Life's Chequer-Board

LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Life's Chequer-Board by William Arthur Dunkerley. This was the Weekly Poetry project for June 1, 2025. ------ William Arthur Dunkerley was an English journalist, novelist and poet. Dunkerley wrote under his own name, and also as John Oxenham for his poetry, hymn-writing, and novels. His poetry includes Bees in Amber: A Little Book of Thoughtful Verse (1913), which became a bestseller. Perhaps one of his best-known works in the 21st century is his hy