Wilderness Songs
Grace H. Conkling
Read by Nemo
This second volume of verse by Grace Hazard Conkling -- American poet, author and musician -- ranges in theme from close observations of the natural world to the loss and desolation of World War I. Having taught English for 34 years at Smith College, Conkling remains honored to this day with an annual poetry residency in her name. - Summary by Nemo (1 hr 24 min)
Chapters
The Road to Mount Tom | 2:03 | Read by Nemo |
The Road to Hockanum Ferry | 1:49 | Read by Nemo |
The Road to the Pool | 1:05 | Read by Nemo |
The Saw-mill on the Connecticut | 1:26 | Read by Nemo |
Songs on the Mohawk Trail (6 Short Poems) | 5:03 | Read by Nemo |
Journey's End | 1:23 | Read by Nemo |
War | 1:30 | Read by Nemo |
The Return of Jeanne D'arc | 5:55 | Read by Eva Davis |
Refugees- Belgium 1914 | 2:02 | Read by Eva Davis |
At the Cross-roads | 0:46 | Read by Nemo |
Letter to an Aviator in France | 4:45 | Read by Nemo |
The Names | 2:45 | Read by Nemo |
Adventure | 5:19 | Read by Nemo |
Six Songs From Over There (6 Short Poems) | 3:28 | Read by Nemo |
The Dream | 1:10 | Read by Nemo |
The Ruined Cities | 1:51 | Read by Nemo |
His Letter | 2:15 | Read by Nemo |
The Nightingales of Flanders | 1:03 | Read by Nemo |
To Francis Ledwidge | 1:27 | Read by Nemo |
Rheims Cathedral- 1918 | 1:06 | Read by Nemo |
Victory Bells | 1:26 | Read by Nemo |
‘Honorably Discharged’ | 0:41 | Read by Nemo |
Poppies | 0:43 | Read by Nemo |
Frost on a Window | 1:05 | Read by Nemo |
Hilda in the Wood | 1:28 | Read by Nemo |
To the Schooner ‘Casco’ | 1:34 | Read by Nemo |
A Letter to Elsa | 2:20 | Read by Nemo |
The Caribbean From a Northern Garden | 1:20 | Read by Nemo |
I Have Cared for You, Moon | 1:06 | Read by Nemo |
Dilemma | 3:10 | Read by Nemo |
Songs of Places-old Mexico (13 Short Poems) | 5:47 | Read by Nemo |
The Door-harp | 1:05 | Read by Nemo |
Bells at Evening | 0:49 | Read by Nemo |
Night Song | 0:54 | Read by Nemo |
A Child's Song Overheard | 1:11 | Read by Nemo |
Parting | 0:45 | Read by Nemo |
White Foxglove | 0:42 | Read by Nemo |
The Rainy Moon | 0:51 | Read by Nemo |
Garden Dusk | 1:08 | Read by Nemo |
The Rose | 0:42 | Read by Nemo |
Cedars | 0:49 | Read by Nemo |
Moonrise | 0:59 | Read by Nemo |
Solitude | 1:24 | Read by Nemo |
‘Nuit D'etoiles’ | 0:52 | Read by Nemo |
‘Reflets Dans L'eau’ | 1:12 | Read by Nemo |
Elegy for the Irish Poet, Ledwidge | 1:18 | Read by Nemo |
The Wilderness | 1:16 | Read by Nemo |