troubadour sessions

Henry Carey was an English poet, dramatist and songwriter who lived from (1687-1743). Here we present his poem Sally In Our Alley, read by Mark Hales (Recording © Mark Hales)

A poem called Mother Nature - Earth, is an attempt using metaphor to describe the earth and it development, inspired by climate change.

H K Hales (1868-1942) was a shipping magnet, he was known for his eccentricity and was the inspiration for the main character in Arnold Bennett's The Card.

Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894) was an English poet and sister of Dante Gabriel Rossetti also a poet. She developed breast cancer in 1893, the tumour was removed, however, the tumour returned in September 1894 which caused her untimely death at the age of 64 in the December of the same year. Here we present her poem Rest read by Mark Hales (recording © Mark Hales).

Raffles and Bunny attend a cricket match.

Ray spent many years working for the library service, he has written as a hobby for many years, today he presents one of his poems.

A poem written and read by Mark Hales © Betrayal formally known as Pollution (Cannon Fodder). It was written as an exercise in class and developed further later.

It is William Shakespeare birthday on the 23rd of April and here we present a poem by the great bard.

Here we present Home-Thoughts, From The Sea, written by Robert Browning who was an English poet and playwright (1812 - 1889)