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Impertinent Poems

Name: Impertinent Poems
Author: Edmund Vance Cooke

Edmund Vance Cooke

Read by Scotty Smith, Dru Conway, tovarisch, Bruce Kachuk, Larry Wilson, BettyB, foursight and Kathleen Moore · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Dead Men's Dust (3:03)
In Nineteen Hundred and Now (2:42)
Don't You? (2:01)
You Too (2:58)
The Eternal Everyday (1:47)
Don't Take Your Troubles to Bed (1:41)
Failure (1:28)
Good (2:42)
Let's Be Glad We're Living (3:07)
Success (3:24)
The Grill (2:31)
The Vision (1:57)
Blood is Red (2:05)
Diagnosis (2:03)
Spread Out (1:51)
The Dilettant (2:09)
The Conservative (1:37)
Hush (1:53)
The Island (3:00)
Humbler Heroes (1:46)
Conscience Pianissimo (2:35)
The World Runs On (2:00)
Pass (1:45)
Publicity (2:05)
Move (2:49)
Get Next (2:33)
Are You You? (1:26)
The Price (1:28)
The Bubble-Flies (2:08)
Qualified (1:37)
What Are You Doing? (1:09)
The First Person Singular (2:05)
The Choice (1:38)
The Saving Clause (1:47)
Between Two Thieves (2:31)
The Spectator (1:43)
The Squealer (2:02)
Distance and Disenchantment (2:16)
Family Resemblance (2:27)
Need (2:20)
Better (1:36)
Forget What the Other Man Hath (1:33)
The Whet (1:28)
What Sort Are You? (2:41)
The Critics (1:21)
Plug (2:10)
Familiarity Breeds Contempt (1:44)
A Song of Rest (1:39)
Desire (2:12)
There Is, Oh, So Much (2:44)
How Did You Die? (1:36)