Read by the author with extra audiobook-exclusive poems.
The Book of Common Courage is a collection of prayers, poems, and blessings to help you find a flicker of strength in the small and hard moments of life. Beloved author and therapist K. J. Ramsey invites you to journey word-by-word through Psalm 23 to experience how the Good Shepherd is with you and for you, especially in the valleys of life. When you struggle to find the words to hold your pain or trauma, be encouraged to cultivate the compassion and courage to believe that your story will, in fact, end in joy.
Through K. J.'s lyrical and emotive writing, you are invited to:
- Surrender your anxiety and your tears to a faithful God
- Validate your emotions and embrace them as the gift they are
- Slow down and remember that good will come again
- Replenish your soul with the life of Christ and the promises of God
- Refresh your faith with a peace that lasts
- Experience newfound confidence in prayer
- Remember that even when pain is not past-tense, God is still present
Courage is a common hope that we can cultivate together. These prayers and poems can be read in group settings--among friends, families, and worshipping communities--and are also ideal for personal reflection.
Gather it from memory. Let it touch the earth.
In Touch the Earth, Drew Jackson continues the project he began in God Speaks Through Wombs, reflecting on the Gospel of Luke through poetry. Touch the Earth picks up in chapter nine and continues through the end of Luke's Gospel. Part protest poetry, part biblical commentary, Jackson presents the gospel story in all its liberative power. Here the gospel is the 'fresh words / that speak of / things impossible.'
From the feeding of the multitude ('The best hosts always provide / take home containers”) to the resurrection of Jesus ('the belly of mother Earth / is, indeed, a womb . . . the humus of life is where we become fully human'), this collection helps us hear the hum of deliverance-against all hope-that's been in the gospel all along.
Unsung, Arunoday Singh’s first volume of poetry, presents a collection of his most popular work alongside new material, where he delves inwards and probes questions of love, loss, longing-everything that ails the human heart.He has amassed a large, involved following on Instagram, where he shares his poetry in handwritten calligraphy under the handle @sufisoul. The poems are deceptively simple and intensely piercing. They are divided into four sections that explore the themes of the self, the elements, breaking and healing, the search for divinity, and the light and darkness of the spirit.
‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears.1 - A Rhyme a Dozen - 12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic. Heartbreak2 - Helas! by Oscar Wilde3 - A Poor Torn Heart, a Tattered Heart by Emily Dickinson4 - I Prithee Send Me Back My Heart by Sir John Suckling5 - Loves Lies Bleeding by Algernon Charles Swinburne6 - Ebb by Edna St Vincent Millay7 - My Own Heart, Let Me Have More, Have Pity by Gerard Manley Hopkins8 - My Heart is Lame by Charlotte Mew9 - My Heart Cries by Kabir10 - Sonnet 87 - Farewell! Thou Art Too Dear for My Possessing by William Shakespeare11 - When We Two Parted by Lord Byron12 - We Parted in Silence by Isabella Valancy Crawford13 - Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe
‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears.1 - A Rhyme a Dozen - 12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic. Love - An Introduction2 - Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare3 - He Wishes For The Cloths of Heaven by William Butler Yeats4 - If Thou Must Love Me Let It Be For Nought by Elizabeth Barrett Browning5 - Bright Star by John Keats6 - Oh Lovers by Jalaluddin Rumi7 - Love's Philosophy by Percy Bysshe Shelley8 - Go Lovely Rose by Edmund Waller9 - A Red Red Rose by Robert Burns10 - She Walks In Beauty by Lord Byron11 - The Good Morrow by John Donne12 - The Passionate Shepherd To His Love by Christopher Marlowe13 - The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear
‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears.1 - A Rhyme a Dozen - 12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic. Marriage - An Introduction2 - On Marriage by Khalil Gibran3 - The Bride by Laurence Hope aka Violet Nicholson4 - Nuptial Sleep by Dante Gabriel Rossetti5 - Wedding Song by Jehudah Halevi6 - To a Husband by Anne Kingsmill Finch7 - Sonnet to My Wife by Thomas Hood8 - To My Dear and Loving Husband by Anne Bradstreet9 - On His Deceased Wife by John Milton10 - Fidelity by D H Lawrence11 - Mutual Forebearance. Necessary to the Married State by William Cowper12 - Vice Vearsa by Ambrose Bierce13 - The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear
‘A dime a dozen’ as known in America, is perhaps equal to the English ‘cheap as chips’ but whatever the lingua franca of your choice in this series we hereby submit ‘A Rhyme a Dozen’ as 12 poems on many given subjects that are a well-rounded gathering, maybe even an essential guide, from the knowing pens of classic poets and their beautifully spoken verse to the comfort of your ears.1 - A Rhyme a Dozen - 12 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic. Roses - An Introduction2 - A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns3 - The Rose Has Flushed Red by Hafiz4 - A Wild Rose by Alfred Austin5 - Laughing Rose by William Henry Davies6 - Amid the Roses by Alice Dunbar Nelson7 - The Secret Rose by W B Yeats8 - Sonnet 54 - O! How Much More Doth Beauty Beauteous Seem by William Shakespeare9 - The Rose by John Cournos10 - Roses of a Dream by Damon Runyon11 - No Rose That in a Garden Ever Grew by Edna St Vincent Millay12 - Where Roses Would Not Dare to Go by Emily Dickinson13 - Tis the Last Rose of Summer by Thomas Moore
'Of all the voluminous literature on the Negro, so much is mere external view and commentary…We turn therefore in the other direction to the elements of truest social portraiture, and discover in the artistic self-expression of the Negro to-day a new figure on the national canvas and a new force in the foreground of affairs.”
