This is Volume 4: Poems of Mystery and of Myth and Romance of the collected works of Madison Julius Cawein, an American poet from Kentucky. It falls into three sections: Poems of Mystery, Poems of Myth and Romance, and Song and Story. – Summary by Larry Wilson [chương_files]
This book contains 2 poetry bundles by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, containing many better- or lesser-known poems. The poems are recorded by a single reader (Foon), with the exception of a few poems that are written as small theatrical plays, which are additionally read by Nemo and Larry Wilson. (summary by Foon) [chương_files]
Edwin Markham was an American poet whose poems often drew attention to the laborers of the world and frequently expressed elements of faith. The Man with the Hoe, perhaps his best known poem, was written after seeing a painting of the same name by the French artist Millet, who also depicted working men and women in rural settings. Many of these poems were previously published in The Atlantic and other magazines. – Summary by Larry Wilson [chương_files]
George Robert Sims was an English journalist, poet, dramatist, novelist, prolific in his output and known for his satire and humor. These qualities are reflected in this collection small poems originally published in the literary magazine, “The Referee.” – Summary by Larry Wilson [chương_files]
Enid Blyton’s first published book; a short collection of poetry (28 poems and a short introduction.) – Summary by Peter Why [chương_files]
Robert Service was born in Lancashire, England, but at age 21 moved to Canada and eventually ended up in the Yukon during the gold rush. His poems “The Shooting of Dan McGrew” and “The Cremation of Sam McGee” helped secure his reputation as the “Bard of the Yukon.” During World War I, Service was an ambulance driver and stretcher bearer for the Red Cross. This volume of poems springs from these experiences during the war. – Summary by Larry Wilson [chương_files]
A group of poems about life centered around a southbound train ride to Cincinnati. ( Lynda Marie Neilson) [chương_files]
Here is a bitterly sarcastic poem wherein a jilted Lord Byron spits out his distain for his estranged wife, Lady Byron, laying a curse upon her, accusing her of being a “moral Clytemnestra” (wife of Agamemnon, who conspired with her lover Aegisthus to murder her husband). The Byrons were only together 2 years before she fled to the safety of her parents’ estate with their infant daughter and refused to see him henceforth, due to his debauchery, cruelty, and profligate spending of her money. Lord Byron was run out of Parlaiment and fled England for his scandalous behavior, and especially for having had an incestuous affair with his half-sister (with whom he had another daughter). But as he was a Lord, (and as he was a typical man of the period who considered himself his wife’s Lord to do with as he pleased), he always blamed Lady Byron’s high morals, unwillingness to speak up for him in public (he considered her silence treason), and what he perceived as her “unforgiveness” for his downfall. He often waged war with her in public through his poetry. Lord Byron left such a large body of letters, essays and “worlds’ best” poetry, some don’t realize he died at age 36. (Summary by Michele Fry) [chương_files]
This is Volume 5: Poems of Meditation and of Forest and Field of the collected works of Madison Julius Cawein, an American poet from Kentucky. It begins with the long poem Intimations of the Beautiful and falls into three sections: Poems of Meditation, Poems of Forest and Field, and Footpaths. – Summary by Larry Wilson [chương_files]
An 1883 selection of Lewis Carroll’s satirical and comic verse. The collection ranges from the well-known and well-loved The Hunting Of The Snark, to lesser-known gems such as Phantasmagoria, a tale of the difficulties encountered by an inexperienced phantom in his first domestic haunting, and Hiawatha’s Photographing, a brilliant satire of Longfellow’s The Song of Hiawatha. (Michael Maggs) [chương_files]
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