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The Odyssey
- Audible Iliad & Odyssey, Book 2
- By: Homer, Emily Wilson - translator
- Narrated by: Claire Danes
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
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A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s “nimble gallop” and brings an ancient epic to new life....
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ridiculous 3 hour introduction
- By Anonymous User on 12-02-2020
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The Iliad
- By: Homer, Emily Wilson - translator
- Narrated by: Audra McDonald
- Length: 20 hrs and 23 mins
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Wilson has returned with an equally revelatory translation of Homer’s other great epic―the most revered war poem of all time....
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pretentious drivel
- By Anonymous User on 11-04-2024
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The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
- A Spiritual Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams & Reaching Your Destiny
- By: Robin Sharma
- Narrated by: Humphrey Bower
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
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This international best seller gently offers answers to life's biggest questions as well as a practical process to help you create prosperity, vitality, happiness and inner peace....
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Gawd.. please make it stop!
- By elena collins on 20-07-2018
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Clarity and Connection
- By: Yung Pueblo
- Narrated by: Yung Pueblo
- Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins
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From the celebrated author of Inward comes a new collection of poetry and short prose that illuminates how past wounds impact our present relationships....
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I love the content
- By Shna on 06-03-2023
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The Way Forward
- By: Yung Pueblo
- Narrated by: Yung Pueblo
- Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
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The #1 New York Times bestselling poet returns with his most ambitious collection yet. In this third and final installment of his poetic trilogy, Yung Pueblo expands upon favorite themes while guiding listeners further, toward a life lived authentically, intuitively, and in harmony with others....
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❤️ loved it!
- By Anonymous User on 21-11-2023
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The Odyssey
- Audible Iliad & Odyssey, Book 2
- By: Homer, Emily Wilson - translator
- Narrated by: Claire Danes
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s “nimble gallop” and brings an ancient epic to new life....
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ridiculous 3 hour introduction
- By Anonymous User on 12-02-2020
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The Iliad
- By: Homer, Emily Wilson - translator
- Narrated by: Audra McDonald
- Length: 20 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Wilson has returned with an equally revelatory translation of Homer’s other great epic―the most revered war poem of all time....
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pretentious drivel
- By Anonymous User on 11-04-2024
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The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
- A Spiritual Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams & Reaching Your Destiny
- By: Robin Sharma
- Narrated by: Humphrey Bower
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
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This international best seller gently offers answers to life's biggest questions as well as a practical process to help you create prosperity, vitality, happiness and inner peace....
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Gawd.. please make it stop!
- By elena collins on 20-07-2018
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Clarity and Connection
- By: Yung Pueblo
- Narrated by: Yung Pueblo
- Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins
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From the celebrated author of Inward comes a new collection of poetry and short prose that illuminates how past wounds impact our present relationships....
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I love the content
- By Shna on 06-03-2023
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The Way Forward
- By: Yung Pueblo
- Narrated by: Yung Pueblo
- Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
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The #1 New York Times bestselling poet returns with his most ambitious collection yet. In this third and final installment of his poetic trilogy, Yung Pueblo expands upon favorite themes while guiding listeners further, toward a life lived authentically, intuitively, and in harmony with others....
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❤️ loved it!
- By Anonymous User on 21-11-2023
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The Canterbury Tales
- Penguin Classics
- By: Geoffrey Chaucer, Nevill Coghill (Translation)
- Narrated by: Lesley Manville, Daniel Weyman, Derek Jacobi, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 44 mins
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In The Canterbury Tales Chaucer created one of the great touchstones of English literature, a masterly collection of chivalric romances, moral allegories and low farce....
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Better than expected
- By Brydie Robinson on 07-02-2023
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poyums
- By: Len Pennie
- Narrated by: Len Pennie
- Length: 1 hr and 44 mins
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In poyums, Len Pennie has created a collection that is as approachable as it is affecting; whether she's writing letters to her younger self, advocating for women's rights or adapting fairy tales to process an abusive relationship, Len's voice is bold, unashamedly frank and unmistakeably hers....
