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Title: Counter-Attack

Author: Siegfried Sassoon

Narrator: Phillip J. Mather

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-09-14

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Poetry

Publisher's Summary:

The narrator pledges to donate 50% of his proceeds to The Royal British Legion Poppy Day Appeal - please support. Siegfried Sassoon is one of the best-known of the plethora of First World War poets. His poem, "Counter-Attack", was published in 1918 in Counter-Attack and Other Poems and describes the horror of life in the trenches of the Western Front.

Members Reviews:

War Is Not Glorious But Ugly, Sordid Business

If you could sum up Counter-Attack in three words, what would they be?

War Is Hell.

Who was your favorite character and why?

War is really the only character here, and it is ugly, brutal, disfigured and disfiguring. It clenches your stomach and twists. It deforms and sucks people dry. It strips of humanity and morals. All that is left is dust and blood and fear.

Have you listened to any of Phillip J. Mathers other performances before? How does this one compare?

This poem portrays war in all its ugliness while some of the other poems read by Phillip J. Mather focused on glory, patriotism, and liberty and urged men to fight harder. In this poem the only urge is to stay alive. For that you must kill. There is no glory in it.

I found Mr. Mather's narration on some of his other poems to be slightly better than on this one. However, the deepness of his voice and the emotive way he narrates gave this poem an extra dimension beyond the written word.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The imagery in this poem is magnificent. It is also very sad. The descriptions in the first stanza are chilling, especially when the poet describes the rotting dead with their green, lifeless legs.

Any additional comments?

A great poem to get an honest view of what war is really like in the battlefield.

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Title: Mermaid

Author: Mary Jade Monroe

Narrator: Melissa Leventhal

Format: Unabridged

Length: 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-16-14

Publisher: Pipit Inc.

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Poetry

Publisher's Summary:

Mermaid is a collection of poems inspired by the sea. Written with admiration for the aqua life, the classic book flows with a rippling cadence, imbued with the lore and romance invoked by the sea.

Members Reviews:

MERMAID - {COMPLETE READ}

This book of oceanic poetry was just right, beautiful, visual and the perfect purchase for a seaside read. I've purchased several poetry books recently {including a well known oceanic poetry book} and none of them held a candle to 'Mermaid'. Pick this up, I highly recommend it, and get yourself a cup of hot tea or a pina colada to sit by the sea and enjoy while reading, that or just kick back and relax in your library and be transported away. Mary Jade, thank you for writing this. I'm looking to purchase more of your books in the future and am excited to have discovered your work.

Light poetry

Completely neutral about my thoughts on these poems. I only really liked the first one which was Diver's Call. There are 22 poems in this book, all about different aspects of the sea, not just mermaids. The lines in the poems all contain about 3-5 words so it is fast reading. They are simple poems with some occasional words to look up ( if you are a younger reader). Poems included are: Diver's call, Calypso's dirge, Moon tides, Sea Clams, Plankton, Trident, Lighthouse, Sea Gulls, Pisces, Sea spectrum, Sunset red, Lover's farewell, Pacific, Isle of Gold, Castaway, Palm Trees, Salt of the earth, Pot of gold, Sailor's prayer, Mermaid, Coral Reefs, and Safe harbor. I would recommend this book for light reading at the beach. Also, for people that want to get in the mood for an ocean excursion, such as scuba diving, fishing, and cruising,

Mermaid Excellence

This was a lovely book of petty that really grasps what sea life is all about. I quite enjoyed reading and learned many visuals about the sea that I never really thought about.

love it

I loved this book, I give it a 4 star only because I do base books off of the cover also and the cover is different from what is shown by the purchaser, and honestly I am not sure if its different because of kindle version or not, my husband was about to get this for me again because he didn't realize I already had it

I loved it!

I loved this book! I thought it was an actual book but it was a poetic book, and I just read it and it was just great! I know this might seem very repetitive it's just that I'm at a loss for words at how beautifully written this book was! :)

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Title: Letter Composed During a Lull in the Fighting

Subtitle: Poems

Author: Kevin Powers

Narrator: Kevin Powers

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-01-14

Publisher: Hachette Audio

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Poetry

Publisher's Summary:

National Book Award finalist, Iraq war veteran, novelist, and poet Kevin Powers creates a deeply affecting portrait of a life shaped by war.

