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Old Boats - Read by MSD

In Old Boats

Read by Matthew Datcher


Theodosia Garrison


There is little information on Theodosia Garrison available. This poem is taken from The Dreamers and Other Poems, George H. Doran Company, …

The Dead Joke and The Funny Man - Read by MSD

In The Dead Joke and The Funny Man

Read by Matthew Datcher


James Whitcomb Riley


James Whitcomb Riley was an American writer, poet, and best-selling author. During his lifetime he was known as the "Hoosier Poet"…

When Your Pants Begin To Go - Read by MSD

In When Your Pants Begin To Go

Read by Matthew Datcher


Henry Lawson


Henry Archibald Hertzberg Lawson was an Australian writer and bush poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the bes…

I Am The World - Read by MSD

In I Am The World

Read by Matthew Datcher


Dora Sigerson Shorter


Dora Maria Sigerson Shorter was an Irish poet and sculptor, who after her marriage in 1895 wrote under the name Dora Sigerson Shorter. She …

Insects - Read by MSD

In Insects

Read by Matthew Datcher


John Clare


John Clare was an English poet, the son of a farm labourer, who came to be known for his celebratory representations of the English countrys…

When I heard the Learn’d Astronomer - Read by MSD

In When I heard the Learn’d Astronomer

Read by Matthew Datcher


Walt Whitman


Whitman claimed that after years of competing for "the usual rewards", he determined to become a poet. He first experimented with …

Song of the Sewing-Machine - Read by MSD

In Song of the Sewing-Machine

Read by Matthew Datcher


George Pope Morris


George Pope Morris was an American editor, poet, and songwriter. Critic and writer Edgar Allan Poe acknowledged the popularity of Morris's …

To The Men Who Went Down On The Titanic - Read by MSD

In To The Men Who Went Down On The Titanic

Read by Matthew Datcher


Margaret Steele Anderson


Margaret Steele Anderson's tribute to the men left on board the doomed ship, some of whom followed the "Women and children first" …

In A Subway Station - Read by MSD

In In A Subway Station

Read by Matthew Datcher


Sara Teasdale


Sara Teasdale (August 8, 1884 – January 29, 1933) was an American lyric poet. - Summary by Wikipedia

The Dolls - Read by MSD

In The Dolls

Read by Matthew Datcher


William Butler Yeats


William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British li…

Ballad: A Manager's Perplexities - Read by MSD

In Ballad: A Manager's Perplexities

Read by Matthew Datcher


W. S. Gilbert


Sir William Schwenck Gilbert was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for the fourteen comic operas (known as t…

Uphill - Read by MSD

In Uphill

Read by Matthew Datcher


Christina Rossetti


Rossetti began writing down and dating her poems from 1842, mostly imitating her favoured poets. From 1847 she began experimenting with vers…

Comfort in the Night - Read by MSD

In Comfort in the Night

Read by Matthew Datcher


Jean Ingelow


Jean Ingelow was an English poet and novelist. - Summary by Wikipedia

A Cup of Tea - Read by MSD

In A Cup of Tea

Read by Matthew Datcher


James Whitcomb Riley


James Whitcomb Riley was an American writer, poet, and best-selling author. During his lifetime he was known as the "Hoosier Poet"…

At Sunrise - Read by MSD

In At Sunrise

Read by Matthew Datcher


Bliss Carman


Canada has full right to be proud of her poets, a small body though they are; but not only does Mr. Carman stand high and clear above them a…

Sonnet I. To A.C.L.

In Sonnets

Read by Matthew Datcher


James Russell Lowell


James Russell Lowell's extensive poetic work also includes a series of Sonnets. Some of those have already been included in the volumes Earl…