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Emotional and Raw
- By Jess on 31-03-2024
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Leaves of Grass
- By: Walt Whitman
- Narrated by: Mel Foster
- Length: 15 hrs and 55 mins
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Abraham Lincoln read it with approval, but Emily Dickinson described its bold language and themes as "disgraceful"....
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Paradise Lost
- By: John Milton
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
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Milton tells the story of man's creation, fall and redemption, "to justify the ways of God to men"....
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Worth listening to
- By Simon on 02-05-2019
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Lobster
- And Other Things I’m Learning to Love
- By: Hollie McNish
- Narrated by: Hollie McNish
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
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Why do we live in a world that is constantly telling us to hate, both ourselves and others? In this collection, Hollie McNish brings her inimitable style to the question of what have been taught to hate, and if we might learn to love again....
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Judi Dench and Michael Williams: With Great Pleasure
- By: Sylvia Plath, Dylan Thomas, Charlotte Mitchell, and others
- Narrated by: Judi Dench, Michael Williams
- Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins
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Two archive BBC Radio programmes in which Judi Dench and Michael Williams, accompanied by friends John Moffatt and Alec McCowen, read a cornucopia of poetry and prose....
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thoroughly enjoyed it. judi dench andcast were fa
- By Amazon Customer on 14-05-2016
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Your Wound/My Garden
- Poetry by ALOK
- By: Alok Vaid-Menon
- Narrated by: Alok Vaid-Menon
- Length: 57 mins
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When we don’t process the pain, where does it go? What is the purpose of being alive when there’s so much suffering? What does it mean to live and die with dignity in a world utterly opposed to it? Your Wound/My Garden is a collection of poetry written during Covid-19 lockdown....
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Power of TED*
- *The Empowerment Dynamic: 10th Anniversary Edition
- By: David Emerald
- Narrated by: Ryan Sitzberger
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
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Through serendipity he meets some wise guides, Ted and Sophia, who show David how he can move from feeling like a victim to being a creator of his own life....
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Amazing book!!
- By sura on 26-03-2024
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The Complete Collection of Emily Dickinson's Poems
- By: Emily Dickinson
- Narrated by: Elaine Sepani
- Length: 3 hrs and 28 mins
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Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) was a reclusive poet whose only friendships were carried out in correspondence. Despite writing almost 1800 poems in her life, very few were published until after her death....
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Shame about the narration.
- By Sue-Ellen on 08-06-2022
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The Divine Comedy
- Inferno; Purgatorio; Paradiso
- By: Dante Alighieri, Stephen Wyatt
- Narrated by: Blake Ritson, John Hurt, David Warner, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
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Blake Ritson, David Warner, Hattie Morahan and John Hurt star in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Dante's epic poem "Inferno"....
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Wow!
- By Anonymous User on 02-01-2019
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Femme in Public
- Poetry by ALOK
- By: Alok Vaid-Menon
- Narrated by: Alok Vaid-Menon
- Length: 53 mins
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What feminine part of yourself did you have to destroy in order to survive in this world? At what point does femininity become synonymous with apology? Who hurt the people who hurt you? Let's figure it out....
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Don Juan
- By: Lord Byron
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 15 hrs
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Byron's exuberant masterpiece tells of the adventures of Don Juan, a handsome and charming young man naturally gifted with the ladies....
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Andy Biersack Presents the Works of Edgar Allan Poe
- By: Edgar Allan Poe
- Narrated by: Andy Biersack
- Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
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Legendary Black Veil Brides' founder and frontman Andy Biersack curated his favorite Edgar Allan Poe tales, presented here in their original language with supplemental materials....
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Brilliant
- By Amazon Customer on 17-12-2022
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When the Heart Breaks
- A Journey Through Requited and Unrequited Love
- By: David Whyte
- Narrated by: David Whyte
- Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins
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With a poet's insight into the landscape of the soul, David Whyte offers a deeply moving exploration of how we experience love and loss, and how with resilience and time we can rise again....
