Portable Poetry

Herman Melville was born in New York City on August 1st, 1819, the third of eight children. At the age of 7 Melville contracted scarlet fever which was to permanently diminish his eyesight. At this...

Herman Melville was born in New York City on August 1st, 1819, the third of eight children. At the age of 7 Melville contracted scarlet fever which was to permanently diminish his eyesight. At this...

In 1847 he married Elizabeth Shaw and after initially settling in New York they moved to Massachusetts. By 1851 his masterpiece, Moby Dick, was ready and published. It is perhaps, and certainly at...

"I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge."Herman Melville, best known for writing Moby Dick, was an American writer whose poetry perhaps goes largely unheralded...

"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation."Herman Melville, best known for writing Moby Dick, was an American writer whose poetry perhaps goes largely unheralded. Undeservedly...

"At the height of their madness, The night winds pause, Recollecting themselves; But no lull in these wars."Herman Melville's Battle Pieces and Aspects of the War takes the form of seventy-two...

Humbert Wolfe - Shylock Reasons with Mr Chesterton : "Whether 'tis True Or No, it Shall be True Just Long Enough to Build a Bridge to You"Author: Humbert WolfePublisher: Portable PoetryPublication...

Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse...

Israel Zangwill was born in London on 21st January 1864, to a family of Jewish immigrants from the Russian Empire. Zangwill was initially educated in Plymouth and Bristol. At age 9 he was enrolled in...

J Griffyth Fairfax - The Horns of Taurus : "He Voices, Lonely, Aloud''Author: J GRIFFYTH FAIRFAX.Publisher: Portable PoetryPublication Date: Apr 22, 2020Number of Pages: 45 pagesLanguage:...

James Elroy Flecker was born on 5th November 1884, in Lewisham, London. Flecker does not seem to have enjoyed academic study and achieved only a Third-Class Honours in Greats in 1906. This did not...

James Elroy Flecker was born on 5th November 1884, in Lewisham, London. Flecker does not seem to have enjoyed academic study and achieved only a Third-Class Honours in Greats in 1906. This did not...

James Elroy Flecker was born on 5th November 1884, in Lewisham, London. Flecker does not seem to have enjoyed academic study and achieved only a Third-Class Honours in Greats in 1906. This did not...

John Bunyan was born in 1628. His fame emanates from the allegorical book The Pilgrim's Progress. A classic of the English language. A committed non-conformist Bunyan's life covered two seminal...

John Bunyan was born in 1628. His fame emanates from the allegorical book The Pilgrim's Progress. A classic of the English language. A committed non-conformist Bunyan's life covered two seminal...

John Davidson - Fleet Street & Other Poems : 'Fleet Street was Once a Silence in the Ether''Author: John DavidsonPublisher: Portable PoetryPublication Date: Jun 02, 2020Number of Pages: 72...

John Davidson - Fleet Street Eclogues (Second Series) : 'Then where is the Wonderful Land of Spells''Author: John DavidsonPublisher: Portable PoetryPublication Date: Jun 02, 2020Number of Pages: 37...

John Davidson - Fleet Street Eclogues : 'This Trade that We Ply with the Pen, Unworthy of Heroes Or Men''Author: John DavidsonPublisher: Portable PoetryPublication Date: Jun 03, 2020Number of Pages:...

John Davidson - Holiday & Other Poems : 'Larks Intoned a Morning Stave; Nightingales, a Midnight Mass''Author: John DavidsonPublisher: Portable PoetryPublication Date: Jun 02, 2020Number of Pages: 51...

John Davidson - In a Music-hall & Other Poems: 'In a Music-hall, Rancid and Hot, I Lost My Soul Night After Night''Author: John DavidsonPublisher: Portable PoetryPublication Date: Jun 03, 2020Number...

John Davidson - The Last Ballad & Other Poems : 'Alone with His Own Soul, Alone With Life and Death, with Day and Night''Author: John DavidsonPublisher: Portable PoetryPublication Date: Jun 03,...

John Dryden was born on August 9th, 1631 in the village rectory of Aldwincle near Thrapston in Northamptonshire. As a boy Dryden lived in the nearby village of Titchmarsh, Northamptonshire. In 1644...

John Dryden was born on August 9th, 1631 in the village rectory of Aldwincle near Thrapston in Northamptonshire. As a boy Dryden lived in the nearby village of Titchmarsh, Northamptonshire. In 1644...

John Dryden was born on August 9th, 1631 in the village rectory of Aldwincle near Thrapston in Northamptonshire. As a boy Dryden lived in the nearby village of Titchmarsh, Northamptonshire. In 1644...

John Ford is another of England's famed literary masters. A Playwright and Poet, he was the most important writer of Tragedies during the reign of King Charles I (1625-49). His works are beautifully...

John Frederick Freeman was born in London on 29th January 1880. He began his working life as an office boy at 13. Although known as a poet he did, in fact, build an early, successful, career in...

John Greenleaf Whittier was born December 17, 1807, in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Growing up on the family farm his education was little and informal. A Quaker, Whittier worked passionately for...

Keats. The name is synonymous with great romantic poetry and great romantic poets. A short life but a legacy of works that few if any can rival. And of course his end was to be tragically romantic...

John Milton was born in Bread Street, London, on December 9th, 1608. His early years were privately tutored before gaining a place at St Paul's School and in 1625 he matriculated at Christ's College,...

John Payne was born on 23rd August 1842 in Bloomsbury, London. He began his career in the legal profession but thus was soon put to one side as he began his renowned translations of Boccaccio's...