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  Mother Nature (MacDonald)

  George MacDonald

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  LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Mother Nature by George MacDonald. This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 3, 2013.George MacDonald was a Scottish author, poet and Christian minister.  He inspired J. R. R. Tolkien and other authors with his fairy tales and fantasy novels. (Summary by David Lawrence)

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  Poetry of World War I The - The...

  Laurence Binyon, Ivor Gurney,...

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  War may be rationalized as ‘diplomacy by other means’ but the reality is that when tribes, Nations and peoples bring themselves into armed conflict with one another mayhem, terror and slaughter are the result. 
  In the First World War, The Great War, The War to End all Wars any idealistic aims that it was a ‘just cause’ and would be all over in a few months were shattered against the vast scale of millions dead or wounded all, for the often temporary gains of a few miles of shell-pocked mud.  Human bodies were of little more value than the bullets and shells which mowed them down. 
  In this poetry volume we have distilled an enormous number of poets and poems into a selection that moves from the witness to searing horror and terror of battle to almost forgotten moments of recuperation and reflection both at the front and at home. 
  Out of the carnage has flowered works of fractured beauty, symbols of those we have lost and reminders of what we have lost. 
  These words to bear witness for what they have experienced. Each has an individual point of view that bears its own truth. 
   
  This volume comes to you from Portable Poetry, a specialized imprint from Deadtree Publishing.  Our range is large and growing and covers single poets, themes, and many compilations.

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  Gigi & Dar (NHB Modern Plays)

  Josh Azouz

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  'Private Gigi. One Direction awaits your commands.'
  A roadblock. Two young women armed with machine guns and Nutella. Days away from finishing the army.
  Gigi has a secret. Dar dreamt she'd be shot today. And there's a strange vehicle heading their way… Well, that's okay. Nothing ever happens here. Right?
  A comic tragedy about what we bury in order to survive, Josh Azouz's play Gigi & Dar was first performed at the Arcola Theatre, London, in 2024, directed by Kathryn Hunter.
  'Surreal, very funny… an anti-war message through off-kilter comedy… It's a bit Becketty – two characters waiting around – and a bit Pintery in the humour it finds in a black situation. And it's pretty great' - Time Out
  'Sharply relevant… a scalpel-sharp, tragi-comic delve into the dangerous mundanity of the theatre of war… devastatingly effective' - The Stage
  'Brutal but balanced, with complexly drawn characters… invites us to consider what happens next after the suffering' - Broadway World

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  Sonnet 028

  William Shakespeare

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  LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 different recordings of Sonnet 28 by William Shakespeare. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of August 26th, 2007.

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  Café Boogie

  Jeni Nixon

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  Jenny Nixon uses bold phrasing and syntax to record a life lived in and around Sydney s bohemian culture and lesbian and gay communities from the 1970s to the present. Her poetry is atmospheric, immediate and celebrates awareness gained, while honorouring the losses and counting the costs, including deaths of family friends and muses taken by age, AIDS or addictions. Although mainly narrative in style, Nixon s work doesn t shy away from political protest. It cuts close to the bone, and uses the language of the everyday in what is an accessible and moving collection. This collection will appeal to readers who like contemporary, no-nonsense poetry that isn t afraid of tackling the big issues.

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  Hello I am Alive: Poetry Ireland...

  Paul Lenehan

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  Hello, I Am Alive: Poetry Ireland Introductions 2018 is an anthology of poetry from Poetry Ireland, the national
  
  poetry organisation. This anthology features the very best of Ireland's
  
  emerging poets for 2018, as chosen by Sinéad Morrissey, a winner of the TS
  
  Eliot and Forward Prizes. Along with a pair of superb poems, each poet
  
  provides an insightful piece on a favourite poet or poetry collection.
  
  Featuring Kate Caoimhe Arthur, Caroline Bracken, Toby Buckley, Supriya Kaur
  
  Dhaliwal, Dane Holt, Shannon Kelly, Elizabeth Murtough, Anna Stockdale, Tom
  
  Tracey, Roderic Vincent, Dawn Watson, and Milena Williamson, along with
  
  superb photographs from Michael Croghan and Izabela Szczutkowska. Quality
  
  poems and quality prose from Poetry Ireland: connecting poetry and people.

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