Audiobooks by John Clare

An Hour of Nature Poems - Volume 2 Audiobook

Silence is rare in Nature.When we really listen, Nature is conducting symphonies of sound as her world goes about the day and night. Her invisible heartbeat is everywhere, for everyone.Our eyes are constantly bathed in the wonder of her ways, the soft drizzle of rain from soft grey clouds, the bleached harsh desert sand of a noon day, a wave caressing the shore, to the ravenous colours of a departing sunset. Indeed, whenever we look and listen to the vastness of our world Nature's beauty is always there for us. She placates our anger, soothes our pain. Her vistas feed our hearts and souls; the world of a single flower brings a smile.In these 60 minutes nature takes us through her world of wonder.

Charlotte Smith, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Clare (Author), Eve Karpf, Nigel Planer, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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The Poetry Hour - Volume 16

Poetry is often cited as our greatest use of words. The English language has well over a million of them and poets down the ages seem, at times, to make use of every single one. But often they use them in simple ways to describe anything and everything from landscapes to all aspects of the human condition. Poems can evoke within us an individual response that takes us by surprise; that opens our ears and eyes to very personal feelings.Forget the idea of classic poetry being somehow dull and boring and best kept to children’s textbooks. It still has life, vibrancy and relevance to our lives today. Where to start? How to do that? Poetry can be difficult. We’ve put together some very eclectic Poetry Hours, with a broad range of poets and themes, to entice you and seduce you with all manner of temptations. In this hour we introduce poets of the quality and breadth of John Milton as well as themes on The Female Poet, February, Graveyard Poets and more.All of them are from Portable Poetry, a dedicated poetry publisher. We believe that poetry should be a part of our everyday lives, uplifting the soul & reaching the parts that other arts can’t. Our range of audiobooks and ebooks cover volumes on some of our greatest poets to anthologies of seasons, months, places and a wide range of themes. Portable Poetry can found at iTunes, Audible, the digital music section on Amazon and most other digital stores. This audio book is also duplicated in print as an ebook. Same title. Same words. Perhaps a different experience. But with Amazon’s whispersync you can pick up and put down on any device – start on audio, continue in print and any which way after that. Portable poetry – Let us join you for the journey.The Poetry Hour – Volume 16John Milton. An IntroductionParadise Regained. An Extract from the First Book by John MiltonSonnet XIX by John MiltonThe Passion by John MiltonThe Graveyard Poets – An IntroductionA Night Piece On Death by Thomas ParnellInvocation to Horror by Hannah CowleyOde XIV – To Solitude by Joseph Warton FebruaryLines On Observing A Blossom on the First of February 1796 by Samuel Taylor ColeridgeHymn Written Sunday February 11th, 1798 by Robert AndersonA Valentines Song by Robert Louis StevensonThe Kiss by Dante Gabriel RossettiWinter’s Naked Wood by Daniel SheehanHow Like A Winter Hath My Absence Been. Sonnet 97 by William ShakespeareFebruary by Louisa Sarah BevingtonThe Poetry of John Clare - An IntroductionThe Peasant Poet by John ClareThe Vanities of Life by John ClareA World For Love by John ClareThe Female Poet – An Introduction. Volume 4Very Early Spring by Katherine Mansfield Sea Love by Charlotte Mary Mew Summer in England, 1914 by Alice Meynell Sonnet by Alice Dunbar Nelson Against Love by Katherine Phillips Hop Picking by Edith Nesbit Life by Mary Darby Robinson After Death by Fanny Parnell

Edith Nesbit, John Clare, John Milton (Author), Ghizela Rowe, Gideon Wagner, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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The Poetry of John Clare

John Clare was born on 13th July, 1793 in Helpston, a few miles north of Peterborough.Schooled only until the age of 12 his early career was that of agricultural labourer, pot boy, gardener and lime burner. His early life of hardship and frequent malnutrition led to his diminutive stature of five feet and contributed to his later health problems.In 1820 his first poems were published and began to earn him a reputation as the ÒNorthamptonshire Peasant PoetÓ.His poetry sold well but only occasionally did that and other incomes keep his head above water. Married with seven children the burden was huge and demanding. Frequently penniless his health began to dissolve.He last published in 1835 and by 1837 with his drinking out of control and his mental state shredded he entered a mental institution. He was to reside in such unhappy places until his death.He died aged 71 on 20th May 1864. His remains were returned to Helpston for burial in St BotolphÕs churchyard.Today he is considered one of the greatest of English poets. His lyrical works on nature and the countryside earn him this just praise.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.

John Clare (Author), Ghizela Rowe, Gideon Wagner, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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The Romantics - Volume 1

The Romantics - Volume 1 - An Introduction. Romanticism was a new movement in philosophy and the arts that began in the late 18th century when major political events shook the world such as the French Revolution and American Independence. It marked a distinct contrast to the prevailing Enlightenment ideals and in poetry represented a more personal intuitive, emotional and meditative expression with a back to nature imperative. It subsequently altered the way in which we perceive poetry and beyond as well as defining our own modern sensibilities to the arts. The Romantic poets who were central to this movement are traditionally characterised as the Big Six, namely Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Shelley and Byron. However, as these volumes show, there are women poets who are often overlooked and these include Mary Shelley, Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Joanna Baillie and Charlotte Smith. Among our readers are Richard Mitchley and Ghizela Rowe. In this volume we collect together William Blake to John Keats.

John Clare, Robert Burns, William Blake (Author), Gideon Wagner, Nigel Planer, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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Westminster Memorials - Volume 2

Westminster Memorials - Volume 2 - An introduction. Westminster Abbey has seen much during its long, rich history; the coronations of Kings and Queens, the burials of Prime ministers. However it is also a church that remembers the men and women of the arts. Dedicated writers and poets who spoke so eloquently that the Nation wished to remember them with plaques upon its walls so that all who travelled here could remember too. Their works are worth remembering and here, in these volumes, their wise words speak too and for us all. In Volume 2 we collect together John Clare to DH Lawrence.

John Clare, Robert Herrick, Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Author), Glyn Huston, Jan Francis, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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Reise aus Essex

John Clare (1793-1864), ein bedeutender Dichter der englischen Romantik, geriet in seinen späten Jahren in eine tiefe Lebenskrise, bis er schließlich 1837 in eine private Nervenheilanstalt in High Beach, Essex, eingewiesen wurde. Vier Jahre später versuchte er, der Anstalt zu entkommen. Die 'Reise aus Essex' ist die Geschichte dieser Flucht. Clare wanderte in einem brutalen Viertagemarsch über fast 100 Meilen zurück in sein Heimatdorf. Seine Erinnerungen an die Reise sind poetisch, mitreißend und bewegend. Das Hörspiel vereint dramatische Szenen und Gedichte mit Volksmusik, die Clare selbst sammelte und spielte. Seine Werke erscheinen hier erstmals in deutscher Sprache.

John Clare (Author), Torben Kessler (Narrator)

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The Great Poets: John Clare

John Clare was the forgotten Romantic poet, until the late twentieth century. Known by his contemporaries as the ‘Peasant Poet’ he recorded in his poems the natural landscape of rural England before the Industrial Revolution. His poems rival Wordsworth’s for their sensitivity to nature and pantheism: ‘I feel a beautiful providence ever about me,’ Clare wrote. But his life was a long struggle against poverty and mental collapse. Some of his finest poems were written in the local asylum.

John Clare (Author), David Shaw Parker, Thomas Goose (Narrator)

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