'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.

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

2 - An Art Critic by Ambrose Bierce

3 - Art and Heart by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

4 - Colors by Stephen Vincent Benet

5 - Jade by Edith Wharton

6 - My Last Duchess by Robert Browning

7 - On Mr Alcock of Bristol, an Excellent Miniature Painter by Thomas Chatterton

8 - On Seeing the Elgin Marbles For the First Time by John Keats

9 - Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley

10 - Rome - Building a New Street in the Ancient Quarter, April 1887 by Thomas Hardy

11 - Sonnet 13 - Summer Fruit by Rainer Maria Rilke

12 - Written Under a Portrait of Keats by John Boyle O'Reily

13 - Portrait d'une Femme by Ezra Pound