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  The Poetry of W B Yeats

  WB Yeats

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  William Butler Yeats was born in Sandymount in County Dublin, Ireland on 13th June 1865. 
   
  His early years moved between Ireland and England. By his mid-teens he was writing but those works were described as ‘entirely Un-Irish’.  With Ernest Rhys he founded the Rhymers Club. Based at Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese in Fleet Street it’s best described as a drinking club for performing poets.  Yeats later cited them as ‘The Tragic Generation’.  By now Yeats was writing and publishing poetry and stories that were profoundly based in Irish folklore.   
   
  Yeats is perhaps best described as Ireland’s national poet in addition to being one of the major twentieth-century literary figures of the English tongue. He represents the ‘Romantic poet of modernism,’ with an extraordinary style created from the outward emphasis on the expression of emotions and the extensive use of symbolism, imagery and allusions.  
   
  In 1923 his fame was brought to an even wider audience when he received the Nobel Prize in Literature.  
   
  His personal life was driven by his many relationships in love and by his great interest in oriental mysticism and occultism.  Yeats also wrote prose and drama and, as an ardent Nationalist, established himself as a spokesman of the Irish cause and served as an Irish senator for two terms.  
   
  W B Yeats died at the Hôtel Idéal Séjour, in Menton, France, on 28th January 1939.  He was 73. 
   
  In modern times his contribution to literary modernism and to Irish nationalism remains incontestable.  His sumptuous poetry elegantly envelopes the reader in a world very few can articulate but all know well.  A legacy for everyone 
  1 - The Poetry of W B Yeats - An Introduction 
  2 - A Man Young and Old - I - First Love by W B Yeats 
  3 - A Man Young and Old - II - Human Dignity by W B Yeats 
  4 - A Man Young and Old - III - The Mermaid by W B Yeats 
  5 - A Man Young and Old - IV - The Death of the Hare by W B Yeats 
  6 - A Man Young and Old - V - The Empty Cup by W B Yeats 
  7 - A Man Young and Old - VI - His Memories 
  8 - A Man Young and Old - VII - The Friends of His Youth 
  9 - A Man Young and Old - VIII - Summer and Spring 
  10 - A Man Young and Old - IX - The Secrets of the Old 
  11 - A Man Young and Old - X - His Wildness 
  12 - A Man Young and Old - XI - From 'Oedipus at Colonus' 
  13 - A Cradle Song by W B Yeats 
  14 - A Prayer for My Daughter by W B Yeats 
  15 - The Mother of God by W B Yeats 
  16 - Among School Children by W B Yeats 
  17 - The Stolen Child by W B Yeats 
  18 - Long-Legged Fly by W B Yeats 
  19 - The Poet Pleads with the Elemental Powers by W B Yeats 
  20 - The Lake Isle of Innisfree by W B Yeats 
  21 - The Wild Swans at Coole by W B Yeats 
  22 - Leda and the Swan by W B Yeats 
  23 - The Cat and the Moon by W B Yeats 
  24 - Those Dancing Days Are Gone by W B Yeats 
  25 - Imitated From The Japanese by W B Yeats 
  26 - All Things Can Tempt Me by W B Yeats 
  27 - A Statesman's Holiday by W B Yeats 
  28 - The Fascination of What's Difficult by W B Yeats 
  29 - A Drinking Song by W B Yeats 
  30 - He Wishes For the Cloths of Heaven by W B Yeats 
  31 - He Bids His Beloved Be at Peace by W B Yeats 
  32 - The Song of Wandering Aengus by W B Yeats 
  33 - The Travail of Passion by W B Yeats 
  34 - The Falling of Leaves by W B Yeats 
  35 - He Thinks of Those Who Have Spoken Evil of His Beloved by W B Yeats 
  36 - Down by the Salley Gardens by W B Yeats 
  37 - Quarrel in Old Age by W B Yeats 
  38 - The Secret Rose by W B Yeats 
  39 - Under Saturn by W B Yeats 
  40 - To Ireland In The Coming Times by W B Yeats 
  41 - I Am of Ireland by W B Yeats 
  42 - The Second Coming by William Bu

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  Christmas Plays by Oberufer: -...

  Rudolf Steiner

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  For hundreds of years ordinary folk in the small Austrian village of Oberufer on the Danube gathered in the local tavern at Christmas time to perform these plays to their neighbours. With their roots lost in medieval times, the plays gradually evolved to incorporate a unique mixture of broad peasant humour and deep reverence in their celebration of the birth of the baby Jesus. The Paradise Play serves as a Preface, presenting the expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise, but with the promise of future salvation through Christ. The Shepherds Play follows with its portrayal of the birth of Jesus in a stable where he is sought out by a group of simple shepherds. The Kings Play, the final in the trilogy, depicts the visit of three wise Kings to the birthplace of the 'King of Humanity', and the murderous measures taken by Herod to try and thwart Jesus's mission. This revised edition of the plays - eminently suitable for amateur and professional companies alike - offers a clear layout of the texts, greatly elaborated director's and make-up indications, stage and lighting directions, and detailed costume designs illustrated in colour.

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  Work without Hope

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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  LibriVox volunteers bring you nine different recordings of Work without Hope, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in honor of Labor Day. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of September 3rd, 2006.

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  Silver Filigree

  Elinor Wylie

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  LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Silver Filigree by Elinor Wylie. This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 27, 2011.

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  Twenty-Seven Props for a...

  Timothy Donnelly

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  “A strutting, dazzling, exhilarating” collection of poems by the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award–winning author of The Cloud Corporation (The Village Voice).   In his critically acclaimed debut collection, Timothy Donnelly pairs an extraordinary gift for rhetorical exuberance with a stunning formal mastery. The title poem conjures an imaginary play, populated by objects, that forms an allegorical rendering of a single lifetime. In “Accidental Species,” he puts forth a remarkable statement about his own efforts as a poet, a humorous ars poetica by way of a heartbreaking lover’s complaint. For its thoughtfulness, range, and sheer energy, Twenty-Seven Props for a Production of Eine Lebenszeit is a remarkable work from one of our most original young poets.  “Filled with dreams both romantic and funny . . . [Donnelly’s] self-deprecating surrealism is vivid and often touching.” —Ken Tucker, The Baltimore Sun

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  Chavez Ravine

  Culture Clash

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  The controversial history of Chavez Ravine, the immigrant community that once existed on the site that is now Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, is explored with humor, brutal honesty, and pulse-racing music by the nation's premier Chicano/Latino theatre troupe, Culture Clash.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Culture Clash:  Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas, Herbert Siguenza and Zilah Mendoza.

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