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Delightful
- By VB on 02-07-2023
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The Faerie Queene
- By: Edmund Spenser
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 33 hrs and 10 mins
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The first epic poem in modern English, The Faerie Queene combines dramatic narratives of chivalrous adventure with exquisite and picturesque episodes of pageantry....
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Brilliant reading by David Timson
- By Caroline Durre on 29-06-2022
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Screw Prince Charming
- By: Louise Alexandra Erskine
- Narrated by: Louise Alexandra Erskine
- Length: 59 mins
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Louise Alexandra Erskine embraces the art of self discovery, the good the bad and the ugly parts too, and leads the listener on a journey unearthing true identity through the many highs, lows and romantic ideals we each face in life.
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The Poems of T. S. Eliot
- Read by Jeremy Irons
- By: T. S. Eliot
- Narrated by: Jeremy Irons, Dame Eileen Atkins
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
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Originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4, Jeremy Irons' perceptive reading illuminates the poetry of T. S. Eliot in all its complexity....
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It was over all too quickly!
- By Pia Horan-Gross on 22-09-2018
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Seamus Heaney I Collected Poems (published 1966-1975)
- Death of a Naturalist; Door into the Dark; Wintering Out; North
- By: Seamus Heaney
- Narrated by: Seamus Heaney
- Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins
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Volume one of the definitive collection of Seamus Heaney reading his own work, recorded in 2009 by RTE....
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The Man from Snowy River and Other Poems [Classic Tales Edition]
- By: Banjo Paterson
- Narrated by: B.J. Harrison
- Length: 26 mins
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Adventure from the Australian Outback. Cowboy style poetry from Australia's Banjo Paterson....
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Banjo Paterson
- By Anonymous User on 09-05-2020
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The Poets' Corner
- The One-and-Only Poetry Book for the Whole Family
- By: John Lithgow
- Narrated by: Morgan Freeman, Susan Sarandon, Helen Mirren, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 31 mins
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John Lithgow has compiled an outstanding collection of memorable poems and has gathered his famous friends to read them....
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IGNITED MY JOY OF POETRY - THANK YOU JOHN LITHGOW!!!!
- By Jennifer Collins on 02-11-2023
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The Conference of the Birds
- By: Attar, Sholeh Wolpé - Translated by
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
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Considered by Rumi to be "the master" of Sufi mystic poetry, Attar is best known for this epic poem, a magnificent allegorical tale about the soul's search for meaning....
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On the Nature of Things
- By: Lucretius
- Narrated by: Hugh Ross
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
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Lucretius' aim was to free the Roman world from its two great terrors - the gods and death. But On the Nature of Things is also a poem of striking imagery....
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Beyond Thoughts
- An Exploration of Who We Are Beyond Our Minds (Beyond Suffering, Book 2)
- By: Joseph Nguyen
- Narrated by: Joseph Nguyen
- Length: 35 mins
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Beyond Thoughts is a poetry collection that explores the root cause of anxiety, depression, guilt, shame, negative thinking, and emotional suffering to help you heal....
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Outstanding…again
- By Mike McGill on 13-04-2023
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Sweet Confession
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Beautiful Minds
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- By: Adeola Olutoyin Sonola
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Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) is the finest Austrian poet of this century and one of the greatest lyrical writers in the history of Western literature. A major figure in the modernist movement, with some affinities to Yeats, Rilke had a profound influence on other 20th century poets such as Pasternak and Akhmatova. He is a master of vivid and breathtakingly original imagery in which difficult ideas are made directly apprehensible to the reader and new worlds of experience are opened up.
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Rumi Eternal Love Poems
- Essential Verses of Romance, Love and Compassion
- By: John Balkh, Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi
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Embark on a soul-stirring journey into the heart of love with "Rumi Eternal Love Poems: Essential Verses Of Romance, Love And Compassion." This book invites you to immerse yourself in the timeless wisdom and profound beauty of Rumi's poetry, where every verse is a testament to the power of love and compassion. In this book, you'll discover a curated collection of Rumi's most essential love poems, carefully selected to capture the essence of romance, passion, and spiritual connection.