Letter Composed During a Lull in the Fighting captures the many moments that comprise a soldier's life: Driving down the Texas highway; waiting for the unknown in the dry Iraq heat; writing a love letter; listening to a mother recount her dreams. Written with evocative language and discernment, Powers' poetry strives to make sense of the war and its echoes through human experience.

Just as The Yellow Birds was hailed as the "first literary masterpiece produced by the Iraq war", (Los Angeles Times) this collection will make its mark as a powerful, enduring work.

Members Reviews:

Kevin Powers' War Poetry: Emptiness, Meaninglessness, Sorrow

Kevin Powers has given us a fine novel of interrelated stories, The Yellow Birds, and a slender volume of relentlessly somber poetry, Letter Composed During a Lull in the Fighting: Poems. Each complements the other: the poems read like a gloss on the novel, the novel - which I read first - seems in retrospect a commentary on the poems.

Powers' poetic project is foreshadowed in the first piece and expanded upon in the following two selections. I defy anyone to read these three short poems and not continue through the remaining 88 pages (as I said, slender). The key is in the final three lines of the first, "Customs."

...I can tell you exactly

What I mean. The world has been replaced

by our ideas about the world.

This perspective Powers expands upon in his second poem, which is also the title of the book and which I reproduce in its entirety:

I tell her I love her like not killing

or ten minutes of sleep

beneath the low rooftop wall

on which my rifle rests.

I tell her in a letter that will stink,

when she opens it,

of bolt oil and burned powder

and the things it says.

I tell her how Pvt. Bartle says, offhand,

that war is just us

making little pieces of metal

pass through each other.

The third offering, "Great Plain," makes even more plain the Powers' philosophical perception that, yes, there's a big world out there, but even as we swan through it, we interpret it, and we use words to record those thoughts and the accompanying sense impressions, and it's the words that afterward linger in the air and await discovery by others. (Never mind that we all carry cameras around in our pockets and can also record the sounds of that world: these are poems, and we're not reciting Homer in the agora, we're reading them, perhaps aloud - I do - in our solitude.)

To my eyes, this first triad of unmetrical, unrhymed verse sets an unusually high bar - above all for perspective, use of language, and imagery - that Powers reaches relatively infrequently afterward, and mostly in the first two parts, which are unnamed but I think of as "The Home Front" and "In the Field and After" - of his four-segment volume. These war poems are lamentations: there's little of the jokey camaraderie that was at the center of The Yellow Birds, only the residual sorrow that hovers about after the demise of friends. Powers' verse is filled with loss, emptiness, meaninglessness, sadness.

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Title: Notes from the Cat House

Author: Jack Ketchum

Narrator: Jack Ketchum

Format: Unabridged

Length: 45 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-13-14

Publisher: Crossroad Press

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Poetry

Publisher's Summary:

Collected here in one volume are more than 60 poems from Bram Stoker Award-winning author Jack Ketchum. These are read by the author.

Members Reviews:

""JACK KETCHUMS FINEST.""

Jack Ketchum Gives Us a Wonderful Book In."Notes From The Cat House." In Jack Ketchums Own Imagination and Writing He Gives Us More That Sixty Poems. Included In The Book Are Classics Such As,"Johnnie Mack Brown,Hoboe"s Memoir,Beast,Cats Hide Nothing,Wings,A Terrible Thing,and Many More. A Wonderful Book Of Poems From Jack Ketchum.""A Mustread.""

Ketchum Writes From the Heart

Ketchum humbles himself when he talks about his poetry, but the majority of his writing here is very strong. He makes fun of his style, but his prose is strong and his poetry speaks volumes with very few words. His novels are lean and, in most cases, almost perfect, and he writes his poems the same way. The ones about his cats are the most heartfelt and therefore the most touching.

Heartfelt poetry

I read and re-read these poems. All if them. I am not a poetry reader generally but these touched my heart. They are simple and complex and all about life.

A great storyteller now a wonderful poet

Ketchum is a great story teller and now the poetry collection confirms his ability to touch the reader through verse with story and wit. I loved reading his voice through poetry--poignant and fun!

