The Sunken Garden and Other Poems: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Sunken Garden and Other Poems by Walter De la Mare: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 24 original MP3 tracks, 38:08 running time and a link to listen.
The Sunken Garden and Other Poems, credited to Walter De la Mare, 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 The Sunken Garden and Other Poems by Walter De la Mare. Read in English by Bruce Kachuk This fantastic adventure into the realms of the imagination is a superb example of the incomparable skill of poet Walter de la Mare. In this collection the poet explores the intersection of reality and fantasy within the context of an earth-centeredness that extends far beyond our knowing present - an exploration garnered from dreams, from mindful awakening, indeed from ephemeral ventures into the hitherto unknown. In this series of related but diverse poems de la Mare appeals to our thoughtful consideration of his work based not solely on its subject matter but from an element of the supernatural interweaved within each verse. The poet's work thus both unites and at times divides our previously familiar concepts and long-held beliefs with a component of the mystical progression of life itself as we each venture along a path in some ways familiar yet in other ways oddly disjointed and exotic. Prepare to be amazed at the journey on which Walter de la Mare, this exceptional poet, is about to take us. Prepare to depart on an adventure to the realms of this master poet's Sunken Garden, a "green and darkling spot" where perhaps "a distant dreamer dreams." Prepare to share in those universal reveries of prescience that bring wonder and amazement to us all. - Summary by Bruce Kachuk
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Sunken Garden and Other Poems
- Author credits: Walter De la Mare
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 24
- Listed recording duration: 38:08
Catalogue topics
- poetry
- nature
- death
- fantasy
- love
- imagination
- supernatural
- grief
Track guide
- 01 - The Little Salamander — 0:49
- 02 - The Sunken Garden — 1:27
- 03 - The Riddlers — 3:07
- 04 - Mrs. Grundy — 2:24
- 05 - The Dark House — 1:43
- 06 - Mistress Fell — 1:57
- 07 - The Stranger — 1:29
- 08 - The Flight — 1:02
- 09 - The Remonstrance — 1:56
- 10 - The Exile — 1:17
- 11 - Eyes — 0:44
- 12 - The Tryst — 1:59
- 13 - The Old Men — 1:43
- 14 - The Fool's Song — 1:09
- 15 - The Dreamer — 1:08
- 16 - Motley — 3:44
- 17 - To E. T.: 1917 — 0:52
- 18 - Alexander — 1:49
- 19 - For All the Grief — 1:07
- 20 - Farewell — 1:38
- 21 - Clear Eyes — 1:26
- 22 - Music — 1:15
- 23 - In a Churchyard — 0:47
- 24 - Two Houses — 1:35
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