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In the midst of bombs and bullets, trenches and trauma, the soldiers of World War I, and those observing the horrors taking place from home, took pen to paper to record their experiences in verse. These poems - considered the greatest written during WWI and some of the greatest poetry of the twentieth century - show the horror of war but also shine a light on the strength of human courage, bravery, and virtue.

There are few better ways to discover the identity of a nation or people than by listening to their poetry. From historical events to moral values to the political landscape (and often visions of the actual landscape), poetry, at its best, reveals the soul of a people. And Russia has offered us some of the very best.

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.

Falstaff is both a comic and tragic central protagonist in Shakespeare's three Henry plays. He is companion to Prince Hal (the future Henry V), who loves him, goads him, teases him, indulges his vast appetites, and commits all sorts of mischief with him. Award-winning author and esteemed professor Harold Bloom examines Falstaff with the deepest compassion and sympathy and also with unerring wisdom. He uses the relationship between Falstaff and Hal to explore the devastation of severed bonds and the heartbreak of betrayal.

Silence is rare in Nature. When we really listen, Nature is conducting symphonies of sound as her world goes about the day and night. Her invisible heartbeat is everywhere, for everyone. Our eyes are constantly bathed in the wonder of her ways, the soft drizzle of rain from soft grey clouds, the bleached harsh desert sand of a noon day, a wave caressing the shore, to the ravenous colours of a departing sunset. Indeed, whenever we look and listen to the vastness of our world Nature’s beauty is always there for us..

You have been looking for this book for quite some time. Pick it up to begin a journey into the deepest depths of the human psyche and the darkest corners of the imagination. Dare to delve into the human psyche's unspeakable corners and passages with this chilling horror anthology collecting some of history's greatest English poems.

There is a day in March when people of Irish descent, in whole or part, and those who just wish to partake of the Shamrock Isle’s legendary hospitality, come together the world over to celebrate the world’s most popular national festival: St Patrick’s day. That day is March 17th, the traditional anniversary of his death in 561. Saint Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland and is acknowledged as the one who brought Christianity to its shores and drove out the snakes.

Step into a world where the written word dances to a melodic rhythm. Classic Romantic Poems in Song: Vol. 1 offers a unique and enchanting experience, transforming beloved poems into captivating musical compositions. Imagine the lyrical genius of William Shakespeare, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Lord Byron set to music, their words brought to life with haunting melodies and evocative harmonies.

Part one of the continuing series entitled Painted Histories indexes leading figures in two significant phases of poetic expression in English literature: the Elizabethans, including William Shakespeare, John Webster and Sir Philip Sidney to the Romantic movement of the early 19th century: Lord Byron, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

The last decade’s worth of Dean Fraser's poetic output all on one album! Literally 247 poems! Wow! Although this collection includes complete audios of all the books of Dean which were published in the last decade, there are also some poems in here which have never been published before, now made public for the first time in this audio. If you're a fan of observational, poignant and occasionally laugh out loud hilarious poetry, you have reached your destination.

Da Omero ai grandi lirici greci e latini, dallo splendore della poesia italiana dello Stil Novo ai romantici. Roberto Mussapi ha scelto e inanellato magnifiche opere di poesia dall'antichità alle soglie del nostro tempo, leggendo con la sua voce i loro versi.

The question is asked by each of us, but the answer remains elusive. Dictionaries summon up many words, but none fulfill. Love itself is often ethereal, felt but only seen in a glance, a look, a fleeting touch. Part of love’s beauty is perhaps in the fact that the question never can be adequately answered; it's ephemeral, a chimera of the heart and only felt. Our own experiences are unique and personal to ourselves and of little help defining it for another.

I have penned these verses with inspiration drawn from random experiences and imaginations with the hope that the diversity of the themes keeps your mind away from all worries. I have shared in these poems the bricks of my sanity castle and the queens, kings, and jokers in it.

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.

Soul Cleanse is an anthology of poems that is sure to pull on the heart strings of the listeners both young and old. It's also the debut anthology of poetry by Michael McCain, noted as the "Langston Hughes of his generation". Soul Cleanse is a candid expression on life's experiences about love, dating, break up, domestic violence, foster care, and a splash of inspirational/motivational poetry.

Soul Cleanse is an anthology of poems that is sure to pull on the heart strings of the readers both young and old. It's also the debut anthology of poetry by Michael McCain, noted as the "Langston Hughes of his generation". Soul Cleanse is a candid expression on life's experiences about love, dating, break up, domestic violence, foster care, and a splash of inspirational/motivational poetry. Soul Cleanse is sure to become a favorite edition to any library or readers collection.

Emotions possess a formidable potency, propelling us towards extraordinary heights, yet simultaneously, they possess the ability to burden us, inflicting pain and desolation. In my concise audiobook "The Volcanic symphony of my soul," I extend an invitation into my realm, where I have traversed the entire spectrum of these sentiments. Through poetry, I reveal both instances of delight and those of heartache. A few verses may evoke a grin, while others might delve into the profound realms of despair.

The Book of Songs is the first collection of poems in China, and collects more than 500 years of poetry from the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty to the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period. It comprehensively reflects the social conditions from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period. This album is in the first series of The Book of Songs, which recites and interprets this classic of Chinese studies.

Fiction, poetry, and music come together to create something new: Verb. Original stories and poems you won't find anywhere else, by the best writers in the country, brought to you in an innovative format. Verb is the ancient oral tradition and the venerable literary magazine combined into a fresh new package: the audioquarterly.

Fiction, poetry, and music come together to create something new: Verb. Original stories and poems you won't find anywhere else, by the best writers in the country, brought to you in an innovative format. Verb is the ancient oral tradition and the venerable literary magazine combined into a fresh new package: the audioquarterly.