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Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967)

A collection of poems by Dorothy Parker that previously appeared in Life, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and The New York World. Included here is the famous short poem "News Item": Men seldom make passes - At girls who wear glasses. - Summary by mleigh

Genre(s): Single author

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	Threnody	Larry Wilson	00:01:11
Play 02	The Small Hours	Stefan Von Blon	00:00:53
Play 03	The False Friends	Stefan Von Blon	00:01:21
Play 04	The Trifler	Tomas Peter	00:01:28
Play 05	A Very Short Song	Stefan Von Blon	00:00:50
Play 06	A Well-Worn Story	Ricardo Flores	00:01:19
Play 07	Convalescent	Chris Archer	00:01:28
Play 08	The Dark Girl's Rhyme	Winnifred Assmann	00:01:38
Play 09	Epitaph	Larry Wilson	00:01:02
Play 10	Light of Love	Chris Archer	00:01:01
Play 11	Wail	Chris Archer	00:00:43
Play 12	The Satin Dress	Chris Archer	00:01:32
Play 13	Somebody's Song	Chris Archer	00:01:25
Play 14	Anecdote	Stefan Von Blon	00:00:35
Play 15	Braggart	Tomas Peter	00:01:11
Play 16	Epitaph for a Darling Lady	Chris Archer	00:00:51
Play 17	To a Much Too Unfortunate Lady	Ricardo Flores	00:01:27
Play 18	Paths	JaredG	00:00:50
Play 19	Hearthside	Larry Wilson	00:01:17
Play 20	The New Love	Lucy Kim	00:00:54
Play 21	Rainy Night	Maria Angela R. Aragon	00:02:20
Play 22	For a Sad Lady	Lucy Kim	00:00:33
Play 23	Recurrence	Chris Pyle	00:01:00
Play 24	Story of Mrs. W——	Chris Pyle	00:01:09
Play 25	The Dramatists	Tomas Peter	00:01:03
Play 26	August	Larry Wilson	00:01:00
Play 27	The White Lady	Lee Vogler	00:00:54
Play 28	I Know I Have Been Happiest	Winnifred Assmann	00:01:12
Play 29	Testament	VO Gal	00:01:05
Play 30	"I Shall Come Back"	czandra	00:01:03
Play 31	Condolence	Winnifred Assmann	00:01:11
Play 32	The Immortals	Bruce Kachuk	00:01:15
Play 33	A Portrait	Winnifred Assmann	00:01:14
Play 34	Portrait of the Artist	Dani H	00:00:53
Play 35	Chant for Dark Hours	Dani H	00:01:18
Play 36	Unfortunate Coincidence	Lee Vogler	00:00:28
Play 37	Verse Reporting Late Arrival at a Conclusion	Tomas Peter	00:01:07
Play 38	Inventory	Winnifred Assmann	00:00:47
Play 39	Now at Liberty	Seraphina	00:01:28
Play 40	Comment	Tricia Wheeler	00:00:32
Play 41	Plea	Ricardo Flores	00:01:45
Play 42	Pattern	Ricardo Flores	00:00:54
Play 43	De Profundis	czandra	00:00:55
Play 44	They Part	J. E. Holt	00:00:40
Play 45	Ballade of a Great Weariness	Tomas Peter	00:01:55
Play 46	Résumé	Lee Vogler	00:00:30
Play 47	Renunciation	AzaseahRose	00:00:44
Play 48	Day-Dreams	Hope	00:01:26
Play 49	The Veteran	Larry Wilson	00:01:03
Play 50	Prophetic Soul	Tomas Peter	00:00:31
Play 51	Verse for a Certain Dog	Winnifred Assmann	00:01:52
Play 52	Folk Tune	Jennifer Shipon	00:01:00
Play 53	Godspeed	Tricia Wheeler	00:00:33
Play 54	Song of Perfect Propriety	mleigh	00:02:00
Play 55	Social Note	JaredG	00:00:32
Play 56	One Perfect Rose	quartertone	00:00:52
Play 57	Ballade at Thirty-five	Louise Poulsom	00:01:53
Play 58	The Thin Edge	quartertone	00:00:33
Play 59	Spring Song	Jaji Evans	00:01:19
Play 60	Love Song	Tricia Wheeler	00:01:38
Play 61	Indian Summer	Tricia Wheeler	00:00:45
Play 62	Philosophy	Tomas Peter	00:00:31
Play 63	For an Unknown Lady	quartertone	00:01:03
Play 64	The Leal	Chris Pyle	00:00:37
Play 65	Finis	J. E. Holt	00:00:55
Play 66	Words of Comfort to be Scratched on a Mirror	quartertone	00:00:32
Play 67	Men	Lee Vogler	00:00:44
Play 68	News Item	Tricia Wheeler	00:00:27
Play 69	Song of One of the Girls	quartertone	00:00:54
Play 70	Lullaby	J. E. Holt	00:01:42
Play 71	Faut de Mieux	Tomas Peter	00:00:30
Play 72	Roundel	VO Gal	00:00:49
Play 73	A Certain Lady	Lee Vogler	00:01:33
Play 74	Observation	Lee Vogler	00:00:33
Play 75	Symptom Recital	Tricia Wheeler	00:01:21
Play 76	Fighting Words	Hope	00:00:39
Play 77	Rondeau Redoublé	Tomas Peter	00:01:50
Play 78	Autobiography	Lee Vogler	00:00:23
Play 79	The Choice	De Anna Lee	00:01:14
Play 80	Ballade of Big Plans	Jennifer Shipon	00:01:54
Play 81	General Review of the Sex Situation	De Anna Lee	00:00:40
Play 82	Inscription for the Ceiling of a Bedroom	April6090	00:01:14
Play 83	Pictures in the Smoke	April6090	00:00:33
Play 84	Biographies	Tricia Wheeler	00:03:45
Play 85	Nocturne	Tomas Peter	00:01:08
Play 86	Interview	Lee Vogler	00:00:39
Play 87	Song in a Minor Key	De Anna Lee	00:01:06
Play 88	Experience	czandra	00:00:28
Play 89	Neither Bloody Nor Bowed	Larry Wilson	00:00:43
Play 90	The Burned Child	mleigh	00:01:17

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