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Poems to Enjoy

By: Verner Bickley
Narrated by: Verner Bickley, Gillian Bickley
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Summary

Poems to Enjoy is read by a husband and wife couple, experienced educationists and readers with a life-long love for literature and performance.

In tandem with his professional career in different countries as educationist and cultural diplomat, Dr. Verner Bickley, MBE, PhD, MA (London), BA(Hons), DipEd (Cardiff), LRAM, LGSM, FIL, FRSA, has played major theatrical roles, acted in films starring Jackie Chan, Leon Lai, and Jet Li, regularly appeared in radio and TV series, done BBC continuity and documentary voice-overs. He has traveled frequently to judge public-speaking competitions, and for many years, regularly adjudicated verse- and prose-speaking and reading, as well as drama and choral speaking. He is Chairman Emeritus of the English-Speaking Union (HK).

Dr. Gillian Bickley, PhD (Leeds), M.Litt, BA (Hons), CertEd (Brist), FRSA, has held university positions in different countries, teaching literature in English. She is a published poet and writer, regularly sharing her work with the public, and also has considerable experience in examining oral performance.

Together, Gillian and Verner are cofounders of the International Proverse Prizes for unpublished writing submitted in English. These poems, chosen by Verner Bickley, are by many different, varied writers, some world-famous. All can thoroughly enjoy Poems to Enjoy. Adults can renew and extend their own youthful enjoyment, finding long-familiar and also new poems, while students can make enjoyable discoveries. Younger and older can enjoy the poems together, in ways suggested by their arrangement as "Poems to Speak", "Pictures in Poetry", and "A Tale Is Told". Also useful as solo/group teaching materials particularly paired with other editions of this book.

©2013 Verner Bickley (P)2013 Proverse Hong Kong
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