Shapes and Shadows
Madison Cawein
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This is a volume of poetry by Madison Julius Cawein. This collection contains many examples of Cawein's own particular style of dreamy poetry, strongly characterised by references to mythology and romance. At the same time, there is no shortage of references to his native Kentucky. - Summary by Carolin (1 hr 31 min)
Chapters
| Under the Stars and Stripes | 1:55 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| The Dedication | 0:42 | Read by Melanie T |
| The Evanescent Beautiful | 1:24 | Read by Melanie T |
| August | 3:14 | Read by tovarisch |
| The Higher Brotherhood | 1:13 | Read by Nemo |
| Gramarye | 2:55 | Read by Nemo |
| Dreams | 1:37 | Read by Nemo |
| The Old House | 2:19 | Read by Nemo |
| The Rock | 2:19 | Read by Nemo |
| Rain | 1:45 | Read by Nemo |
| Standing-Stone Creek | 2:23 | Read by Nemo |
| The Moonmen | 4:46 | Read by Nemo |
| The Old Man Dreams | 1:44 | Read by Nemo |
| Since Then | 1:30 | Read by Nemo |
| Comrades | 2:19 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Waiting | 1:21 | Read by Ezwa |
| Contrasts | 1:12 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| In June | 1:25 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| After long Grief and Pain | 1:30 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| Can I forget? | 1:14 | Read by Ezwa |
| The House of Fear | 1:25 | Read by Nemo |
| At Dawn | 0:58 | Read by Nemo |
| Storm | 0:57 | Read by Nemo |
| Memories | 1:12 | Read by Ian King |
| Which | 1:42 | Read by PatsyAnn |
| Sunset in Autumn | 2:22 | Read by Ian King |
| The Legend of the Stone | 4:23 | Read by Nemo |
| Time and Death and Love | 1:22 | Read by Nemo |
| Passion | 0:41 | Read by tovarisch |
| When the Wine-Cup at the Lip | 1:00 | Read by tovarisch |
| Art | 2:03 | Read by Nemo |
| A Song for Old Age | 1:19 | Read by tovarisch |
| Tristram and Isolt | 0:54 | Read by Patrick Saville |
| The Better Lot | 0:48 | Read by Elizabeth P. |
| Dusk in the Woods | 1:56 | Read by Elizabeth P. |
| At the Ferry | 1:26 | Read by Elizabeth P. |
| Her Violin | 2:01 | Read by Ian King |
| Her Vesper Song | 1:53 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| At Parting | 1:45 | Read by Ezwa |
| Carissima Mea | 2:41 | Read by Ezwa |
| Margery | 1:17 | Read by PatsyAnn |
| Constance | 1:49 | Read by PatsyAnn |
| Gertrude | 1:01 | Read by Ezwa |
| Lydia | 0:55 | Read by Ian King |
| A Southern Girl | 1:18 | Read by Ezwa |
| A Daughter of the States | 1:18 | Read by Bruce Kachuk |
| An Autumn Night | 1:30 | Read by Ezwa |
| Lines | 1:07 | Read by tovarisch |
| The Blind God | 1:09 | Read by tovarisch |
| A Valentine | 0:47 | Read by tovarisch |
| A Catch | 1:58 | Read by tovarisch |
| The New Year | 2:03 | Read by tovarisch |
| Then and Now | 1:14 | Read by tovarisch |
| Epilogue | 2:40 | Read by Nemo |