When I was 16, Helen Fleischman assigned me to memorize Shakespeare's Sonnet No. 29 for English class, and 50 years later, that poem is still in my head....
Here is a delightful look at childhood, written by master poet and storyteller Robert Louis Stevenson. In this collection of sixty-six poems, Stevenson recalls the joys of his childhood....
Robert Herrick's poetic tribute to his mistress' beautifully carefree style of dress, which he finds more strangely attractive than absolute perfection, read by Bill Wallis....
"From "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam", here are some meditations on love via Edward Fitzgerald's translation of the enigmatic Persian poet, read by Bill Wallis...."