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  Sorrow Tears and Blood - Poetry...

  David Onamade

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  David’s book is one of despair and hope; one that paints a picture of our society that is both dark and broken up by fleeting rays of light. From his plight on the streets in one of England’s richest regions, to the interactions of people he observes and encounters every day, to the impacts of Covid-19 and the changing seasons – this is poetry and prose at its most powerful. It is a book that reveals the double-talk of homeless service provision – a society that consigns people as worthless without knowing their backgrounds; which assumes that homelessness is a choice rather than a predicament. It is impossible not to have read this book and come away changed: to feel the biting need to make a difference and sense of injustice as to why so many individuals – people who could otherwise fulfil their potential, for the benefit of others as well as themselves – are thrown cruelly to the fringes. 
   

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  Dorian (NHB Modern Plays)

  Oscar Wilde

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  Dorian Gray – handsome, hedonistic, narcissistic – sells his soul for eternal beauty. Basil and Henry join him for the ride until it all goes too far, and the hangovers become murderous...
  Oscar Wilde's only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, was a succès de scandale on its publication in 1891, accused of violating the laws of public morality. It immediately captured the minds of its readers, the spirit of the age, and the soul of a man with nothing to declare but his genius.
  This thrilling stage adaptation by Phoebe Eclair-Powell and Owen Horsley follows one man's descent from glorious debauchery to epic self-destruction, intertwined with Wilde's own life story, his tragic persecution, and ultimate imprisonment in Reading Gaol. Its first full production premiered at Reading Rep Theatre in October 2021.

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  Into His Presence - Praying with...

  Tim Chester

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  Collection of Puritan prayers and meditations that will help personal and public prayer.This collection of eighty theologically rich and beautifully written prayers and meditations, adapted from Puritan prayers and prose, will enrich and deepen your prayer life.While retaining the dignity and beauty of the original language, Tim Chester has updated key words and phrases, making the book accessible to modern readers.Each prayer combines beautiful words with profound truths. Read during personal devotions or use to lead rich and deep corporate prayers to give weight and majesty to gathered times of worship.Includes rich and glorious prayers from John Owen, Thomas Watson, Anne Bradstreet, Richard Baxter and more.

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  Macbeth

  William Shakespeare

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  Shakespeare's most celebrated and shortest tragedy. This cast performance is by the Marlowe Society.

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  Poetry Hour The - Volume 16

  John Milton, John Clarke, Edith...

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  Poetry is often cited as our greatest use of words.  The English language has well over a million of them and poets down the ages seem, at times, to make use of every single one.  But often they use them in simple ways to describe anything and everything from landscapes to all aspects of the human condition.  Poems can evoke within us an individual response that takes us by surprise; that opens our ears and eyes to very personal feelings. 
   
  Forget the idea of classic poetry being somehow dull and boring and best kept to children’s textbooks. It still has life, vibrancy and relevance to our lives today.  
   
  Where to start? How to do that? Poetry can be difficult. We’ve put together some very eclectic Poetry Hours, with a broad range of poets and themes, to entice you and seduce you with all manner of temptations.   
   
  In this hour we introduce poets of the quality and breadth of John Milton as well as themes on The Female Poet, February, Graveyard Poets and more. 
   
  All of them are from Portable Poetry, a dedicated poetry publisher. We believe that poetry should be a part of our everyday lives, uplifting the soul & reaching the parts that other arts can’t.  Our range of audiobooks and ebooks cover volumes on some of our greatest poets to anthologies of seasons, months, places and a wide range of themes.  Portable Poetry can found at iTunes, Audible, the digital music section on Amazon and most other digital stores.  
   
  This audio book is also duplicated in print as an ebook. Same title. Same words. Perhaps a different experience. But with Amazon’s whispersync you can pick up and put down on any device – start on audio, continue in print and any which way after that.   
   
  Portable poetry – Let us join you for the journey. 
   
   
  The Poetry Hour – Volume 16 
  John Milton. An Introduction 
  Paradise Regained. An Extract from the First Book by John Milton 
  Sonnet XIX by John Milton 
  The Passion by John Milton 
  The Graveyard Poets – An Introduction 
  A Night Piece On Death by Thomas Parnell 
  Invocation to Horror by Hannah Cowley 
  Ode XIV – To Solitude by Joseph Warton  
  February 
  Lines On Observing A Blossom on the First of February 1796 by Samuel Taylor Coleridge 
  Hymn Written Sunday February 11th, 1798 by Robert Anderson 
  A Valentines Song by Robert Louis Stevenson 
  The Kiss by Dante Gabriel Rossetti 
  Winter’s Naked Wood by Daniel Sheehan 
  How Like A Winter Hath My Absence Been. Sonnet 97 by William Shakespeare 
  February by Louisa Sarah Bevington 
  The Poetry of John Clare - An Introduction 
  The Peasant Poet by John Clare 
  The Vanities of Life by John Clare 
  A World For Love by John Clare 
  The Female Poet – An Introduction. Volume 4 
  Very Early Spring by Katherine Mansfield  
  Sea Love by Charlotte Mary Mew  
  Summer in England, 1914 by Alice Meynell  
  Sonnet by Alice Dunbar Nelson  
  Against Love by Katherine Phillips  
  Hop Picking by Edith Nesbit  
  Life by Mary Darby Robinson  
  After Death by Fanny Parnell

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  Love is Not Pie - Variations on...

  Katherine Lazaruk

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  Caught between a loving husband and a man from her past, one woman chooses an unconventional way to explore her personal "road not taken". Love is not Pie is a personal exploration navigating the world of consensual non-monogamy and polyamory. This collection of poems - erotic, yearning, sweet and angry - was written by Lazaruk to and about her two beloved men over the course of several years. Collected here for the first time, the original poems are woven together with new pieces that provide context for how the story unfolded. In this expressive work of poetry, Lazaruk explores attachment, fear, love, lust, grief and the push-pull between what she knows is right and how she justifies her actions. Love is Not Pie will resonate with readers who have flirted with relationships outside the norm of Western marital conventions, as well as those who are interested in peering behind the curtain of what most of us show the world about our private lives. Narrated here by the author, she and her producer Paul Tedeschini, collaborated to create the sensual aural world of Love is Not Pie, setting the various scenes through the skillful use of sound design to add a unique ambience and feel to these tiny little gems. We hope you enjoy the audio experience. Please note it is best realized with headphones, both for the sound quality as well as for keeping the NSFW nature of this work on the DL while listening. Have fun!

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