The New Negro Movement of the 1920s marked a shift in the pursuit of African American equality. African American soldiers were returning home from World War I, and after fighting for freedoms abroad, they were inspired to continue that fight on their own soil. The “old” ways had focused on passively accepting social policies, but the “new” ways would harness their collective voices in defining their own identity. The intellectual and artistic movement of the Harlem Renaissance stirred a tremendous wave of social change.
The New Negro was edited by Dr. Alain LeRoy Locke, a great intellectual and social visionary who is also considered the father of the Harlem Renaissance. This collection features works from many influential African American writers, such as Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Countee Cullen.
Alain Locke dedicates this book to future generations. In keeping with his vision, inAudio is honored to share this audiobook production with an enduring legacy of listeners.
Dr. Liz’ Pocket Book of Poems is subtitled a companion to Dr. Liz’ Life Launch series, which includes her Amazon #1, multi-international, best-selling memoir: Life Launch! Surviving the Storms of Physical and Sexual Abuse, Book One, and soon to be published Life Launch! Book 2: A New Dawn of Healing and Recovery.
In Dr. Liz’ Pocketbook of Poems, Book 3, she shares with her reader her entire body of poetry that she has written since she was 12 years old. The majority of these works were written as an outlet to self-soothe during her own teen and young adult years that Dr. Liz recounted in her best-selling memoir: living in abusive environments; navigating the tragic, accidental death of her older, only brother and other family and friends’ suicides; and her own struggles with drug and alcohol abuse. Indeed, in this book she shares through rhyme and prose her struggle to make sense of these traumatic experiences, and further, how they fuel her desire to help others (YOU) find hope, healing and a renewed passion for your lives and know that you are not alone in your journey.
This is Book Three of a 3-book series. Life Launch! Book Two (coming soon) will reveal the struggles Dr. Liz overcame during the 2nd half of her life: the suicide of her husband, the death of her father, abusive relationships, and being engaged at one time to a man who later became the Butcher of Brooklyn.
15% OF THE PROCEEDS FROM THIS BOOK WILL BE DONATED TO CHARITIES THAT SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH (through the author’s own BJD Memorial Rainbow of Hope Charitable Foundation for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention that she established in memory of her husband, as well as too many friends and family members, who died by suicide or other tragic means).
'Twas the Night Before Christmas,' was originally published anonymously in 1823 as 'A Visit from St. Nicholas.' Perhaps the most famous Christmas poem of all time, it relates the story of a father awoken from his sleep on Christmas Eve by Santa Claus - St. Nick in the poem - who lands with his sleigh and 'eight tiny reindeer' on the roof of the house, comes down the chimney and delivers toys to the family. He then departs, calling out as he flies away the famous closing line: 'Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!'
A Christmas classic for two centuries, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas' was claimed by author Clement C. Moore in 1837 and is presented here in its original and unabridged form.
Considered the greatest baseball poem of all time, 'Casey at the Bat' is the beloved tale of the Mudville Nine, a hapless baseball club entering the ninth inning of a ballgame down two runs and with little hope of succeeding...unless their star slugger Casey can manage to get a turn at the plate. With two outs, the outlook is grim but...when the two players preceding Casey manage to get on base, the stage is set for a grand finale, giving the citizens of Mudville hope that their hero can save the day!
Ernest Lawrence Thayer originally wrote this poem for the San Francisco Examiner and it would go on to become what Baseball Almanac called 'the single most famous baseball poem ever written.' It is here presented in its original and unabridged form and enhanced with music and sound effects to bring the listener right into the ballpark!
Social media sensation Billy Chapata shares insight and advice into the powerful world of love, heartbreak, and what comes next. This collection of poetry and prose will justify heartache and inspire the fortitude to survive and prosper.
From Chameleon Aura author Billy Chapata comes his second major poetry collection, Flowers on the Moon. Chapata presents his signature blend of experience and advice through a chaptered series of prose and poetry. Filled with the familiar themes of love, loss, resilience, and growth From Chameleon Aura but with fresh poems and new advice, his touching narrative celebrates humanity for its undeniable worth, and this collection will leave readers warm with hope for growth, rebirth, and, most prominently, self-acceptance.
