Reading Poetry

This special edition of Oscar Wilde's "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" includes several original features. Three textually different versions of "The Ballad" are presented. One of these is the original shorter version of the poem, originally edited by Wilde's good friend, Robbie Ross, for vocal recitation. Wilde's early poem "Humanitad" is also included as it has striking stylistic parallels with "The Ballad" and reveals the continuity of Wilde's work over the duration of his career.

This thoughtfully crafted anthology is perfect for children new to verse and for young poetry fans seeking out new favorites. Explore poetry from a diverse selection of contemporary and historical poets, covering a broad range of topics - from personal subjects like emotions and family, to the wonders of the natural environment. Carefully selected works encourage children to see the poetry in everything and to embrace the beauty of their everyday lives.

Tayi Tibble returns on the heels of an incendiary debut with a unique new collection. With wit, humor, and a deep understanding of our social and political environment, Tibble interrogates the boundaries between desire and love, and colonization and exploitation. At once a look back at coming-of-age and a painful elegy to the traumas faced by her Māori community, Rangikura’s intimacy will move listeners to laughter and tears.

In Girls That Never Die, award-winning poet Safia Elhillo reinvents the epic to explore Muslim girlhood and shame, the dangers of being a woman, and the myriad violences enacted and imagined against women’s bodies. Drawing from her own life and family histories, as well as cultural myths and news stories about honor killings and genital mutilation, she interlaces the everyday traumas of growing up a girl under patriarchy with magical realist imaginings of rebellion, autonomy, and power.

Can you walk and talk at the same time? How about Jabber Walk? Can you write and draw and walk and journal all at the same time? If not, you're in luck: exuberant, blue-cheesy cilantro man Juan Felipe Herrera, Poet Laureate of the United States, is here to teach you everything he knows about being a real-life, bonified, jabberwalking poet! Jabberwalkers write and speak for themselves and others no matter where their feet may take them - to jabberwalk is to be a poet on the move.

This program is read by Bradley Whitford, brother of the author and best known for his roles in The West Wing, The Handmaid's Tale, and Get Out. Don't miss the other audiobooks in Ann Whitford Paul's adorable series: If Animals Kissed Good Night, If Animals Said I Love You, If Animals Went to...

This program is read by Bradley Whitford, brother of the author and best known for his roles in The West Wing, The Handmaid's Tale, and Get Out. Don't miss the other audiobooks in this adorable series: If Animals Kissed Good Night, If Animals Said I Love You, If Animals Celebrated Christmas, If...

This program is read by Bradley Whitford, brother of the author and best known for his roles in The West Wing, The Handmaid's Tale, and Get Out. Don't miss the other audiobooks in this adorable series: If Animals Kissed Good Night, If Animals Said I Love You, If Animals Celebrated Christmas, and...

William F. Hooley (April 16, 1861 - October 12, 1918) was a British-born American bass singer and pioneer recording artist who was popular as a solo singer, as a monologist, and as a member of several of the most successful vocal groups of the early twentieth century, including The Haydn Quartet and The American Quartet.

Este ese quizas uno de los mas tristes poemas y quizas el mas real de Oscar Wilde. Lo escribio basado en su experiencia en la Carcel de Reading, donde fue recluido por ser homosexual. El poema cuenta la muerte de un hombre condenado por matar a su propia esposa. Una de las obras mas famosas de Oscar Wilde.

Something was dead in each of us,
And what was dead was Hope. In this moving poetic study of his experiences in the Victorian penal system, Wilde relates the relentlessness and tedium of prison life, and of the haunted thoughts which trouble these "souls in agony" within their "numbered tombs". Oscar Wilde wrote "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" after his two-year imprisonment at the establishment. During his incarceration, a former trooper was convicted of the murder of his wife and hanged at the Gaol. This event is central to the poem's narrative.

The poem written by Wilde while in exile about his time in Reading Prison and the hanging of Charles Thomas Wooldridge.

Uma Brincadeira Rimada de Humor e Diversão com as Letras do Alfabeto. Nesta obra, Simão de Miranda convida as crianças pequenas para uma brincadeira rimada repleta de humor e diversão com as letras do alfabeto. Neste conto moderno, próximo à fábula, os personagens, sejam animais ou objetos, ganham vida através da imaginação das crianças. Com uma narrativa cativante e pontos de vista envolventes, o livro estimula a aprendizagem do alfabeto de uma maneira lúdica e divertida. Cada página traz uma nova história.

A lilting look at the Irish poetic format of the Limerick, featuring whimsical verse about icons of pop culture, the 1960's and iconic places in Liverpool, London and "across the universe." An ideal travel (or bathroom) companion for baby boomers, their grandkids and fans of the Fab Four. The book contains the history of the Limerick, and the story of Liverpool, the Fabs and their friends.

Jay Parini's readings are always an event but too rare. For the first time, Parini has recorded his best known and most recent poems in an audiobook that welcomes the listener to enter his universe, which revolves around his deep connection to nature and underlines his concerns about the impacts of pollution and climate change. The audiobook follows the pattern of his popular readings, with the poet introducing each poem with context and comments, invariably revealing and often amusing.

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The Nun's Priest's Tale is one of The Canterbury Tales by the 14th century Middle English poet Geoffrey Chaucer. Read in Middle English by Robert Ross.