"'A dime a dozen' as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English 'cheap as chips' but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit 'A Rhyme a Dozen' as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears.1 - A Rhyme A Dozen - 12 Poems, 12 Poets, 1 Topic - Autumn - An Introduction2 - The Name of it is Autumn by Emily Dickinson3 - Autumn by Khalil Gibran4 - In Autumn Moonlight by Robert Seymour Bridges5 - The Autumn by Elizabeth Barrett Browning6 - Autumn in the Garden by Fredegond Shove7 - An Autumn Rain Scene by Thomas Hardy8 - Love in Autumn by Sara Teasdale9 - Autumn in Cornwall by Algernon Charles Swinburne10 - To Autumn by William Blake11 - Autumn Dawn by Charles Sorley12 - Autumn Elegy by Leslie Norris13 - Autumn - A Dirge by Percy Bysshe Shelley"
"The sixth month of the Gregorian calendar heralds a new season - Summer. Lengthening days, Sunshine days, Glorious days!In this month our classic poets flex their lexicons with verse that describes all manner of events. The weather may be warm or windy, showers, squalls and storms may momentarily darken skies with grey foreboding but Nature will soon be at work again on a palette of such bright and dazzling hues that the landscape is reborn again.From the pens of our remarkable poets including Robert Burns, Amy Lowell, Hafiz, Emily Dickinson, John Clare and a wealth of others comes sumptuous verse from the streets to the countryside, poems that describe our moods, feelings, travels and desires and many another thing."
"Tears. Sometimes our greatest comfort. Often our darkest fear that we are about to be overwhelmed by sudden and uncontrollable feelings.From misting of the eyes, through soft drizzles on cheek to cascades that would put Niagara falls to shame the event of tears comes in all shapes and sizes. There is something primordial in their arrival. We may be the only animal to actually cry and scientists in their wish to explain everything cite the simultaneous release of endorphins to help relieve the emotional stress, the physical pain, as vital to restore the sense of calm and well-being. But not everything can be explained and pigeon-holed with certainty.Our quoted authority is not the people in white coats but those with a quill, a heart and a soul that can take these feelings of love and loss and with the ink of words put to verse feelings and emotions that can be re-lived and shared by all. As they venture through depression, war, slavery to heartache and the loss of loved ones our eyes may mist and tears gently fall at what collectively we have done, have experienced, have witnessed and lost. From Owen and Dickenson to Wheatly and Hopkins our surrender to tears may not be far away. 1 - Poems to Make You Cry - An Introduction2 - Because I Liked You by A E Housman3 - Sonnet 147 by William Shakespeare4 - A Broken Appointment by Thomas Hardy5 - So We'll Go No More a Roving by Lord Byron6 - When You Are Old by W B Yeats7 - Sonnet 90 - Then Hate Me When Thou Wilt; If Ever, Now by William Shakespeare8 - I Shall Not Care by Sara Teasdale9 - Goodbye by Alun Lewis10 - The Wind's Lament by John Morris-Jones11 - Sad-Eyed and Soft and Grey by William Morris12 - The Sad Shepherd's Passion of Love by George Peele13 - How Sweet I Roam'd From Field to Field by William Blake14 - When I Have Fears by John Keats15 - The Buried Life by Matthew Arnold16 - We Wear the Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar17 - I Am by John Clare18 - Solitude by Ella Wheeler Wilcox19 - Ode XIV - To Solitude by Joseph Warton20 - Solitude by Harold Munro21 - Disappointment by Mary E Tucker22 - A Thought For a Lonely Death Bed by Elizabeth Barrett Browning23 - Alone by Edgar Allan Poe24 - Piano by D H Lawrence25 - Infelix by Adah Isaacs Menken26 - Sonnet 66. Tired With All These, For Restful Death by William Shakespeare27 - Life's Tragedy by Paul Laurence Dunbar28 - No Worse There is None. Pitched Past, Pitch of Grief by Gerard Manley Hopkins29 - Ardelia To Melancholy by Anne Kingsmill-Finch30 - Melancholia by Robert Seymour Bridges31 - The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde32 - The Song of the Shirt by Thomas Hood33 - Enslaved Poem by Claude McKay34 - The Hunters of Men by John Greenleaf Whittier35 - The Lynching by Claude McKay36 - Poems on the Slave Trade. Sonnet VI by Robert Southey37 - The Slave's Complaint by George Moses Horton38 - The Slave Mother by Frances E W Harper39 - The Slave's Singing at Midnight by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow40 - For the Fallen by Laurence Binyon41 - Dulce Et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen42 - On Somme by Ivor Gurney43 - In Flanders Fields by John McCrae44 - I Have a Rendezvous with Death by Alan Seeger45 - Fallen by Alice Corbin46 - In Memoriam (Easter 1915) by Edward Thomas47 - Anthem For Doomed Youth by Wildred Owen48 - My Boy Jack by Rudyard Kipling49 - Tears Ere Thy Death by Khansa50 - Bereavement In Their Death To Feel by Emily Dickinson51 - If Grief For Grief Can Touch These by Emily Bronte52 - Goodbye by Richard Aldington53 - Goodbye In Fear Goodbye In Sorrow by Christina Rossetti54 - A Quoi Bon Dire by Charlotte Mew55 - To One in Grief by Katharine Tynan56 - I Measure Every Grief by Emily Dickinson57 - Tears Idle Tears from The Princess by Alfred Lord Tennyson58 - Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe59 - Sir Patrick Spens by Anonymous60 - John Barleycorn, A Ballad by Robert Burns61 - A Lament by Katharine Tynan62 - Remember by Christina Rossetti63 - Epitaph Upon a Child That Died by Robert Herrick64 - To a Lady and Her Children on the Death of Her Son and Their Brother by Phyllis Wheatley65 - On the Death of a Child by Edward Silvera66 - On My First Son by Ben Jonson67 - The Death of the First Born by Paul Laurence Dunbar68 - In Memorium. Alphonse Campbell Fordham by Mary Weston Fordham"
"Nature continues to give. Riots of colour, of harvest are summoned. It seems almost at will. Her palette is richer. There is a depth to everything, made deeper still by the sun beginning to hang lower in the sky, it's light denser, glowing at dawn and at twilight, enriching everything it falls upon.Our classic poets take stock. They have seen her bounty - this act of giving - many times before. Yet, yet still it's majesty almost refuses the salute of words. Undaunted their verse is given, connections and revelations fall upon the page.In fifty poems we take you on their inspiring journey, reflecting on the miracle of Autumn."
"In the last few decades secular society has become more tolerant of homosexuality. Now, in the West, we live in a time when to be gay is a matter of fact rather than a despised and criminal act. We celebrate sexual diversity but for much of the centuries past, religious interpretations and society's dogma have placed this 'forbidden love' into hell on earth; unable to be fully expressed or accepted. Poets went to unusual lengths at times to disguise their intentions. With camouflage and veil, their lines were accepted for what they said not for their intent. Indeed the word 'Lesbian' did not even gain acceptance in the OED until 1976.In this volume we gather together verse from Lesbian poets that is deeply personal and at times overwhelming. It is not just a search for physical love but a journey through the spiritual to completeness, to becoming whole.However we recognise that the label Lesbian might be anachronistic and so also include those who stand by their side, or who have a view in verse that helps us to revel in their love. For in the end that is all our journey is about. This volume comes to you from Portable Poetry, a specialized imprint from Deadtree Publishing. Our range is large and growing and covers single poets, themes, and many compilations."
