Last Poems by Laurence Hope ~ Full Audiobook [poetry]

Last Poems by Laurence Hope audiobook.

Genre: poetry

Last Poems by Laurence Hope (the pen name of Adela Florence Nicolson) gathers the final, haunted lyrics of a voice both delicate and fierce, a collection in which love and loss are painted in moonlight, spice, and desert wind. These poems move between intimate confession and vivid landscape, calling up jasmine-scented nights, saffron skies, lonely cups of wine and the ache of impossible longing — images that shimmer with erotic intensity and elegiac calm. Told in language that is at once musical and precise, the collection blends Edwardian lyric grace with the music of Indian imagery and Sufi-tinged yearning, creating moments of startling tenderness and bitter beauty. For the audiobook listener, Last Poems is especially compelling: its short, resonant lines reward a reading that can linger on cadence and silence, turning each lyric into a miniature drama of feeling. Knowing the poet’s tragic biography only deepens the listening, lending these poems a sense of finality and fragile courage. Whether you are drawn to romantic intensity, melancholy reflection, or finely wrought lyricism, this collection offers an intimate, intoxicating experience best savored aloud.

Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:01:43) Chapter 01

(00:05:33) Chapter 02

(00:06:56) Chapter 03

(00:14:38) Chapter 04

(00:16:16) Chapter 05

(00:19:34) Chapter 06

(00:21:10) Chapter 07

(00:22:18) Chapter 08

(00:23:50) Chapter 09

(00:26:48) Chapter 10

(00:27:46) Chapter 11

(00:29:31) Chapter 12

(00:30:36) Chapter 13

(00:35:06) Chapter 14

(00:37:00) Chapter 15

(00:41:35) Chapter 16

(00:43:59) Chapter 17

(00:46:10) Chapter 18

(00:47:32) Chapter 19

(00:52:48) Chapter 20

(00:54:22) Chapter 21

(00:58:21) Chapter 22

(01:00:53) Chapter 23

(01:02:17) Chapter 24

(01:03:35) Chapter 25

(01:05:56) Chapter 26

(01:07:25) Chapter 27

(01:08:38) Chapter 28

(01:09:53) Chapter 29

(01:15:51) Chapter 30

(01:18:13) Chapter 31

(01:20:40) Chapter 32

(01:22:04) Chapter 33

(01:24:24) Chapter 34

(01:30:34) Chapter 35

(01:33:09) Chapter 36

(01:36:22) Chapter 37

(01:37:24) Chapter 38

(01:38:10) Chapter 39

(01:39:13) Chapter 40

(01:42:36) Chapter 41

(01:44:37) Chapter 42

(01:47:24) Chapter 43

(01:52:45) Chapter 44

(01:59:08) Chapter 45

(02:06:38) Chapter 46

(02:10:53) Chapter 47

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