Yellow Sheaves Poetry Podcast
1) Chimney Sweepers
Let's delve into a world which runs parallel to the ones which the privileged enjoy.Unfortunately,this poem written in 1789, presents the facts which run through the society and how we fail to raise t...Show More
2) Life
This poem by Anna Laetitia Barbauld is beautiful reminder to everyone to embrace the moment of the final rest in life ,that is death.This poem is a meditation on life in general.
3) Rock Me to Sleep
Written in the year 1859 Rock Me To Sleep is a poem mostly known for its opening lines.This poem is not only full of sentimental nostalgia but also how magically our mother transforms our childhood in...Show More
4) If
Another poem from the 19th century,a treasure which is often called a self help book in itself. Written by Rudyard Kipling, this poem explores and gives guidance as to how a man/ woman should be, and ...Show More
5) Dear Doctor
Written in 1830 this poem by Lord Byron is all about those times when publishers very firmly and mostly rudely rejected the publications of writers. Praising them at first and then very neatly rejecti...Show More
6) Care For Thy Soul As Thing of Greatest Price
So here is a poem by William Byrd:) this poem epitomizes the importance of taking care of yourself and specially that soul which is living inside your body. The poet believes that if you do take good ...Show More
7) I Would I Were a Careless Child
This is a poem by Lord Byron, written in the year 1807. This poem is about the inner conflicts and the emotions from the point of view of a young man who is away from his home. This poem is not only a...Show More
8) Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art
This poem is a love sonnet written by John Keats in the year 1819.it is often read as a declaration of love of the poet towards his darling. It is also one of those few poems which hint that John Keat...Show More
9) She Walks in Beauty
George Gordon Byron also known as Lord Byron was an accomplished English poet of the 19th century. One of his biographers describes him as "a mystery in a winding sheet crowned with a halo". He was an...Show More
10) When You Are Old
This is a poem by the 19th century Irish poet William Butler Yeats. The speaker is asking his lover to think ahead to the future and the time when they will be old and suggests that the lover will reg...Show More