Challenge
Louis Untermeyer
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Louis Untermeyer introduced may students to poetry through his many collections that he edited. His own poetry ranges from inspirational to cynical. Challenge is his first collection of poems, mature, but reflecting many of his early struggles. The range from the deeply spiritual to the sentimental and social commentary. - Summary by Larry Wilson (1 hr 51 min)
Chapters
Summons | 3:24 | Read by Larry Wilson |
Prayer | 1:15 | Read by Larry Wilson |
To Arms | 1:02 | Read by aniroo |
On the Birth of a Child | 1:31 | Read by Bill Mosley |
How Much of Godhood | 1:25 | Read by Bill Mosley |
The Great Carousal | 4:29 | Read by Mark Warner |
Thanks | 1:00 | Read by Larry Wilson |
God's Youth | 3:49 | Read by Eva Davis |
In the Berkshire Hills | 1:07 | Read by Ken Davies |
Voices | 1:09 | Read by Bill Mosley |
Reveation | 4:24 | Read by Bill Mosley |
Affirmation | 1:00 | Read by Larry Wilson |
Downhill on a Bicycle | 1:16 | Read by aniroo |
Midnight by the Open Window | 1:07 | Read by aniroo |
The Wine of Night | 0:57 | Read by aniroo |
Invocation | 1:57 | Read by Larry Wilson |
"Feuerzauber" | 1:23 | Read by Wolfgang Bas |
Sunday Night | 1:36 | Read by Eva Davis |
At Kennebunkport | 2:18 | Read by aniroo |
In a Strange City | 1:06 | Read by Ken Davies |
Folk-song | 1:15 | Read by DrPGould |
In the Streets | 1:21 | Read by DrPGould |
Envy | 1:12 | Read by DrPGould |
A Birthday | 3:53 | Read by Eva Davis |
Leaving the Harbor | 1:00 | Read by Larry Wilson |
The Shell to the Pearl | 1:44 | Read by Larry Wilson |
The Young Mystic | 0:50 | Read by aniroo |
Healed | 3:14 | Read by Eva Davis |
The Stirrup-cup | 0:52 | Read by aniroo |
Spring on Broadway | 5:37 | Read by Wolfgang Bas |
In a Cab | 2:17 | Read by Nemo |
Summer Night Broadway | 1:17 | Read by Nemo |
Haunted | 2:15 | Read by Nemo |
Isadora Duncan Dancing | 3:17 | Read by Eva Davis |
Chopin | 0:58 | Read by Ken Davies |
Songs and the Poet | 1:07 | Read by Nemo |
The Heretic | 4:51 | Read by Larry Wilson |
Fifth Avenue Spring Afternoon | 1:49 | Read by Eva Davis |
Tribute | 0:59 | Read by aniroo |
Challenge | 1:00 | Read by Larry Wilson |
Caliban in the Coal-mines | 1:18 | Read by Nemo |
Any City | 1:35 | Read by Nemo |
Landscapes | 3:38 | Read by Eva Davis |
Two Funeral | 2:12 | Read by Nemo |
Sunday | 3:12 | Read by aniroo |
Strikers | 1:18 | Read by Nemo |
In the Subway | 1:16 | Read by Eva Davis |
Battle-cries | 1:40 | Read by aniroo |
A Voice from the Sweat-shops | 3:12 | Read by Eva Davis |
Soldiers | 2:09 | Read by Nemo |
Peace | 1:32 | Read by Nemo |
The Dying Decadent | 8:36 | Read by Eva Davis |
Funeral Hymn | 0:37 | Read by aniroo |
Protests | 1:14 | Read by Larry Wilson |