The audiobook version contains an added bonus â Jack Ketchum himself is the narrator (he has a fantastic speaking voice by the w

This is a collection of more than 60 poems, very short stories and random thoughts that the author has collected over many years of his life. The audiobook version contains an added bonus â Jack Ketchum himself is the narrator (he has a fantastic speaking voice by the way!). Having previously read and loved Ketchumâs "The Girl Next Door" and "Off Season", which are intense, graphic and bloody horror novels (a/k/a splatterpunk â my favorite go-to genre), I wasnât quite sure what to expect from this collection of poetry, but since it was only a couple bucks I figured I couldnât lose. I was not disappointed.

The majority of the poems in this collection are extremely short â some only a sentence or two long â and cover a wide variety of everyday topics. The ones I was most drawn to, however, were the half dozen or so odes to cats. I am a true animal lover (I actually prefer the company of animals over most people) and I fully understand the happiness and joy that comes with having a pet. It is much more than just a pet â it becomes a treasured member of the family. I have also experienced too many times the extreme heartache and despair that comes with losing a pet. Jack Ketchum has included several short yet powerful dedications to the beloved cats he has had, and lost, over the years. In very few words, Ketchum beautifully yet heart-wrenchingly illustrates the love and affection that he felt for his cats, as well as the adoration and trust that his cats undoubtedly felt for him.

Jack Ketchum readily admits that he is not a poet; he has no interest in following the fundamental rules of poetry composition or structure. He has simply jotted down this assortment of thoughts throughout his life as a cathartic release â like most people would keep a journal or diary. He published this collection only at the urging of others.

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Título: La Vida de Mujer [A Female's Life]

Subtitular: Poesía en Español e Inglés (Spanish and English Edition)

Autor: Bev Pogreba

Narrador: Heidi Mattson

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 30 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 02-19-14

Editor: Bev Pogreba

Calificaciones: 1 de 5 de 1 votos

Categorías: Drama & Poetry, Poetry

Resumen del editor:

Poesía en Inglés y español - poemas sobre relaciones y el amor - la vida - bilingüe para la enseñanza - contenido es adecuado para todas las edades. Grande como un regalo y para la enseñanza de clases de nivel de secundaria y en la universidad Revelan un hilo de lo común - los altibajos emocionales al enamorarse y desenamorarse, la necesidad y el deseo de crecer rápido, la revelación de los errores cometidos y la sabiduría que se obtiene al final.

Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish and English.

Opiniones de los miembros:

The Spanish narration...

The narrator's pronunciation for the Spanish version is very poor and her 'poetic emphasis sounds false... while the English version is much better and flows naturally.

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Title: Songlines

Author: Jen Minkman

Narrator: Tiffany Williams

Format: Unabridged

Length: 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-18-14

Publisher: Kemah Bay Marketing LLC

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Poetry

Publisher's Summary:

Jen Minkman was born in the Netherlands in 1978. Although she has always written stories in Dutch, the poems and lyrics she writes are almost exclusively in English.

The aborigines of Australia use Dreaming tracks or Songlines to find their way across vast expanses of land. Words in these songs describe natural landmarks originally created by the gods in song, and the songs must be sung regularly in order to keep the land alive. Likewise, the poems in this audiobook mark my walk of life and should be listened to in order to keep my soul alive and help me find my way.

Members Reviews:

21 short, concise and intense poems.

Any additional comments?

Songlines by Jen Minkman is a nice collection of 21 poems, each of which with a distinct theme or purpose. They range from love to religion, and are short, concise and intense. I couldn't help but be drawn into the spirituality of this collection. My favorite was "Testament" because of the emotions that were evoked from its words - I listened to it several times.

Tiffany Williams did an excellent job narrating. She had great cadence and warmth. Her smooth voice was perfect for providing the perfect platform for each poem's imagery.

I recommend Songlines to anyone who enjoys poetry, as well as those who want a short respite from reading/listening to novels.

beautiful poems

I thought that the poems were beautiful, some I liked more than others. They are not very long, which is great for me. Very profound, full of imagery and very relatable. Would recommend to those who like poetry.

I received the audiobook free of charge in exchange for an unbiased review.

Voice of Poetry

Any additional comments?

The narrator's voice was relaxing and warm; perfect for the poetry. It made me feel peaceful.

Beautiful and Heartfelt!

I read poetry a lot, having a daughter who writes poetry. My daughter writes a variety of different types of poetry. I've learned from my daughter that writing poetry is away to let things out.

My daughter and I both listened to Songlines together. We both really enjoyed the narrator Tiffany Williams as she read the poems. We both thoroughly found the poems entertaining. My daughter even loved the way Jen Minkman arranged her poems. My daughter's first poetry book isn't written and put together in such a way that every poem flowed and blended together.

