The Twelve Months by George Ellis

LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of The Twelve Months by George Ellis (1753-1815). This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 24th – January 31st, 2010.
George Ellis, a Jamacian land owner, was a friend of Sir Walter Scott. It is possible that via Scott he was the inspiration for Emily Brontë’s choice of the nom de plume Ellis Bell.

Running time=38s (mp3@64kb)

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Zip of the entire book (3.4MB@64kb), featuring all the different readers for this project.

The Twelve Months
Snowy, Flowy, Blowy,
Showery, Flowery, Bowery,
Hoppy, Croppy, Droppy,
Breezy, Sneezy, Freezy.

This week’s poem can be found here.

Once Bitten Twice Shy notes; chapter 22

Chapter 22
The end is nigh! Well, a few chapters away at least and I feel like the author is pulling out all the stops now.
Jaz (& Vayl) willingly walk into a trap. The main purpose being to save Cole from a fate worse than. It’s just a pity it’s in vain.

The only other contents of the room were an empty trash can and a full ashtray. There was, however, another door. I eased it open, expecting a sound, a click maybe, that would signal the closing of a trap. I need not have bothered. The trap Aidyn and Assan had set for me was too big for a click. A gong, maybe, but not a click.

Is that too much for a quote? Anyway, it was never intended that Cole should die, rough him up enough to make him look as if he’s in mortal peril, but not to do anything permanent, like death.

The Desert by Mathilde Blind

LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of The Desert by Mathilde Blind (1841-1896). This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for January 10th-24th, 2010.

Running time=3m 55s (mp3@64kb)

All Things Can Tempt Me by William Butler Yeats

LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of All Things Can Tempt Me by William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) , from The Green Helmet and Other Poems (1912). This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 17th – January 24th, 2010.

Running time=55s (mp3@64kb)

Summer Shower By Emily Dickinson

LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of Summer Shower by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886). This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 10th-January 17th, 2010

Running time=1m 4s (mp3@64kb)