Poetry audiobooks


Falling Back in Love with Being Human
By: Kai Cheng Thom
Narrated by: Kai Cheng Thom
Length: 1 hour 34 minutes
Abridged: No
A national bestseller in Canada, hailed by The New York Times as an “intimate expression of self-acceptance and forgiveness, tenderly written to fellow trans women and others.”
“Required reading.”—Glennon Doyle, #1 bestselling author of Untamed
A THEM AND AUTOSTRADDLE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • FINALIST FOR THE PAT LOWTHER MEMORIAL AWARD
What happens... Read more


The Odyssey
By: Homer
Narrated by: Ian McKellen
Length: 13 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
The Odyssey is literature's grandest evocation of every man's journey through life. In the myths and legends that are retold here, the energy and poetry of Homer's original is captured in a bold, contemporary idiom, giving us an edition of The Odyssey that is a joy to listen to, worth savoring treasuring for its sheer lyrical mastery. This... Read more
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The Iliad
By: Homer & Emily Wilson (Translator)
Narrated by: Nathan Brooks
Length: 15 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
"The Iliad," attributed to Homer, is an epic poem from the 8th century BC that centers on the dramatic events of the Trojan War. The narrative particularly focuses on the wrath of Achilles, a Greek hero, and explores themes of honor, glory, and the relationship between mortals and deities. This work is often regarded as one of the cornerstones... Read more
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I Am Maria
By: Maria Shriver
Narrated by: Maria Shriver
Length: 5 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
A book like no other, I Am Maria weaves Shriver’s hard-earned wisdom with her own deeply personal poetry. I Am Maria reminds readers there is strength and love on the other side of all of our hardest days.
I Am Maria is a powerful collection of Maria Shriver’s own poems that grapple with identity, grief, love, loss, longing, heartbreak and... Read more


Forest of Noise
By: Mosab Abu Toha
Narrated by: Mosab Abu Toha
Length: 1 hour 9 minutes
Abridged: No
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • "A powerful, capacious, and profound" (Ocean Vuong) new collection of poems about life in Gaza by an award-winning Palestinian poet.
You are alive
for a moment
when living people
run after you.
Barely thirty years old, Mosab Abu Toha was already a well-known poet when the current siege of Gaza began. After the Israeli... Read more


Now We Are Six
By: A. A. Milne
Narrated by: Joel Froomkin
Length: 1 hour
Abridged: No
This second collection of poems from A. A. Milne includes works such as Furry Bear, Sneezles, and Buttercup Days as well as an appearance by the beloved children's character Winnie-the-Pooh. With gentle humor and whimsical lines, Now We Are Six is perfect for anyone—whether you're six or sixty-six. Read more
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Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude
By: Ross Gay
Narrated by: Ross Gay
Length: 1 hour 35 minutes
Abridged: No
Winner, 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award, poetry category
Winner, 2016 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Prize
Finalist, 2015 National Book Award, poetry category
Finalist, 2015 NAACP Image Awards, poetry category
Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude is a sustained meditation on that which goes away—loved ones, the seasons, the earth as we know it—that... Read more


Devotions
By: Mary Oliver
Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
Length: 6 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
Now a Read With Jenna Book Club Pick
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver presents a personal selection of her best work in this definitive collection spanning more than five decades of her esteemed literary career.
“I love [Mary's] work. It’s about nature and love and what it means to be human. . . . I find her poetry to be so cathartic... Read more


You Are Here
By: Ada Limon
Narrated by: Kim Ramirez
Length: 2 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No
In recent years, our poetic landscape has evolved in profound and exciting ways. So has our planet. Edited and introduced by the twenty-fourth Poet Laureate of the United States, Ada Limón, this book challenges what we think we know about "nature poetry," illuminating the myriad ways our landscapes—both literal and literary—are changing.
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The Totally Not Boring Book of Feelings
By: Jolie Taylor & Brandon Dorman
Narrated by: Jolie Taylor
Length: 50 minutes
Abridged: No
40 fun poems that explore big feelings and emotions. This whimsical journey through verse and illustrations can help children recognize and understand their big emotions. From the imaginative minds of Brandon Dorman, renowned illustrator of Goosebumps, Land of Stories, and Fablehaven, and Booktok creator Jolie Taylor comes a whimsical... Read more
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The Universe in Verse
By: Maria Popova
Narrated by: Maria Popova & Lili Taylor
Length: 1 hour 28 minutes
Abridged: No
In this audiobook Maria Popova, creator of The Marginalian, presents a celebration of the human search for truth and beauty through the lenses of science and poetry.
Poetry and science, as Popova writes in her introduction, "are instruments for knowing the world more intimately and loving it more deeply." In 15 short essays on subjects ranging... Read more