I understand that each poem was individually written but the way they were written and arranged is perfect. The poems were short but extremely beautiful. I felt each poem held a meaning to me, some more than others. I feel every single person that reads or listens to Songlines will be touched in some way. Every poem will reach someone, everyone will find at least one poem that will hold some meaning to them. You'll find yourself listening or reading them over and over again. These poems truly are a journey that will take you anywhere. I especially loved the poem her dad wrote for her as a wedding gift, well on her wedding day, I have to say that's a gift that she'll have forever. I also see your poetry Jen Minkman giving my daughter inspiration and inspiring her to change the way she writes poetry or puts it together. If it does, I'll make sure that she adds your name to one of her poetry books or a book that she writes. She also writes and she just turned 17 years old. I really loved these poems and I recommend anyone that loves poetry or even if you don't you should get this.

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Title: Hemingway's Paris: Our Paris?

Author: H. R. Stoneback

Narrator: Don Lee

Format: Unabridged

Length: 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-18-13

Publisher: New Street Communications, LLC

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Poetry

Publisher's Summary:

H. R. Stoneback's prose-poem Hemingway's Paris: Our Paris? constitutes a masterpiece of both appreciation and analysis by a scholar whose knowledge and love of Paris is as deep, profound and genuine as his knowledge and love of Hemingway.

Critic Reviews:

"H.R. Stoneback knows his Hemingway and his Paris. I had the incomparable experience of visiting Paris twice while working for Ernest Hemingway in 1959. I viewed the city at the side of the writer while he added the finishing touches to A Movable Feast. Professor Stoneback's evocation of Hemingway's Paris of the 1920s is as close as I have come since to reliving those Paris days in the company of Ernest Hemingway. Listerning this book will be a treat for all who love Hemingway and Paris, and a pleasant surprise for all listeners. (Valerie Hemingway, author of Running With the Bulls: My Years With The Hemingways)

Professor Stoneback's lyrical prose takes the listener inside the soul of Hemingway's Paris, penetrating the surface of guide-books to reveal tantalizing secrets. (A.E. Hotchner, playwright, novelist, memoirist, Hemingway friend, and author of the classic Papa Hemingway)

H.R. Stoneback's intense reading of Hemingway's Paris-revealing Hemingway's nuanced rendering of the deus loci and his intentionally subtle infusion of numinosity-is nothing short of nonpareil. Stoneback's work undoes decades of weak and negative criticism of Hemingway. Listen to this classic piece-a benchmark in the creative essay-and you will see exactly how and why Hemingway's Paris became Stoneback's Paris and by extension your Paris. Stoneback's Hemingway's Paris: Our Paris? shows, ever so illustratively and ever so doucement, how and why we read Hemingway. (Allen Josephs, past president of the Hemingway Foundation and Society, and author of Ritual and Sacrifice in the Corrida)

No one has written better or more wisely about Ernest Hemingway's Paris than H.R. Stoneback. (Donald Junkins, author of Journey to the Corrida and other books)

Members Reviews:

interesting short piece

probably more for fans of Hemingway and Paris of which i am one. some interesting tidbits about EH and his novels but nothing too seriously in depth, perhaps the germs of ideas for scholarly research some day. & even though I have been to Paris twice and love it, and hit a couple of EH's spots like the Cafe De La Paix, it is difficult to remember all of the streets mentioned etc. when he is "re-tracing" the routes of EH or Jake Barnes. it would be interesting to go again and hit some of the spots and routes mentioned. a quick little diversion.

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Title: Ruminations at Twilight

Subtitle: Poetry Exploring the Sacred

Author: L. M. Browning

Narrator: Mary Sarah Agliotta

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-16-13

Publisher: Homebound Publications

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Poetry

Publisher's Summary:

Asserting that the sacred lives in what is ordinary and the Divine is found amongst the green of nature, the poems within Ruminations at Twilight bring a message of appreciation for the worth of what surrounds us. Relevant, insightful, candid and revealing, these verses give a unique perspective on the age-old questions. The story told takes place on an intimate scale yet at the same time a world-wide scale; for within this story of one individual's realization and redemption we are told that of all humanity's.

