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By: Josephine Preston Peabody (1874-1922) | |
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After Music
Josephine Preston Peabody was an American poet and dramatist. She was born in New York and educated at the Girls’ Latin School, Boston, and at Radcliffe College. | |
Book of the Little Past
This is a very cute little book of children's poetry. All poems are short and suitable for very young children to read or listen to. - Summary by Carolin |
By: Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918) | |
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Trees and Other Poems
"I think that I shall never see, a poem as lovely as a tree; A tree whose hungry mouth is presd against the sweet earth's flowing breast ...". Almost all of us, including myself of course, have heard and enjoyed those famous words which begin Kilmer's poem, Trees. There is even a National Forest in the United States named in honor of this poem. Here is a recording of the entire book of poems in which it was first published in 1914. Joyce Kilmer was an American writer and poet mainly remembered for... | |
Main Street, and Other Poems
This is a book of poems by Joyce Kilmer. It includes several of his religious poems and poems about World War I, in which the author himself lost his life in 1918. | |
White Bird of Love
volunteers bring you 19 recordings of White Bird of Love by Joyce Kilmer. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for July 12, 2020. ------ Though a prolific poet whose works celebrated the common beauty of the natural world as well as his Roman Catholic religious faith, Kilmer was also a journalist, literary critic, lecturer, and editor. At the time of his deployment to Europe during World War I, Kilmer was considered the leading American Roman Catholic poet and lecturer of his generation, - Summary by Wikipedia |
By: Julia A. Moore (1847-1920) | |
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Sentimental Song Book
Julia A. Moore, the "Sweet Singer of Michigan," is today considered one of the true luminaries of bad poetry. Her verse, with its questionable grammar, clumsily contrived rhymes and its unique mixture of rigorous moralism and sentimentality, attracted wide-spread mockery from the press and the public, but also the attention of literary celebrities like Mark Twain. Ogden Nash, the comic poet, claimed that Moore was a major source of inspiration. Today the Flint Public Library in Michigan holds the Julia A. Moore Poetry Festival to celebrate bad poetry. - Summary by Algy Pug |
By: Julia Caroline Dorr (1825-1913) | |
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Pro Patria
This is a collection of seven patriotic long poems by Julia Caroline Dorr. | |
Friar Anselmo, and Other Poems
This is a collection of poems by Julia Caroline Dorr. | |
Afternoon Songs
This is a volume of poems by Julia Caroline Dorr, part 5 of her collected poems. | |
Later Poems
This is the last volume in Julia Caroline Dorr's collected poems, the Later Poems. | |
Sonnets
This is a collection of Julia Caroline Dorr's Sonnets, from her collected poems. |
By: Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing (1841-1885) | |
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Christmas Wishes
volunteers bring you 18 recordings of Christmas Wishes by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 20, 2020. ------ Juliana Horatia Ewing was an English writer of children's stories. Her writings display a sympathetic insight into children's lives, an admiration for things military, and a strong religious faith. This poem taken from Verses for Children and Songs for Music. - Summary by Wikipedia | |
Other Stars
volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Other Stars by Juliana Horatia Ewing. This was the Weekly Poetry project for June 6, 2022. ------ Juliana Horatia Ewing was an English writer of children's stories. Her writings display a sympathetic insight into children's lives, an admiration for things military, and a strong religious faith. This Weekly Poem is taken from Verses for Children, and Songs for Music by Juliana Horatia Ewing - Summary by Wikipedia |
By: Jun Fujita (1888-1963) | |
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Tanka: Poems in Exile
Jun Fujita's tanka are timeless, still, sad. Written in English, one wonders whether the recurring deserts are in Japan, in America, or in the poet's state of mind: that of a scarecrow flapping in wind. The form is as loose and haunting as modern English-language tanka. - Summary by czandra |
By: Kabir (1440-1518) | |
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Songs of Kabir
Kabir (1440 - 1518) was a mystic poet and saint of India, whose writings have greatly influenced the Bhakti movement.The name Kabir comes from Arabic Al-Kabir which means 'The Great' - the 37th Name of God in the Qur'an.Kabir was influenced by the prevailing religious mood of his times, such as old Brahmanic Hinduism, Hindu and Buddhist Tantrism, the teachings of Nath yogis and the personal devotionalism of South India mixed with the imageless God of Islam. The influence of these various doctrines is clearly evident in Kabir's verses... |
By: Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931) | |
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Prophet
The prophet Al Mustafa, before leaving the city where he has been living twelve years, stops to address the people. They call out for his words of wisdom on many sides of the human condition, and he addresses them in terms of love and care. He has much to offer from his observations of the people, and he illustrates with images they can relate to. The author, Gibran, was influenced by the Maronites, the Sufis, and the Baha’i. His philosophy, though deist, is primarily aimed at the good within ourselves, and the common-sense ways in which we can unlock it... |
