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

Featuring poems by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Alice Duer, Edgar Allan Poe, Frances E W Harper & 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 - Mothers - An Introduction

2 - My Mother by Francis Ledwidge

3 - The Revolt of Mother by Alice Duer

4 - The Young Mother by Katharine Tynan

5 - To Mother by Marina Ivanova Tsvetaeva

6 - My Mother's Hands by Anonymous

7 - The Slave Mother by Frances E W Harper

8 - To My Mother by Edgar Allan Poe

9 - Mother's Day Proclamation by Julia Ward Howe

10 - The Mother's Charge by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

11 - The Mother by Patrick Pearce

12 - The Mother by May Herschel-Clarke

13 - The Mother's Grief by Ina Coolbirth