Read by Ghizela Rowe & Richard Mitchley (Unabridged: 14mins)

Featuring poems by William Shakespeare, Robert Burns, Lord Byron, Paul Laurence Dunbar & others.

‘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.

In this compilation - 

1 - A Rhyme A Dozen - 12 Poems, 12 Poets, 1 Topic - Kissing - An Introduction

2 - Ae Fond Kiss by Robert Burns

3 - The Kiss by Charlotte Dacre

4 - How By a Kiss He Found By Both His Life and Death by Sir Thomas Wyatt

5 - Sonnet 128 - How Oft When Thou My Music, Music Play'st by William Shakespeare

6 - That Kiss by Daniel Sheehan

7 - The First Kiss of Love by Lord Byron

8 - Love's Philosophy by Percy Bysshe Shelley

9 - The Kiss by Sara Teasdale

10 - The Kiss by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

11 - What Lips My Lips Have Kissed, and Where, and Why by Edna St Vincent Millay

12 - The Phantom Kiss by Paul Laurence Dunbar

13 - The Bedtime Kiss by Anonymous