Sword Blades and Poppy Seed
Amy Lowell
Play
Length 3 h 26 min
Chapters 60
First published 1914
This is a volume of poems by Amy Lowell, published in 1914.
"Against the multitudinous array of daily verse our times produce this volume utters itself with a range and brilliancy wholly remarkable. I cannot see that Miss Lowell's use of unrhymed 'vers libre' has been surpassed in English. Read 'The Captured Goddess', 'Music', and 'The Precinct. Rochester', a piece of mastercraft in this kind. A wealth of subtleties and sympathies, gorgeously wrought, full of macabre effects (as many of the poems are) and brilliantly worked out. The things of splendor she has made she will hardly outdo in their kind." (Josephine Preston Peabody, 'The Boston Herald', 1916)
Chapters
1
Preface Read by Anusha Iyer 8:17
2
Sword Blades and Poppy Seeds Read by Ken Masters 25:40
3
Sword Blades - The Captured Goddess Read by Ken Masters 2:20
4
Sword Blades - The Precinct, Rochester Read by Ken Masters 4:08
5
Sword Blades - The Cyclists Read by Ken Masters 1:01
6
Sword Blades - Sunshine through a Cobwebbed Window Read by Jairus Amar 1:46
7
Sword Blades - A London Thoroughfare. 2 AM. Read by Ben Adams 1:49
8
Sword Blades - Astigmatism Read by Lisa Reichert 3:26
9
Sword Blades - The Coal Picker Read by Ben Adams 3:33
10
Sword Blades - Storm-Racked Read by Ken Masters 1:23
11
Sword Blades - Convalescence Read by Ken Masters 1:19
12
Sword Blades - Patience Read by Ken Masters 1:52
13
Sword Blades - Apology Read by Ken Masters 1:43
14
Sword Blades - A Petition Read by Ken Masters 1:13
15
Sword Blades - A Blockhead Read by Ken Masters 1:27
16
Sword Blades - Stupidity Read by Ken Masters 1:29
17
Sword Blades - Irony Read by Ken Masters 1:26
18
Sword Blades - Happiness Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) 1:31
19
Sword Blades - The Last Quarter of the Moon Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) 2:48
20
Sword Blades - A Tale of Starvation Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) 8:00
21
Sword Blades - The Foreigner Read by Jairus Amar 2:54
22
Sword Blades - Absence Read by Anusha Iyer 1:04
23
Sword Blades - A Gift Read by Shakira Searle 0:57
24
Sword Blades - The Bungler Read by Anusha Iyer 0:33
25
Sword Blades - Fool's Money Bags Read by Anusha Iyer 1:00
26
Sword Blades - Miscast I Read by Rosslyn Carlyle 1:01
27
Sword Blades - Miscast II Read by Rosslyn Carlyle 0:41
28
Sword Blades - Anticipation Read by Anusha Iyer 0:48
29
Sword Blades - Vintage Read by Ben Adams 1:19
30
Sword Blades - The Tree of Scarlet Berries Read by Ben Adams 1:06
31
Sword Blades - Obligation Read by Ben Adams 0:54
32
Sword Blades - The Taxi Read by Shakira Searle 0:56
33
Sword Blades - The Giver of Stars Read by Shakira Searle 1:08
34
Sword Blades - The Temple Read by Rosslyn Carlyle 1:09
35
Sword Blades - Epitaph of a Young Poet Who Died before Having Achieved Success Read by Rosslyn Carlyle 0:29
36
Sword Blades - In Answer to a Request Read by Rosslyn Carlyle 1:08
37
Poppy Seed - The Great Adventure of Max Breuck, 1-11 Read by esheffield 5:20
38
Poppy Seed - The Great Adventure of Max Breuck, 12-22 Read by esheffield 5:19
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Poppy Seed - The Great Adventure of Max Breuck, 23-33 Read by esheffield 5:34
40
Poppy Seed - The Great Adventure of Max Breuck, 34-44 Read by esheffield 5:26
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Poppy Seed - The Great Adventure of Max Breuck, 45-55 Read by esheffield 5:17
42
Poppy Seed - The Great Adventure of Max Breuck, 56-65 Read by esheffield 5:02
43
Poppy Seed - Sancta Maria, Succurre Miseris Read by Rosslyn Carlyle 4:31
44
Poppy Seed - After Hearing a Waltz by Bartók Read by Rosslyn Carlyle 4:17
45
Poppy Seed - Clear, With Light, Variable Winds Read by Anusha Iyer 2:40
46
Poppy Seed - The Basket Read by Rosslyn Carlyle 7:55
47
Poppy Seed - In a Castle Read by Rosslyn Carlyle 7:23
48
Poppy Seed - The Book of Hours of Sister Clotilde Read by Rosslyn Carlyle 14:32
49
Poppy Seed - The Exeter Road Read by Rosslyn Carlyle 3:07
50
Poppy Seed - The Shadow Read by Rosslyn Carlyle 19:38
51
Poppy Seed - The Forsaken Read by Rosslyn Carlyle 5:27
52
Poppy Seed - Late September Read by Rosslyn Carlyle 1:22
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Poppy Seed - The Pike Read by Rosslyn Carlyle 0:58
54
Poppy Seed - The Blue Scarf Read by Shakira Searle 2:30
55
Poppy Seed - White and Green Read by Rosslyn Carlyle 0:42
56
Poppy Seed - Aubade Read by Rosslyn Carlyle 0:32
57
Poppy Seed - Music Read by Shakira Searle 1:34
58
Poppy Seed - A Lady Read by Shakira Searle 1:10
59
Poppy Seed - In a Garden Read by Ben Adams 1:35
60
Poppy Seed - A Tulip Garden Read by Rosslyn Carlyle 1:16
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