'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 - Birthdays - An Introduction

2 - A Birthday by Christina Rossetti

3 - On My Mother's Fiftieth Birthday by Lucretia Maria Davidson

4 - On My Thirty Third Birthday, January 22nd 1821 by Lord Byron

5 - To My Father on His Birthday by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

6 - Song of the Democratic Review of it's Birthday, October the 1st 1857 by William Ross Wallace

7 - Stella's Birthday, March 13th 1727 by Jonathan Swift

8 - On Tea by Edmund Waller

9 - To H W L on His Birthday 27th February 1867 by James Russell Lowell

10 - To Mrs Jane Forster, On Her Birthday, August 4th 1724 by Henry Baker

11 - To the Memory of Mrs Lefroy Who Died December 16 My Birthday by Jane Austen

12 - Shakespeare. An Ode for His Three-Hundreth Birthday by Martin Farquhar Tupper

13 - On the Morning of Christs Nativity by John Milton