Read by Ghizela Rowe & Richard Mitchley (Unabridged: 18mins)

Featuring poems by Amy Levy, Kabir, Walt Whitman, Willa Cather & 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 Poets, 12 Poems  - 1 Topic. Trees - An Introduction

2 - The Forest Road by Charlotte Mew

3 - The Forest Path by Lucy Maud Montgomery

4 - In the Forest by Sarojini Naidu

5 - In the Black Forest by Amy Levy

6 - Loveliest of Trees, The Cherry Now by A E Housman

7 - Song 30 - On This Tree is a Bird by Kabir

8 - The Fir Tree and the Brook by Helen Hunt Jackson

9 - The Hawthorn Tree by Willa Cather

10 - Pine-Trees And The Sky by Rupert Brooke

11 - The Oak by Alfred Lord Tennyson

12 - To the Willow Tree by Robert Herrick

13 - Roots and Leaves Themselves Alone by Walt Whitman