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Greeting
Read by lapoveca
Shaw Neilson
In Heart of Spring
John Shaw Neilson was born at Penola, South Australia in 1872, the son of a farmer and contractor who removed to Victoria when Neilson was n…
The Undersong
Read by Alan Mapstone
Marie E. J. Pitt
In The Horses of the Hills and other Verses
Marie Elizabeth Josephine Pitt (1869–1948) was an Australian poet and socialist activist. Pitt wrote very highly coloured nature poetry, onc…
The Parson's Son
Read by Gerald Moe
Robert W. Service
In The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses (Version 2)
This collection deals with wanderlust in general but the bulk of the poems are based on Service’s time in the Yukon. He captures the excitem…
The Blumley Benefit, by George Madden Martin
Read by Sonrisa Jones
Various
In The Black Cat Vol. 03 No. 07 April 1898
The Black Cat (1895-1922) was a monthly literary magazine, publishing original short stories, often about uncanny or fantastical topics. Man…
David's Lament for Jonathan
Read by Jay Wright
Mary Hannay Foott
In Morna Lee, and Other Poems
Mary Hannay Foott (pen name, La Quenouille) was a Scottish-born Australian poet and editor. She is well remembered for a bush-ballad poem, &…
A Visitor
Read by Ian King
George Sterling
In A Wine of Wizardry
A Wine of Wizardry is a captivating collection of poems by George Sterling that delves into the darker aspects of nature and the human exper…
John Wasson
Read by Kirk Thomas
Edgar Lee Masters
In Spoon River Anthology
This is a collection of poems, in the form of an entire community speaking from beyond the grave about their lives, and, in some cases, goss…
Van Elsen by Frederick George Scott
Read by Gaby
Various
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3: Sorrow and Consolation (Part 2)
This is the third of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two par…
A Word
Read by hearhis
G. K. Chesterton
In Poems
Poems by G. K. Chesterton is a rich collection that showcases the author's diverse poetic voice across 59 distinct works. Originally publish…
A Parable
Read by Jessi McDaniel
George Murray
In Poems
George Murray was a British poet, translator and scholar who lived out most of his life in Canada, where he was a classics master at a Montr…
On the Same
Read by Alan Mapstone
John Milton
In The Complete Poems of John Milton
It is by his poetry that Milton is best known; and it is of his poetry that we wish first to speak. By the general suffrage of the civilized…