefit the Venice in Peril Fund. Listeners to this audiobook can share the delight of the live audience as John Julius entertains us with a compilation of anecdote, prose, poetry and even song that is as charmingly conceived as it is delightfully performed.

In this collection, you’ll find stories conveyed through poetry and song. Some of them will no doubt be familiar to you - like Francis Scott Key’s Star Spangled Banner and Julia Ward Howe’s Battle Hymn of the Republic (although many people are only familiar with the first verse). Other poems will be entirely new to you. My hope is that you’ll embrace both the familiar and the unfamiliar as pieces of the American story that deserve to be remembered.

Enjoy the best of Lakeland poets Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Southey in this specially selected anthology, including "The Two-Part Prelude", Wordsworth's own shortened version of his great autobiographical work The Prelude, and Coleridge's celebrated Kubla Khan. John Rowe, Alex Jennings, and Stephen Critchlow read these perfect evocations of majestic Cumbrian scenery.

28 famose poesie di 11 grandi autori italiani del '900 tratte dall'Audio Antologia della Letteratura Italiana. Da La Pioggia nel pineto di D'Annunzio a Lavorare stanca di Pavese, un meraviglioso percorso poetico fra le liriche più amate e studiate della letteratura italiana moderna.

Hundreds of people submitted recordings of Shakespeare, Wordsworth, and Roger McGough in an attempt to win a prize: Participation in the recording of this new poetry collection by Christina Hardyment, historian and audiobook reviewer for The Times. This collection covers a wide range of classics by Shakespeare, Keats, Clare, Blake, and others, as well as modern poems by Roger McGough, among others. They are read mainly by the male and female first-prize winners, but also by the runners-up.

En esta maravillosa obra, Miguel Hernández nos habla del sufrimiento de los pobres debida a la opresión causada por los líderes políticos. Y por otro lado se entristece contándonos como el el amor pasa desapercibido porque ya no es dirigido sólo a una mujer sino también al hombre y a la naturaleza.

El impulso amoroso hacia la divinidad, que en sus grados extremos llega al anhelo de posesión mística, ha sido, a lo largo de los siglos, promotor de gran poesía. La selección aquí presentada fue hecha con dos raseros. Uno, el natural de la lengua hispana; el otro, de la calidad. Aquí se expresan seres que vivieron su poesía e hicieron poesía de su vida

Travel across oceans and discover the vengeful wrath of a river god in Kayo Chingonyi's West African tale. Soar too close to the sun with Inua Ellam's timely story of a young refugee girl. Fly to a mysterious castle inhabited by a cursed prince with Helen Mort's retelling of 'East of the Sun, West of the Moon'. Uncover the truth of #Bluebeard with Joelle Taylor's modernised fairy tale. Look to the constellations with Will Harris' futuristic Greek tragedy, and never, ever answer to your name in Malika Booker's Trinidadian re-creation of the douen.

A former English teacher at Seattle University, Lyons enhanced his love for poetry by studying the great classical poets in the original Greek and Latin. This anthology is not just for connoisseurs. It is for everyone who enjoys poetry.....

100 Balladen aus dem 18. und 19. Jahrhundert! Mit dabei: Der Erlkönig, Der Zauberlehrling, Der König in Thule, Ode an die Freude, Der Handschuh, Die Bürgschaft, Der Ring des Polykrates, Der Mummelsee, Belsazar, Der Taucher und viele mehr!

The night writers in Cousineau's vesperal collection range from saints, poets, and shamans to astronomers and naturalists, and tells of ancient tales and shining passages from the most brilliant (albeit insomniac) writers of today. These poetic ponderances sing of the falling darkness, revel in dream-time, convey the ache of melancholy, conspire against sleeplessness, vanquish loneliness, contemplate the night sky, rhapsodize on love, and languorously greet the first rays of dawn.

A/ Poésie : 1. La Fontaine : Le Lion et le moucheron, 2. Du Bellay : Heureux qui comme Ulysse, 3. Michelet : Les volontaires de 92, 4. La Fontaine : Le coche et la mouche. B/ Chant : 1. Dimanche à l'aube (chant populaire de Bretagne), 2. La Truite (Musique de Schubert, paroles de J. Ruelle), 3. Chante un Noël nouveau (chant populaire du Languedoc). A/ Poésie : 1. Hugo : Il neigeait (Châtiments), 2. La Bruyère : Giton (Les Caractères), 3. Colette : La cendre (Prisons et Paradis), 4. Carco : Le vent du soir (La Bohême et mon cœur). B/ Chant : 1. Air de Laurette ("Richard Cœur-de-lion").

Wer reitet so spät durch Nacht und Wind? Fast jeder wird diese Zeile vervollständigen können. Aber erst wenn Gert Westphal solche "Theaterstücke im Kleinen" rezitiert, entfalten Balladen ihre ganze Schönheit und Sprachkunst. Der "König der Vorleser" nutzt sein ausdrucksstarkes Stimmrepertoire für die Meisterstücke der deutschen Lyrik und bringt neben beliebten Klassikern auch unbekanntere Schätze zum Klingen.

Down through the millennia the emotion of love has inspired countless poets to great heights of lyrical expression. In this volume listeners can sample great love poems by English and American poets. Spanning over four centuries of literary creation in the service of amour, the works include a selection of Shakespeare's sonnets, John Donne's "The Ecstasy", William Blake's "The Garden of Love", Robert Burns' "The Banks o'Doon" and "John Anderson My Jo", Lord Byron's "She Walks in Beauty", and more.

‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears.

The eloquence of lovers is celebrated in this rich and sensuous collection - the love of women for men. Héloïse, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Katherine Mansfield, George Sand, and others express their very real passion intensely - as, in fiction, does Juliet for her Romeo, Jane Eyre for her Rochester and Catherine for her Heathcliffe. With the music of Mendelssohn, Tchaikovksy, Puccini, Legar and more, here is some of the most tender and love prose and poetry in literature.

The 61 poems in White Terror Black Trauma concentrate on some of the most traumatic events in Black history from colonial to contemporary times, from the arrival of enslaved Africans in 1619 to Black revolts, Civil War atrocities, incalculable lynchings, the Tulsa massacre, the brave sacrifices of Rosa Parks, the Freedom Riders, the heroes of school desegregation, the murders of Emmet Till, Dr. King, Fred Hampton, Malcolm X, Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, George Floyd, Breanna Taylor, Eric Garner, and Tyre Nichols. And so many other Black tragedies.

This “Unique” book, Peace Begins with us: Poetic Verses on Peace, Love, and Humanity, establishes the fact that peace isn’t far away but nearer than we think, thus it ignites the light that hovers around several areas in our daily lives, calling for the signature of peace to be appended for the advancement of humanity. The poetic devices also used to express Peace leave us with the scent of better times. The fecundity of thoughts expressed by the prolific co-authors in “this book, outlines, defines, brings to understanding, reminds, calls us to reflection, as well as directs the way...

The How to Write for Success Literary Forum celebrated its 6th Anniversary with its Literary Ambassadors, longstanding members, top contributors, and Founders of many Forums on 6th February 2024. The articles and poems submitted by well-wishers were compiled and published in this Magazine by the Founder of the Forum, Trinidadian Brenda Mohammed, The Magazine was edited by the Chief Literary Ambassador for Trinidad and Tobago, Florabelle Lutchman. Fiona Gobin, Literary Ambassador assisted the Founder with the Cover design. Certificates were awarded to all participants. Both members and the ...