Invictus by William Ernest Henley

Poetry | Invictus Audio Poetry | Invictus Transcript So heavy is your burden, but so is mine, and so is everyone’s. What you kept telling yourself over the years blaming others for your misfortunes and your so-called failures does not concern me or anyone. All those...

From To Adonais by Percy Shelley

Poetry | To Adonais Audio Poetry | To Adonais Transcript From to Adonais by Percy Bysshe Shelley -39-Peace, peace! he is not dead, he doth not sleep-He hath awakened from the dream of life-‘Tis we, who lost in stormy visions, keepWith phantoms an...

If by Rudyard Kipling

In today’s Poem of the Day episode from Perfect English with Danny podcast, we will dive deep in the world of Rudyard Kipling and his famous poem ‘If’Support this podcast by becoming a patron on Patreon www.patreon.com/dannyballanPerfect English with...

Rudyard Kipling and If

If by Rudyard Kipling If you can keep your head when all about youAre losing theirs and blaming it on you,If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,But make allowance for their doubting too;If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,Or being lied about, don’t...

Robert Frost and The Road Not Taken

IntroductionRobert Frost (1874-1963), American poet, who drew his images from the New England countryside and his language from New England speech. Although Frost’s images and voice often seem familiar and old, his observations have an edge of skepticism and irony...