Members Reviews:

Her words flow easy with a modern rhythm and heartfelt cadence

From the very opening poem "The Sacred", I was greatly moved. Browning has touched a cord, a frayed connection, a severed line to the divine. Her passion is reminiscent of Walt Whitman in that she finds the sacred in the ancient wood and nature. Her words flow easy with a modern rhythm and heartfelt cadence. This book of poems is to be savored and read again and again. This volume has great depth and stimulates a multitude of introspective questions. Each poem moves us deeper and deeper as Browning explores the truth of our existence. Moving, beautiful, I highly recommend.

Spiritually poetic

Browning is a genius. This is the best poetry about spirituality.

Impossible Colors brought on by Impossible Love.

Impossible Colors brought on by Impossible Love.

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Title: Home

Author: Uvi Poznansky, Zeev Kachel

Narrator: Kathy Bell Denton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-23-13

Publisher: Uvi Poznansky

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Poetry

Publisher's Summary:

Home. A simple word; a loaded one. You can say it in a whisper, you can say it in a cry. Expressed in poetry and prose in the voices of father and daughter, you can hear a visceral longing for an ideal place. A place never to be found again.

Imagine the shock, imagine the sadness when a daughter discovers her father's work, the poetry he had never shared with anyone during the last two decades of his life. Six years after that moment of discovery, which happened in her childhood home while mourning for his passing, Uvi Poznansky presents a tender tribute: a collection of poems and prose, half of which is written by her, and half--by her father, the author, poet and artist Zeev Kachel. She has been translating his poems for nearly a year, with careful attention to rhyme and rhythm, in an effort to remain faithful to the spirit of his words.

Zeev's writing is always autobiographical in nature; you can view it as an ongoing diary of his life. Uvi's writing is rarely so, especially when it comes to her prose. She is a storyteller who delights in conjuring up various figments of her imagination, and fleshing them out on paper. She sees herself chasing her characters with a pen, in an attempt to see the world from their point of view, and to capture their voices. But in some of her poems, she offers you a rare glimpse into her most guarded, intensely private moments, yearning for Home.

Members Reviews:

Soul-Touching

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys poetry, family relationships and the universal emotions echoing in my heart, this luminous combination of autobiography and dialog between a man who has died and his surviving daughter?

Who was your favorite character and why?

Both the strengths and fraility of the mother and the father were portrayed excellently.

Have you listened to any of Kathy Bell Dentons other performances before? How does this one compare?

I have not heard any of her other performances, but I was mesmerized by her voice and the power of the performance.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The yearning many of us share by using the magical metaphor of life rewinded, reflecting the theme in her fathers poetry.

Any additional comments?

The combination of both the powerful poetry and performance has made this a book worth listening to many times.

Elegant and Elegiac

If you could sum up Home in three words, what would they be?

Elegant and Elegiac

What other book might you compare Home to and why?

No comparison.

Have you listened to any of Kathy Bell Dentons other performances before? How does this one compare?

I've not heard Kathy Bell Denton's other performances.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Elegant and Elegiac

Any additional comments?

In a day and age when much of the music in poetry has died, you can now hear the voices of father and daughter singing their harmonious duet in Home. Uvi Poznansky takes you with her through that tunnel of memory into her fathers lost world, into his river of poetic dreams, a narrative that flows with the voice of longing, lament, and loneliness, on to the day his immortal soul stands by his grave in I Plucked a Wildflower.

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Title: A Book of Poetry for Adults

Author: RyAnn Adams Hall

Narrator: Stefanie Jones

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 7 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-19-13

Publisher: Ryann A Hall

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Drama & Poetry, Poetry

Publisher's Summary:

These are poems that tell about myself, my family, and my friends. It tells about a variety of subjects instead of just one. It is the third book in my collection. A Book of Poetry for Teenagers is the first, and A Book of Poetry for Young Adults is the second.

Members Reviews:

Another Great Book!

If you could sum up A Book of Poetry for Adults in three words, what would they be?

I loved it! It was as good as her other poem books. This author is great and really puts her feelings out there!

What other book might you compare A Book of Poetry for Adults to and why?

Her book of poetry for teenagers.

What about Stefanie Joness performance did you like?

She kept me entertained. She performed this book very well!

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes, I did listen to it all in one sitting!

Great Book!

Would you listen to A Book of Poetry for Adults again? Why?

Yes, I would read this book again. I loved this book. This author's writing it great! The poems made me laugh and some almost cry.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Both!