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On a Grey Thread

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Elsa Gidlow


On a Grey Thread was first published in 1923, one of the first books of openly lesbian love poetry to be published in the United States. Her…

Chants for Socialists

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William Morris


As well as being influential in the Arts and Crafts Movement and writing numerous poems and novels, William Morris was deeply involved in po…

Some Verses

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Theodore Wratislaw


Theodore Wratislaw was a fin de siècle poet and a less famous Decadent author than some of his contemporaries.This short collection o…

Selected Poems

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Elizabeth Siddal


Elizabeth Siddal was a British poet, artist and model. Her poems were not published in a single volume in her lifetime; this collection brin…

A Mystery of the Campagna

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Anne Crawford


A group of artists are busy pursuing their calling in Rome when one of them decides to seek a remote villa to work alone. But when his frien…

The Diwan

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Zeb-Un-Nissa


Zeb-un-Nissa was a poet and Mughal princess. This collection includes 50 of her compositions and a dedicatory poem by the translator and was…

Orchids

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Theodore Wratislaw


Theodore Wratislaw was a fin de siècle poet and a less famous Decadent author than some of his contemporaries.This short collection o…

Sonnets

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Constance Naden


Naden's sonnets have topics as diverse as astronomy, classical mythology and Shakespeare's birthplace. This collection is taken from Naden's…

The Gardener and The Burden

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Rudyard Kipling


Helen Turrell’s life has been one of respectability and duty, and she adopts and raises her illegitimate nephew upon her scapegrace brother’…

The Irtonwood Ghost

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Elinor Glyn


Esther Charters is travelling to Irtonwood Manor to stay over Christmas with friends. But what connection could Irtonwood – and its ghost – …

Pearl (Weston translation)

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The Gawain Poet and The Gawain Poettranslated Byjessie Laidlay Weston


Pearl is a structurally complex mediaeval poem that combines narrative, allegory, dream vision, elegy, affirmation of Christian faith and me…

Hawaiian Hilltop

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Genevieve Taggard


Genevieve Taggard was an American poet, teacher and socialist. This collection was first published in 1923 and deals with topics such as pe…

Three Supernatural Stories

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Wilhelmina Fitzclarence


Wilhemina Fitzclarence was a Scottish novelist and short story author and a descendant of King William IV. In these stories published in 189…

Selected Poems

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Arthur Hugh Clough


During his short but eventful life, Arthur Hugh Clough wrote poems on subjects as varied as religious doubt, European politics and social in…

Love Poems

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F. W. Harvey


F. W. Harvey was an English poet, broadcaster and solicitor. These poems, taken from his 1921 collection Farewell, embody his love of nature…

Holy Sonnets (Version 3)

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John Donne


John Donne’s Holy Sonnets are a meditation on faith, loss, doubt and divine mercy. This recording uses the sequence of 19 sonnets as edited …

Machine-Room Chants

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Tom Maguire


Tom Maguire was a trade union organiser from Yorkshire of Irish descent whose poetry reflects his socialist beliefs. This volume was publish…

Verse

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Adelaide Crapsey


Adelaide Crapsey's experimental poetry included her creation of the cinquain. This recording was taken from the posthumously published and e…

Poems of Puncture

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Amanda McKittrick Ros and Amanda Mckittrick Ros


Amanda McKittrick Ros’s poetry and prose have earned notoriety for their highly individual syntax, creative punctuation, unique diction, and…

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