Sonnets of a Budding Bard: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Sonnets of a Budding Bard, credited to Nixon Waterman, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Sonnets of a Budding Bard by Nixon Waterman. Read in English by Sonia; Scotty Smith; Syan Bateman; mas192; Larry Wilson; Kalynda; Jason in Panama This is a volume of 25 sonnets by American poet Nixon Waterman. The sonnets are written from the perspective of a school boy, and are very humorous, supported by some excellent illustrations by John A. Williams. - Summary by Carolin

Recording facts

• Recording title: Sonnets of a Budding Bard
• Author credits: Nixon Waterman
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 25
• Listed recording duration: 29:39

Catalogue topics

• poetry
• humor
• poem
• USA
• sonnet
• illinois
• 1907
• 2017

Opening tracks: first 24 of 25

1. 01 - Lines wrote in School whilst I shouldst have been studyin' my Lesson — 1:11
2. 02 - Thoughts thought whilst thinkin' about Mary and her Pet Lamb — 1:17
3. 03 - Lines wrote whilst thinkin' about how Pa acts when dressin' up — 0:59
4. 04 - Lines wrote whilst realizin' we oughtst to be kind to dumb Brutes — 1:19
5. 05 - Lines wrote whilst thinkin' about our Parents in the Garden of Eden — 1:15
6. 06 - Lines wrote whilst smartin' from Punishment received for lyin' — 1:08
7. 07 - Thoughts thought about Ma's Notions regardin' Love and House-keepin' — 1:11
8. 08 - Thoughts thought whilst thinkin' of Peary on a hot Summer Day — 1:08
9. 09 - Thoughts thought whilst thinkin' of a Thanksgivin' Day Turkey — 1:07
10. 10 - Sonnet wrote whilst thinkin' of my Sister Maymie's homely Beau — 1:05
11. 11 - Lines wrote whilst recoverin' from an Accident caused by a Hornet — 1:12
12. 12 - Lines wrote on a Summer Day whilst thinkin' of a Soda-fountain — 1:08
13. 13 - Lines wrote after bein' scolded for not doin' as Children used to — 1:13
14. 14 - Lines wrote on readin' how Cleopatra made Men act very foolish — 1:13
15. 15 - Sonnet wrote whilst thinkin' what I wouldst do with Carnegie's Gold — 1:18
16. 16 - Some Thoughts thought whilst havin' to bathe in a Bath-tub — 1:17
17. 17 - Lines wrote in School whilst throwin' Glances at Susan Sanderson — 1:08
18. 18 - Thoughts thought whilst mowin' the Lawn on a Saturday Afternoon — 1:24
19. 19 - Sonnet wrote on the Fly-leaf of my Grammar durin' School Hours — 1:09
20. 20 - Thoughts thought on hearin' Folks find Fault with the Weather — 1:08
21. 21 - Lines wrote after seein' Shakespeare's Hamlet from an Upper Gallery — 1:04
22. 22 - Sonnet wrote whilst retrospectively contemplatin' my First Cigar — 1:11
23. 23 - Sonnet wrote whilst thinkin' about a Vacation spent on a Farm — 1:08
24. 24 - Lines composed after seein' a Book full of Byron's Love Letters — 1:10

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