New Poems (Version 2)


Read by LibriVox Volunteers

D. H. Lawrence's poetry changed stylistically during the First World War when, influenced by Walt Whitman, he began to write free verse. He set forth his manifesto for much of his later verse in the introduction to New Poems. "We can get rid of the stereotyped movements and the old hackneyed associations of sound or sense. We can break down those artificial conduits and canals through which we do so love to force our utterance. We can break the stiff neck of habit, but we cannot positively prescribe any motion, any rhythm."

(Summary by Alan Mapstone and the Introduction) (1 hr 15 min)

Chapters

Apprehension 1:30 Read by Alan Mapstone
Coming Awake 0:49 Read by Larry Wilson
From a College Window 1:02 Read by Larry Wilson
Flapper 0:58 Read by calatravabooks
Birdcage Walk 0:50 Read by Stefan Von Blon
Letter from Town: The Almond Tree 1:54 Read by Alan Mapstone
Flat Suburbs, S.W., In the Morning 1:08 Read by David Lawrence
Thief in the Night 0:44 Read by mleigh
Letter from Town: On a Grey Evening in March 2:14 Read by Barty Begley
Suburbs on a Hazy Day 1:08 Read by David Lawrence
Hyde Park at Night, Before the War 2:04 Read by Stefan Von Blon
Gipsy 0:41 Read by Bob Bonvino
Two-Fold 0:34 Read by Sagarika
Under the Oak 2:07 Read by Stefan Von Blon
Sigh No More 1:45 Read by Adrian Stephens
Love Storm 2:01 Read by Adrian Stephens
Parliarment Hill in the Evening 0:58 Read by Adrian Stephens
Piccadilly Circus at Night 1:45 Read by Adrian Stephens
Tarantella 1:26 Read by Salsa
In Church 0:57 Read by Larry Wilson
Piano 1:14 Read by Larry Wilson
Enbankment at Night, Before the War (Charity) 1:58 Read by Stefan Von Blon
Phantasmagoria 1:50 Read by Kathryn Barbosa
Next Morning 1:54 Read by Seawolf4
Palimpsest of Twilight 0:44 Read by Matt Worssam
Enbankment at Night, Before the War (Outcasts) 6:25 Read by Alan Mapstone
Winter in the Boulevard 1:39 Read by Barty Begley
School on the Outskirts 0:58 Read by Anthony Will
Sickness 1:06 Read by Anthony Will
Everlasting Flowers 1:57 Read by Matt Worssam
The North Country 1:56 Read by Conan Drum
Bitterness of Death 4:01 Read by Alan Mapstone
Seven Seals 2:41 Read by Conan Drum
Reading a Letter 1:15 Read by Anthony Will
Twenty Years Ago 0:56 Read by Conan Drum
Intime 2:56 Read by dc
Two Wives 7:57 Read by Sheridan Alistair
Heimweh 0:56 Read by Matt Worssam
Debacle 2:02 Read by Bob Bonvino
Narcissus 1:44 Read by Barty Begley
Autumn Sunshine 1:28 Read by dc
On That Day 1:30 Read by Bob Bonvino