By: Kalidasa | |
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Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works |
By: Kate Greenaway (1846-1901) | |
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Mother Goose or the Old Nursery Rhymes |
By: Kate Seymour MacLean (1829-1916) | |
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Advent Days and Poems of Remembrance
This is a very short volume of poems by Canadian poet Kate Seymour MacLean, containing only twenty poems. - Summary by Carolin | |
Thanksgiving
A tribute to the autumn season, taken from THE COMING OF THE PRINCESS, AND OTHER POEMS - Summary by David Lawrence |
By: Kate Slaughter McKinney (1857-1939) | |
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Katydid's Poems
This is a volume of poems by Kate Slaughter McKinney, poet laureate of the State of Alabama of 1931, who often went by the pen-name Katydid. The poems are cute and amusing, children will enjoy them. - Summary by Carolin |
By: Katharine Lee Bates (1859-1929) | |
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Blood Road
volunteers bring you 19 recordings of Blood Road by Katharine Lee Bates. This was the New Year's Weekly Poetry project for December 30. 2018. ------ Katharine Lee Bates was an American writer, poet, professor, and social activist. Although she was a renowned author and professor during her lifetime, today she is primarily remembered as the author of the words to the anthem "America the Beautiful". For 25 years, she lived with her long-time friend and companion, Katharine Coman. This poem taken from 'America the beautiful and other poems' 1911. - Summary by Wikipedia | |
On Christmas Eve
volunteers bring you 17 recordings of On Christmas Eve by Katharine Lee Bates. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 19, 2021. ------- Best known as the author of "America the Beautiful", American professor and poet Katharine Lee Bates also wrote many books and articles on social reform. In this poem, she strips away some of the outer layers of the Christmas story to peer into the core of the event. - Summary by TriciaG | |
Empty Room
volunteers bring you 13 recordings of The Empty Room by Katharine Lee Bates. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for December 19, 2021. ------- Best known as the author of "America the Beautiful", American professor and poet Katharine Lee Bates also wrote many books and articles on social reform. - Summary by TriciaG | |
America the Beautiful
volunteers bring you 12 recordings of America the Beautiful by Katharine Lee Bates. This was the Weekly Poetry project for July 3, 2022. ------ In honor of The United States' 246th birthday on July 4th. Bates wrote the words as a poem originally entitled "Pikes Peak". It was first published in the Fourth of July 1895 edition of the church periodical, The Congregationalist. It was at that time that the poem was first entitled "America". - Summary by TriciaG & Wikipedia |
By: Katharine Pyle (1863-1938) | |
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Careless Jane and Other Tales |
By: Katharine Tynan Hinkson (1859-1931) | |
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Flower of Youth: Poems in War Time
This is a volume of poetry by Irish poet and writer Kathrine Tynan about World War I. Published in 1917, the poems translate the general atmosphere of fear and grief prevalent across Europe into beautiful verses. - Summary by Carolin |
By: Katherine Jewell Everts (d. after 1919) | |
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The Speaking Voice
From the Preface of The Speaking Voice: principles of training simplified and condensed: "This book offers a method of voice training which is the result of a deliberate effort to simplify and condense, for general use, the principles which are fundamental to all recognized systems of vocal instruction. It contains practical directions accompanied by simple and fundamental exercises, first for the freeing of the voice and then for developing it when free."Parts I and II of the book comprise advice... |
By: Katherine Philips (1632-1664) | |
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Poems by the Most Deservedly Admired Mrs. Katherine Philips, The Matchless Orinda
The poet Katherine Philips was called “The Matchless Orinda” in her day and was well known for her works, both personal and political. She was a staunch Royalist (a supporter of Charles I and his son during the English Civil Wars) and wrote poetic defenses of the monarchy. She was also part of a literary coterie, in which she and her friends had “code names.” Philips herself was “Orinda,” her husband “Antenor,” and her friend Anne Owen “Lucasia.” She is perhaps best known today for her passionate poems celebrating female friendship. |
By: Kostes Palamas (1859-1943) | |
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Life Immovable First Part |
By: L. | |
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Dark Ages, and Other Poems
This is a volume of poetry by a poet only going by the initial "L.". The poems are veried in tone and subject, set in different parts of the British Isles and Europe. Most of them have a historic background, though set several centuries after the titular "Dark Ages". - Summary by Carolin |
By: L. (Launcelot) Cranmer-Byng (1872-1945) | |
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A Lute of Jade : selections from the classical poets of China |