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The eloquence of lovers is celebrated in this rich and sensuous collection - the love of women for men. Héloïse, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Katherine Mansfield, George Sand, and others express their very real passion intensely - as, in fiction, does Juliet for her Romeo, Jane Eyre for her Rochester and Catherine for her Heathcliffe. With the music of Mendelssohn, Tchaikovksy, Puccini, Legar and more, here is some of the most tender and love prose and poetry in literature.

This audiobook includes 30 classic and contemporary poems dealing with haunting, ghosts, superstition, murder, and death.

This audiobook includes 43 classic and contemporary poems dealing with nature, including animals; insects; earth; wind and storms; landscapes; and trees.

This audiobook includes 40 classic and contemporary poems covering Western religion, Eastern religion, pagan religion, and inspiration.

El amor a traves de los ojos de los poetas. Puesto que el amor es uno de los motores que mueve a la humanidad, no es de sorprender que los grandes poetas hayan dedicado una parte importante de sus creaciones a expresar esos sentimientos, desde el amor inocente hasta el erotico, pasando por todos los matices de la pasion y del canto a la persona amada.

Here are 12 specially selected favourite love poems, read by acclaimed actors Bill Wallis and Jenny Agutter. This literary bouquet of blooms includes Andrew Marvell's classic "To His Coy Mistress"; a beautiful extract from "The Song of Solomon"; Christina Rossetti's joyful "A Birthday"; and Christopher Marlowe's "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love".

Since 1998, the Alfred A. Knopf Publishing Group has celebrated National Poetry Month by emailing a poem-a-day throughout the month of April to over 25,000 devoted poetry fans. In April 2006, Knopf introduced the Poem-a-Day podcast, which featured poets including Kevin Young and James Merrill...

This audiobook includes 27 classic and contemporary poems that make a statement, covering physical abuse; corporate greed; abortion; motorcycle helmets; poverty; change; human rights; oppression and discrimination; and religion.

This audiobook includes 36 classic and contemporary poems dealing with loss, including loss of a child, parent, friend, or spouse; final instructions; depression; disbelief and visits; and coping.

Hundreds of people submitted recordings of Shakespeare, Wordsworth, and Roger McGough in an attempt to win a prize: Participation in the recording of this new poetry collection by Christina Hardyment, historian and audiobook reviewer for The Times. This collection covers a wide range of classics by Shakespeare, Keats, Clare, Blake, and others, as well as modern poems by Roger McGough, among others. They are read mainly by the male and female first-prize winners, but also by the runners-up.

This audiobook includes 48 classic and contemporary poems covering topics including courting, unrequited love, beauty, love, separation, and redemption.

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.

28 textes, 19 auteurs, fleuron de la poésie française, représentent la beauté et la pérennité de la littérature. Jean Vilar, qui a toujours donné au Théâtre National Populaire une place prépondérante à la poésie, se révèle un guide sûr dont le grand talent éclaire pour nous les chemins de la poésie française.

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.

In this treasury of passionate and humorous encounters with animals, Stephen Mitchell has collected animal poems from many ages and cultures. Included here are excerpts from ancient masterpieces like The Hymn to the Sun by Pharaoh Amenhotep IV, The Book of Job, as well as haikus by Basho and Issa.

Fondement de la poésie japonaise, le haiku est un petit poème extrêmement bref, qui vise à dire et célébrer l'évanescence des choses. Sa forme est codifiée : c'est un tercet de trois vers de cinq, sept et cinq syllabes. Les haïkus ne sont connus en Occident que depuis le tout début du XXe siècle. Nous avons sélectionné pour vous 100 de ces plus beaux poèmes, dont des pièces des plus grands maîtres traduites en français.

La poesía es la forma más bella de la expresión literaria. Sus infinitas posibilidades de transmitir sentimientos han provocado que grandes autores dedicaran una buena parte de su obra al cultivo de este género, que por otro lado, cuenta con una serie de normas y estilos definidos y por todos respetados.

La poesía es la forma más bella de la expresión literaria. Sus infinitas posibilidades de transmitir sentimientos han provocado que grandes autores dedicaran una buena parte de su obra al cultivo de este género, que por otro lado, cuenta con una serie de normas y estilos definidos y por todos respetados.

"Poets live the lives all of us live," says Bill Moyers, "with one big difference. They have the power--the power of the word--to create a world of thoughts and emotions other can share. We only have to learn to listen." In a series of fascinating conversations with thirty-four American poets...

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.