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Nora May French was a Californian poet and a member of the bohemian literary circles of the Carmel Arts and Crafts Club, which flourished after the Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906. She gained minor recognition, but no financial stability, through local magazines. Published posthumously by friends in 1910, four years after French's suicide, Poems by Nora May French was the first and only compilation of her works until 2009.

Although many of her poems celebrate the serenity of coastal landscape, others are less sanguine. They offer glimpses into the mind of a young woman plagued by heartbreak and torn between pressure to submit to social roles and longing to live creatively. The most famous poem in the collection, The Spanish Girl, reflects on a failed engagement, the first of many. - Summary by Mary Kay (1 hr 21 min)

Chapters

The Outer Gate

1:22

Read by Jeanie

Rain / Best-Loved

1:51

Read by Jeanie

The Rose

1:30

Read by Eric Metzler

Between Two Rains

1:10

Read by Mary Kay

The Message / By the Hospital / Oh, Dryad Thoughs

2:54

Read by Eric Metzler

Music in the Pavilion

1:30

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)

Rebuke

1:30

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)

In Camp

1:05

Read by Jennifer Duval

The Nymph

4:12

Read by Kristin G.

Vivisection / The Stranger

1:51

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)

The Constant Ones / Instinct

1:32

Read by Jennifer Duval

San Francisco, New Year's, 1907

2:43

Read by Little Tee

The Poppy Field

1:18

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)

You

1:00

Read by Jennifer Duval

Just a Dog

2:06

Read by Ian King

Mirage / Dusk

2:45

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)

The Spanish Girl, Part I

7:04

Read by Jennifer Duval

The Spanish Girl, Part II

4:45

Read by Kristin G.

The Spanish Girl, Part III

5:40

Read by Kristin G.

The Garden of Dolores

1:05

Read by KHand

Indifference / After-Knowledge

2:09

Read by Melanie Ward

Two Spendthrift Kings / Growth

1:49

Read by James Koss

Change / Wistaria

2:02

Read by Larry Wilson

My Nook

2:13

Read by Shiloh Fuscello

When Plaintively and Near the Cricket Sings / The Little Memories

2:30

Read by Larry Wilson

Pass By / In Empty Courts

2:07

Read by Ian King

Down the Trail

1:18

Read by Kristin G.

Bells from Over the Hills Sound Sweet

2:15

Read by Lanie Butler

In Town / Moods

1:37

Read by KHand

A Misty Morning / Two Songs

2:44

Read by Jesse Liwag

Noon / Your Beautiful Passing

1:28

Read by Alton Kane

By Moonlight / One Day

2:00

Read by DomBombadil

The Mission Graves / Along the Track

2:05

Read by Larry Wilson

A Place of Dreams / Think Not, O Lilias

1:44

Read by Ashley

To Rosy Buds

1:16

Read by Ashley

Yesterday

1:28

Read by Jordan Heron

The Mourner / Ava Atque Vale

2:03

Read by KHand