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Challenge

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Louis Untermeyer introduced may students to poetry through his many collections that he edited. His own poetry ranges from inspirational to cynical. Challenge is his first collection of poems, mature, but reflecting many of his early struggles. The range from the deeply spiritual to the sentimental and social commentary. - Summary by Larry Wilson (1 hr 51 min)

Chapters

Summons

3:24

Read by Larry Wilson

Prayer

1:15

Read by Larry Wilson

To Arms

1:02

Read by aniroo

On the Birth of a Child

1:31

Read by Bill Mosley

How Much of Godhood

1:25

Read by Bill Mosley

The Great Carousal

4:29

Read by Mark Warner

Thanks

1:00

Read by Larry Wilson

God's Youth

3:49

Read by Eva Davis

In the Berkshire Hills

1:07

Read by Ken Davies

Voices

1:09

Read by Bill Mosley

Reveation

4:24

Read by Bill Mosley

Affirmation

1:00

Read by Larry Wilson

Downhill on a Bicycle

1:16

Read by aniroo

Midnight by the Open Window

1:07

Read by aniroo

The Wine of Night

0:57

Read by aniroo

Invocation

1:57

Read by Larry Wilson

"Feuerzauber"

1:23

Read by Wolfgang Bas

Sunday Night

1:36

Read by Eva Davis

At Kennebunkport

2:18

Read by aniroo

In a Strange City

1:06

Read by Ken Davies

Folk-song

1:15

Read by DrPGould

In the Streets

1:21

Read by DrPGould

Envy

1:12

Read by DrPGould

A Birthday

3:53

Read by Eva Davis

Leaving the Harbor

1:00

Read by Larry Wilson

The Shell to the Pearl

1:44

Read by Larry Wilson

The Young Mystic

0:50

Read by aniroo

Healed

3:14

Read by Eva Davis

The Stirrup-cup

0:52

Read by aniroo

Spring on Broadway

5:37

Read by Wolfgang Bas

In a Cab

2:17

Read by Nemo

Summer Night Broadway

1:17

Read by Nemo

Haunted

2:15

Read by Nemo

Isadora Duncan Dancing

3:17

Read by Eva Davis

Chopin

0:58

Read by Ken Davies

Songs and the Poet

1:07

Read by Nemo

The Heretic

4:51

Read by Larry Wilson

Fifth Avenue Spring Afternoon

1:49

Read by Eva Davis

Tribute

0:59

Read by aniroo

Challenge

1:00

Read by Larry Wilson

Caliban in the Coal-mines

1:18

Read by Nemo

Any City

1:35

Read by Nemo

Landscapes

3:38

Read by Eva Davis

Two Funeral

2:12

Read by Nemo

Sunday

3:12

Read by aniroo

Strikers

1:18

Read by Nemo

In the Subway

1:16

Read by Eva Davis

Battle-cries

1:40

Read by aniroo

A Voice from the Sweat-shops

3:12

Read by Eva Davis

Soldiers

2:09

Read by Nemo

Peace

1:32

Read by Nemo

The Dying Decadent

8:36

Read by Eva Davis

Funeral Hymn

0:37

Read by aniroo

Protests

1:14

Read by Larry Wilson