Kéramos : and other poems

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)

This is a collection of 51 poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. which include many sonnets, plus 7 translations of poems by Virgil, Ovid, Michael Angelo and others. The signature 20 minute poem, Kéramos, whisks us on an imaginary magic cloak around Europe to visit the most famous potteries of olden times, and the many edifices their ceramic art adorns and/or commemorates. Keramos is a name still used today for the study of ceramic materials both for art and for technology.

2-17 are grouped under BIRDS OF PASSAGE Flight the Fifth
18-36 are grouped under A BOOK OF SONNETS, PART II
37-43 are grouped under TRANSLATIONS
44-51 are grouped under SEVEN SONNETS and a Canzone, from the Italian of Michael Angelo

- Summary by Michele Fry

Genre(s): Poetry

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 01. Keramos Michele Fry
00:20:37
Play 02 02. The Herons of Elmwood Liam Knowles
00:02:06
Play 03 03. A Dutch Picture Liam Knowles
00:02:30
Play 04 04. Castles in Spain Sheridan Alistair
00:04:52
Play 05 05. Vittoria Colonna Alan Mapstone
00:02:54
Play 06 06. The Revenge of Rain-in-the-Face William Allan Jones
00:02:24
Play 07 07. To the River Yvette Sonia
00:01:16
Play 08 08. The Emperor's Glove Sonia
00:01:36
Play 09 09. A Ballad of the French Fleet Phil Schempf
00:02:45
Play 10 10. The Leap of Roushan Beg CadenB
00:03:55
Play 11 11. Haroun Al Raschid Alan Mapstone
00:01:01
Play 12 12. King Trisanku Phil Schempf
00:00:59
Play 13 13. A Wraith in the Mist Bruce Kachuk
00:01:17
Play 14 14. The Three Kings Larry Wilson
00:03:46
Play 15 15.Song Stefan Von Blon
00:01:37
Play 16 16. The White Czar Alan Mapstone
00:03:01
Play 17 17. Delia Bruce Kachuk
00:00:52
Play 18 18. Nature Lisa Marie Dolcy
00:01:13
Play 19 19. In the Churchyard at Tarrytown Bruce Kachuk
00:01:21
Play 20 20. Eliot's Oak Crimson Rose Sugg
00:01:04
Play 21 21. The Descent of the Moses Mike O'Brien
00:01:01
Play 22 22. Venice Alan Mapstone
00:01:20
Play 23 23. The Poets Larry Wilson
00:01:05
Play 24 24. Parker Cleveland Bruce Kachuk
00:01:28
Play 25 25. The Harvest Moon Larry Wilson
00:01:06
Play 26 26. To the River Rhone Alan Mapstone
00:01:20
Play 27 27. The Three Silences of Molinos Mike O'Brien
00:01:06
Play 28 28. The Two Rivers Lisa Marie Dolcy
00:04:05
Play 29 29. Boston Liam Knowles
00:00:57
Play 30 30. St. John's, Cambridge Alan Mapstone
00:01:21
Play 31 31. Moods Lisa Marie Dolcy
00:01:11
Play 32 32. Woodstock Park Alan Mapstone
00:01:19
Play 33 33. The Four Princesses at Wilna Bruce Kachuk
00:01:25
Play 34 34. Holidays Bruce Kachuk
00:01:20
Play 35 35. Wapentake Wayne Cooke
00:01:21
Play 36 36. The Broken Oar William Allan Jones
00:01:21
Play 37 37. Vergil's First Eclogue, a translation Lector1
00:06:47
Play 38 38. Ovid in Exile, a translation Phil Schempf
00:10:50
Play 39 39. On the Terrace of the Aigalades Sonia
00:02:19
Play 40 40. To my Brooklet Alan Mapstone
00:01:34
Play 41 41. Barreges Sonia
00:01:47
Play 42 42. Forsaken Lector1
00:01:05
Play 43 43. Allah Alan Mapstone
00:01:03
Play 44 44. Sonnet I. The Artist, a translation from the Italian of Michael Angelo Algy Pug
00:01:22
Play 45 45. Sonnet 2. Fire, a translation from the Italian of Michael Angelo Algy Pug
00:01:20
Play 46 46. Sonnet 3. Youth and Age, a translation from the Italian of Michael Angelo Alan Mapstone
00:01:24
Play 47 47. Sonnet 4. Old Age, a translation from the Italian of Michael Angelo Alan Mapstone
00:01:25
Play 48 48. Sonnet 5. To Vittoria Colonna, a translation from the Italian of Michael Angelo Algy Pug
00:01:23
Play 49 49. Sonnet 6. To Vittoria Colonna, a translation from the Italian of Michael Angelo Algy Pug
00:01:25
Play 50 50. Sonnet 7. Dante, a translation from the Italian of Michael Angelo Alan Mapstone
00:01:23
Play 51 51. Canzone, a translation from the Italian of Michael Angelo Alan Mapstone
00:01:17