'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 Poets, 12 Poems, 1 Topic. Roses - An Introduction

2 - A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns

3 - The Rose Has Flushed Red by Hafiz

4 - A Wild Rose by Alfred Austin

5 - Laughing Rose by William Henry Davies

6 - Amid the Roses by Alice Dunbar Nelson

7 - The Secret Rose by W B Yeats

8 - Sonnet 54 - O! How Much More Doth Beauty Beauteous Seem by William Shakespeare

9 - The Rose by John Cournos

10 - Roses of a Dream by Damon Runyon

11 - No Rose That in a Garden Ever Grew by Edna St Vincent Millay

12 - Where Roses Would Not Dare to Go by Emily Dickinson

13 - Tis the Last Rose of Summer by Thomas Moore