English Poems


Read by Bruce Kachuk

Occasionally a compilation of poetry is conceived in which each poem, as a tribute to its theme or subject or elegant prosody, is one to be treasured. This book is such a compilation. These magnificent and varied works are written expressions of profound experiences, experiences that have stirred the poets' creative imaginations and in turn will excite and inspire the reader's reflective contemplation and deliberation of that which is, what may be, and the significant implications thereof.

From Wordsworth's consideration of the music of "The Solitary Reaper" - "Oh, listen! for the vale profound / Is overflowing with the sound" - to Burns' musings on mankind's fate as he reflects on the passing of the seasons, "How little of life's scanty span may remain", there is an intense element of our essential destiny in these works. Coupled with this and acutely present throughout is a stream of that which is unknowable to mankind, along with a perplexity of the seeming self-assurance and acceptance of the world of nature - the unquestioning world of nature - and that therein may lie both a lesson and an answer.
- Summary by Bruce Kachuk (0 hr 43 min)

Chapters

Evening 2:21 Read by Bruce Kachuk
Catharina 3:25 Read by Bruce Kachuk
The Solitary Reaper 1:54 Read by Bruce Kachuk
The Lazy Mist 1:33 Read by Bruce Kachuk
Noon 2:08 Read by Bruce Kachuk
Loch Long 3:51 Read by Bruce Kachuk
The Rural Walk 1:30 Read by Bruce Kachuk
Evening in the Mountains 2:04 Read by Bruce Kachuk
Fontainebleau 2:56 Read by Bruce Kachuk
A Fragment 2:30 Read by Bruce Kachuk
Autumn 1:58 Read by Bruce Kachuk
The Last Minstrel 5:50 Read by Bruce Kachuk
Winter 1:18 Read by Bruce Kachuk
Flocks and Herds 1:29 Read by Bruce Kachuk
A Sea Fog 1:28 Read by Bruce Kachuk
The Cloud 5:16 Read by Bruce Kachuk
Kindness 1:32 Read by Bruce Kachuk