William Stanley Braithwaite, a talented poet in his own right, was most notable for his anthologies of poetry including these annual collections that spanned at least twelve years from 1913 to 1924. These were composed of poems written in that year, and included a wide range of poetry from classical to avant-garde. As an African American, he also included many selections from other African American poets. He is recognized as a significant publisher of Harlem Renaissance poets. This volume includes poets such as Vachel Lindsay., Bliss Carman, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Joyce Kilmer, Madison Cawein, Sara Teasdale, and many others. (Summary by Larry Wilson)
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Introduction Read by Larry Wilson 27:00
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Phi Beta Kappa Poem by Bliss Carman Read by Larry Wilson 11:55
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The Deserted Pasture by Bliss Carman Read by Lily Alphonse 1:44
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To a Phoebe-bird by Witter Bynner Read by mleigh 1:19
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From a Motor in May by Corrine Roosevelt Robinson Read by Lily Alphonse 1:05
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To a Garden in April by Walter Conrad Arensberg Read by Lily Alphonse 0:37
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Jewel Weed by Florence Earle Coates Read by Lily Alphonse 1:27
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Irish by Edward J. O'brien Read by Lee Vogler 0:39
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The Regents' Examination by Jessie Wallace Hughan Read by Daniel Silverman 1:25
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Yankee Doodle by Vachel Lindsay Read by Lisa Greene 2:46
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Fight by Percy MacKaye Read by Greg Giordano and 7 others 28:19
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The Prophet by Lyman Bryson Read by Bruce Kachuk 1:25
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Newport by Alice Duer Miller Read by Winnifred Assmann 1:13
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To a Photographer by Berton Braley Read by Bruce Kachuk 1:31
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Song by Edward J. O'brien Read by Laurie Banza 0:38
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Sonnet XXXVII by Arthur Davison Ficke Read by Daniel Silverman 1:21
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The Hunting of Dian by George Starling Read by Alan Mapstone 3:23
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The Firemen's Ball by Vachel Lindsay Read by Larry Wilson and 3 others 10:06
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Summons by Louis Untermeyer Read by Larry Wilson 3:20
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Patterns by James Oppenhiem Read by De Anna Lee 1:33
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New York by Edwin Davies Schoonmaker Read by Jonathan Jones 10:18
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We Dead by James Oppenheim Read by redrun 7:37
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God and the Farmer by Frederick Erastus Pierce Read by Kerry Adams 3:20
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Song by Ruth Guthrie Harding Read by Laurie Banza 1:02
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Surety by Witter Bynner Read by De Anna Lee 1:12
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Remembrance: Greek Folk-Song by Margaret Widdemer Read by redrun 2:04
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The Two Flames by Eloise Briton Read by Daniel Silverman 7:03
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The Look by Sara Teasdale Read by De Anna Lee 0:51
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The Flirt by Amelia Josephine Burr Read by Lee Vogler 1:04
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Young Eden by Witter Bynner Read by NovaComms 3:57
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Ablution by John Myers O'Hare Read by Hope 0:57
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Pilgrmage by Laura Campbell Read by Jonathan Jones 2:16
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Ballad of Two Seas by George Sterling Read by Alan Mapstone 3:17
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Eros Turannos by Edwin Arlington Robinson Read by De Anna Lee 2:48
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The Shroud by Edna St. Vincent Millay Read by Hope 0:52
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The Mother by Lydia Gibson Read by De Anna Lee 1:35
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A Handful of Dust by James Oppenheimer Read by Alan Mapstone 2:53
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A Lynmouth Widow by Amelia Josephine Burr Read by De Anna Lee 1:23
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The Gift of God by Edwin Arlington Robinson Read by aliyu 2:01
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Sonnet XXIX by Arthur Davison Ficke Read by Jessica Castro-Rappl 1:09
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Romance by Conrad Aiken Read by Jonathan Jones 33:19
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If You Should Cease to Love Me by Corrine Roosevelt Robinson Read by Jonathan Jones 2:16
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Vain Excuse by Walter Conrad Arnesberg Read by De Anna Lee 1:22
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Sonnet XXX by Arthur Davison Ficke Read by Jessica Castro-Rappl 1:09
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Lost Treasure by Lydia Gibson Read by aliyu 1:17
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Old Fairingdown by Olive Tilford Dargan Read by Hope 4:33
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In the Roman Forum by Amelia Josephine Burr Read by De Anna Lee 4:14
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Ash Wednesday by John Erskine Read by Jonathan Jones 13:06
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The Laggard Song by Richard Le Gallienne Read by Bruce Kachuk 1:30
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Grotesque by Ruth Guthrie Harding Read by mleigh 1:51
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Ballade of a Dead Lady by Richard Le Gallienne Read by De Anna Lee 2:06
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An Epitaph by Walter Conrad Arnesberg Read by Dereck Atwater 0:38
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War by Witter Bynner Read by Dereck Atwater 0:42
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France by Percy MacKaye Read by Nidhi Prakash 0:52
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The Drum by E. Sutton Read by Jonathan Jones 5:54
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If! by Bartholomew F. Griffin Read by Dan McNellan 2:31
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Prelude by Edmond McKenna Read by Dan McNellan 4:44
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The Other Army by Bartholomew F. Griffin Read by Alan Mapstone 2:20
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The Bugle by E. Sutton Read by Nidhi Prakash 3:11
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He Went for a Soldier by Ruth Comfort Mitchell Read by Dan McNellan 3:05
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Six Sonnets (August, 1914) by Percy MacKaye Read by Lisa Greene 5:54
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Litany of Nations by William Griffith Read by De Anna Lee 4:28
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To the Necrophile by Walter Conrad Arnesberg Read by Lee Vogler 1:25
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Louvain by Oliver Herford Read by Bruce Kachuk 1:17
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The Ancient Sacrifice by Mahlon Leonard Fisher Read by mleigh 1:28
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The Pipes of the North by E. Sutton Read by Alan Mapstone 4:09
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Out of Babylon by Clinton Scollard Read by Alan Mapstone 2:18
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''Funere Mersit Acerbo'' by Ruth Shepard Phelps Read by Alan Mapstone 1:39
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Afterwards by Mahlon Leonard Fisher Read by mleigh 1:25
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Evening by Charlotte Wilson Read by Larry Wilson 1:12
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Lights through the Mist by William Rose Benet Read by Larry Wilson 1:01
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The Twelve-Forty-Five by Joyce Kilmer Read by Alan Mapstone 4:40
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The Last Demand by Faith Baldwin Read by Larry Wilson 2:08
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Godspeed! By Jane Belfeld Read by De Anna Lee 1:16
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At the End of the Road by Madison Cawein Read by Winnifred Assmann 1:36
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Path-Flower by Olive Tilford Dargan Read by Larry Wilson 4:21
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The God-Maker, Man by Don Marquis Read by Alan Mapstone 4:59
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Ten Books of Poetry for a Small Library Read by docdlmartin 11:12
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Twenty-five Books of Poetry for a Larger Library Read by docdlmartin 11:07
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Supplementary List of Significant Books of Poetry for a Large Library Read by docdlmartin 28:53
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