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Beautiful Minds
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- By: Adeola Olutoyin Sonola
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Beautiful Minds is empathetically filled with emotions we can all identify with. It is a collection of poems that take us on a sequential journey and our personalised interpretations lead us to arrive at individualised destinations. If you desire to sojourn within pages of multiculturalism and poetic beauty then Beautiful Minds is where you must begin.
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Poems - Evening, Mary Virgin, Presaging, Autumn, Silent Hour, the Angels and Many Others
- By: Rainer Maria Rilke
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Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) is the finest Austrian poet of this century and one of the greatest lyrical writers in the history of Western literature. A major figure in the modernist movement, with some affinities to Yeats, Rilke had a profound influence on other 20th century poets such as Pasternak and Akhmatova. He is a master of vivid and breathtakingly original imagery in which difficult ideas are made directly apprehensible to the reader and new worlds of experience are opened up.
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Embark on a soul-stirring journey into the heart of love with "Rumi Eternal Love Poems: Essential Verses Of Romance, Love And Compassion." This book invites you to immerse yourself in the timeless wisdom and profound beauty of Rumi's poetry, where every verse is a testament to the power of love and compassion. In this book, you'll discover a curated collection of Rumi's most essential love poems, carefully selected to capture the essence of romance, passion, and spiritual connection.
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Have you ever been so depressed that all you wanted to do was colour? Me neither, but now you can. Let's face it - we're all emotionally done with everything. Pardon me while I speak for everyone. I believe we should be able to colour our feelings instead of just eating them. I've taken a hard right away from tacos and have driven myself into the warm, jiggly prism of a rainbow's bosom? Yes. I have.
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On Being Human
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All the Good Things You Deserve
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Embark on a captivating journey through the vibrant world of living soil, where new horizons await under the very ground we tread and the tapestry of human experience unfolds. This is an invitation to delve deep into the bonds of family, to explore identity and the spectacular essence of beauty, and to discover the marvels of Mother Nature's cyclical dance. Horizons pays homage to the richness of soil, a precious nonrenewable resource, blending the art of poetry with the wonders of science and everyday life.
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Modern Poems
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It’s never too late, right? Did someone say it couldn’t be done? At age seventy-five, with no email, no Wi-Fi or computer, and only pencil and paper as his tools of the trade, from his one-bedroom apartment in Troy, New York, Mīchol started creating poems. Modern Poems seemed to take shape one poem at a time. Mīchol let his creativity flow as he crafted poems about holidays, seasons, and other themes. Putting his heart and mind to work, he discovered a poet living inside him, screaming to come out.
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Screw Prince Charming
- By: Louise Alexandra Erskine
- Narrated by: Louise Alexandra Erskine
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Through Old Eyes
- Poems by Uncle Wes Marne
- By: Uncle Wes Marne
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Published to commemorate the author’s 100th birthday, this wide-ranging and thoughtful collection reflects on history, colonisation, family, childhood, Aboriginal Dreaming, traditions and storytelling, working lives and people. Sometimes wistful, melancholic, poignant, at times the author’s wry sense of fun and humour shines through. When he arrived in Sydney in the 1960s, Bigambul man, Uncle Wes, was not allowed to tell his stories at schools.
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Life Lyrics
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Bridges over Shadows
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Embark on a profound journey through the landscapes of the human heart with William Gomes's captivating anthology, "Bridges Over Shadows: Poetry of Home, Heart, and Healing." This meticulously crafted collection traverses the intricate realms of home, confronts the deep scars of racism and hate, navigates the tumultuous waters of grief, and celebrates the boundless expressions of love. Gomes's verses serve as a testament to the resilience of the human spirit, the transformative power of empathy, and the enduring connections that bind us all.