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The Dancers
Read by Dale Grothmann
Margaret St. Clair
In Short Science Fiction Collection 074
Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 099
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Various
"Instead of letting ourselves, at the thought of mealtime, fall into a state of chronic mental flutter that incapacitates us for any se…
Life by Jones Very
Read by Leanne Yau
Various
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 4: The Higher Life (Part 1)
The fourth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, incl…
Food Values
Read by TriciaG
Dr. Albert Philip Sy
A short pamphlet from WWI, a sequel of sorts to "Food Preparedness." It first describes basic nutrition and things to consider whe…
Weariness
Read by Newgatenovelist
Constance Naden
In Sonnets
Naden's sonnets have topics as diverse as astronomy, classical mythology and Shakespeare's birthplace. This collection is taken from Naden's…
Fatigue
Read by Jacquelyn Bengfort
Aldous Huxley
In Leda
Though he gained recognition for his later essays and novels, Aldous Huxley started his writing career as a poet. Published in 1920, Leda is…
Advertisements; Too Fat and Too Thin; The Ribbon Dance; A Cause for Worriment; Search, if you like…; Broken Rhymes; Shadows of Great Men
Read by BettyB
Various
In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 16, Feb. 17, 1880
Harper's Young People was an illustrated weekly publication for children includes delightful serialized and one-off short stories, tales fro…
064 - Pedometer
Read by Carmen H
Christopher Morley
In Chimneysmoke
A collection of short poems on various themes by the author. (Summary by Carmen H)
Swimmers by Louis Untermeyer
Read by Kerry Kavita
William Stanley Braithwaite
In Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1915
William Stanley Braithwaite, a talented poet in his own right, was most notable for his anthologies of poetry including these annual collect…
Purple Programme 4 March 2010
Nick Skeens
In this week's programme: Happy being old, Winter and vitamin D deficiency (energy, bone pain), Life under labour has it been a disaster? Ou…
At a Vacation Exercise
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
John Milton
In Milton's Minor Poems
“On Shakespear 1630” typifies much of Milton’s poetry. By some miracle never yet explained, at age 24 he managed to get a 16-line encomium i…
The Compliment by Eugene Field
Read by Leanne Yau
Various
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 9: Tragedy and Humor (Part 2)
The ninth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, incl…