How to Fly (In Ten Thousand Easy Lessons)
By: Barbara Kingsolver
Narrated by: Barbara Kingsolver
Length: 2 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
""A gorgeous collection. . . . These poems unplug from TV and social media and the outrage of the moment and turn our attention to the immediate and the everlasting, human intimacy and the power and mystery of nature."" —Tampa Bay TimesIn this intimate collection, Barbara Kingsolver, beloved author of The Poisonwood Bible and the Pulitzer... Read more
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The Hurting Kind
By: Ada Limón
Narrated by: Ada Limón
Length: 1 hour 41 minutes
Abridged: No
An astonishing collection about interconnectedness—between the human and nonhuman, ancestors and ourselves—from National Book Critics Circle Award winner, National Book Award finalist and U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón.“I have always been too sensitive, a weeper / from a long line of weepers,” writes Limón. “I am the hurting kind.” What does it... Read more
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Any Man
By: Amber Tamblyn
Narrated by: Glenn Davis, Ben Foster, Marc Maron, Jason Ritt...
Length: 4 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
In this electric and provocative debut novel, Tamblyn blends genres of poetry, prose, and elements of suspense to give shape to the shocking narratives of victims of sexual violence, mapping the destructive ways in which our society perpetuates rape culture, brilliantly brought to life through a multi-voice performance featuring Glenn Davis, Ben... Read more
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Aednan
By: Linnea Axelsson
Narrated by: Angela Dawe
Length: 2 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • The winner of Sweden’s most prestigious literary award makes her American debut with an epic, multigenerational novel-in-verse about two Sámi families and their quest to stay together across a century of migration, violence, and colonial trauma.
“Crystalline prose that reads like poetry and myth at once.... Read more


Make Believe
By: Victoria Hutchins
Narrated by: Victoria Hutchins
Length: 2 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An exquisite poetry collection from the creator of The Daily Victorian that celebrates the hidden versions of ourselves, and unveils the healing power of nostalgia, imagination, and hope
“This is for anyone who doesn’t see deep feeling as a bad thing but would appreciate a warm and talented companion while they do it.”—Mari... Read more


Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown
By: John Lithgow
Narrated by: Mr. John Lithgow
Length: 1 hour 17 minutes
Abridged: No
Following the success of his New York Times bestseller Dumpty, award-winning actor, author, and illustrator John Lithgow presents a brand-new collection of satirical poems chronicling the despotic age of Donald Trump.
Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown is darker and more hard-hitting than ever. Lithgow writes and draws with wit and fury as he takes... Read more


Helen of Troy, 1993
By: Maria Zoccola
Narrated by: Maria Zoccola
Length: 1 hour 50 minutes
Abridged: No
*A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice Pick*
“By turns hilarious and provocative, it’s an affecting character study and modern mythic retelling.” —Publishers Weekly, Books That Should Be on Your Radar in 2025
Part myth retelling, part character study, this sharp, visceral debut poetry collection reimagines Helen of Troy from Homer’s... Read more


Beowulf: A New Translation
By: Maria Dahvana Headley
Narrated by: JD Jackson & Maria Dahvana Headley
Length: 4 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
"Narrator JD Jackson addresses his listener as "bro" in this decidedly contemporary retelling of the classic saga...His brilliant performance captures all the artistry, wit, and immediacy of this fresh translation, and breathes new life into what for most has been a literary fossil." -- AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner
A new,... Read more


The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On
By: Franny Choi
Narrated by: Franny Choi
Length: 1 hour 59 minutes
Abridged: No
From acclaimed poet Franny Choi comes a poetry collection for the ends of worlds—past, present, and future. Choi’s third book features poems about historical and impending apocalypses, alongside musings on our responsibilities to each other and visions for our collective survival.Many have called our time dystopian. But The World Keeps Ending,... Read more
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Time Is a Mother
By: Ocean Vuong
Narrated by: Ocean Vuong
Length: 1 hour 43 minutes
Abridged: No
"Take your time with these poems, and return to them often.” —The Washington Post
The New York Times-bestselling collection of poems from the award-winning writer Ocean Vuong
How else do we return to ourselves but to fold
The page so it points to the good part
In this deeply intimate second poetry collection, Ocean Vuong searches for life among... Read more


A Fortune For Your Disaster
By: Hanif Abdurraqib
Narrated by: Hanif Abdurraqib
Length: 1 hour 36 minutes
Abridged: No
In his much-anticipated follow-up to The Crown Ain't Worth Much, poet, essayist, biographer, and music critic Hanif Abdurraqib has written a book of poems about how one rebuilds oneself after a heartbreak, the kind that renders them a different version of themselves than the one they knew. It's a book about a mother's death, and admitting that... Read more
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How to Be a Good Savage and Other Poems
By: Mikeas Sánchez
Narrated by: Mikeas Sánchez, Wendy Call & Shook
Length: 3 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: No
The latest in the Seedbank series, the debut in English of a groundbreaking Indigenous poet of the Americas.In a fiercely personal yet authoritative voice, prolific contemporary poet Mikeas Sánchez explores the worldview of the Zoque people of southern Mexico. Her paced, steely lyrics fuse cosmology, lineage, feminism, and environmental activism... Read more
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The Death of Sitting Bear
By: N. Scott Momaday
Narrated by: N. Scott Momaday
Length: 2 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
Pulitzer Prize winner and celebrated American master N. Scott Momaday returns with a radiant collection of more than 200 new and selected poems rooted in Native American tradition.
“The poems in this book reflect my deep respect for and appreciation of words. . . . I believe that poetry is the highest form of verbal expression. Although I have... Read more