Poetry audiobooks

B. J. Harrison Reads If

By: Rudyard Kipling

Narrated by: B. J. Harrison

Length: 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Some poems can really teach us something if we read carefully and understand the essence. This lyric poem by Kipling makes no difference. By reading it, a man can find some wise advice in it. The advice that most of us will find is how to deal with different situations in life. But is this all? Maybe there is a secret message which only few of... Read more

The Poetry of History

By: Jonathan Bate

Narrated by: Jonathan Bate

Length: 5 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Sir Jonathan Bate examines eight iconic poems inspired by great historical events - and explores the Romantics, John Clare and William Wordsworth

'Mingles history and poetry ... in an accessible, thought-provoking way' Irish Times

In this BBC Radio 4 series, eminent biographer and broadcaster Sir Jonathan Bate looks at major... Read more

Meister Eckhart's Book of the Heart

By: Jon M. Sweeney & Mark S. Burrows

Narrated by: Paul Heitsch

Length: 1 hour 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Meister Eckhart (1260-1328) was a priest, a mystic, and nearly a heretic (he died before the Church court's verdict). In the 20th century, the Roman Catholic Church rehabilitated him and the late Pope John Paul II spoke of his work with fondness. However, what makes him of particular interest is the fact that he has influenced a wide range of... Read more

Faces of Love

By: Dick Davis, Hafez, Jahan Malek Khatun & Obayd-e...

Narrated by: Dick Davis, Tala Ashe & Ramiz Monsef

Length: 5 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Acclaimed translator Dick Davis breathes new life into the timeless works of three masters of 14th-century Persian literature
 
Together, Hafez, a giant of world literature; Jahan Malek Khatun, an eloquent princess; and Obayd-e Zakani, a dissolute satirist, represent one of the most remarkable literary flowerings of any era. All three lived in the... Read more

Layli and Majnun

By: Nezami Ganjavi

Narrated by: Dick Davis, Peter Ganim, Serena Manteghi & Sean...

Length: 7 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

The Persian epic that inspired Eric Clapton's unforgettable love song "Layla" and that Lord Byron called "the Romeo and Juliet of the East," in a masterly new translation


The iconic love story of the Middle East, by a twelfth-century Persian poet who has been compared to Shakespeare for his subtlety, inventiveness, and dramatic force, Layli and... Read more

The Mirror of My Heart

By: Dick Davis

Narrated by: Dick Davis, Mozhan Marnò, Tala Ashe & Serena Ma...

Length: 5 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

An anthology of verse by women poets writing in Persian, most of whom have never been translated into English before, from acclaimed scholar and translator Dick Davis.

The Mirror of My Heart is a unique and captivating collection of eighty-three Persian women poets, many of whom wrote anonymously or were punished for their outspokenness. One of... Read more

American Melancholy

By: Joyce Carol Oates

Narrated by: Cheryl Smith

Length: 1 hour 52 minutes

Abridged: No

A new collection of poetry from an American literary legend, her first in twenty-five yearsJoyce Carol Oates is one of our most insightful observers of the human heart and mind, and, with her acute social consciousness, one of the most insistent and inspired witnesses of a shared American history.Oates is perhaps best known for her prodigious... Read more

Le sablier

By: Edith Blais

Narrated by: Flavie Léger-Roy & Louis Garon

Length: 7 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

"Un récit qui nous transporte dans un univers brutal et méconnu En janvier 2019, les familles d’Edith Blais et de l’Italien Luca Tacchetto lancent un appel à l’aide: les deux voyageurs ont disparu quelque part en Afrique sans laisser de traces. Entre la nouvelle de leur disparition et celle de leur libération, 15 mois s’écouleront pendant... Read more

Sunset

By: Eugenia Fain

Narrated by: Blaze Goldburst

Length: 23 minutes

Abridged: No

A book of modern contemporary poetry using forms from around the world. Read more

Русь моя, жизнь моя. Стихи и поэмы

By: Александр Блок

Narrated by: Александр Балакирев

Length: 4 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Александр Блок - крупнейший русский поэт, один из основоположников символизма. Образ России, отождествленный с матерью, занимает центральное место в творчестве поэта. Блок не представлял своей жизни без родной страны, любил ее природу, народ, пытался разгадать ее душу, понять настоящее и определить будущее. Боль за нее не давала ему покоя, его... Read more

God I Feel Modern Tonight

By: Catherine Cohen

Narrated by: Catherine Cohen

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Poems of heartbreak and sex, self-care and self-critique, urban adventures and love on the road from the millennial queen and comedy sensation.

In these short, captivating lyrics, Catherine Cohen, the one-woman stand-up chanteuse who electrified the downtown NYC comedy scene in her white go-go boots, and who has been posting poignant,... Read more

Salt Water

By: Brianna Wiest

Narrated by: Stacey Glemboski

Length: 1 hour 1 minute

Abridged: No

In her poetry collection, Brianna Wiest pioneers a new cross-genre of writing. Through her freeform approach, Brianna's words artfully illustrate our deep connection to the natural world as well as to ourselves, distilling the essence of wisdom into lines that are sure to touch your heart and open your soul. Read more

Lakes Entrance Girl

By: Elsie Johnstone

Narrated by: Brigid Lohrey

Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Too structured to fall into the category of grunge poetry; low on literary worth, but high on story telling. I call my poetry, ‘Gippsland Shabby Chic Verse’. It’s raw, uncomplicated, tells a story in simple language that is easy to read. And most of it rhymes! Hopefully, my poems will take my reader on an emotional journey to experience what... Read more

Dark Days Lonely Nights

By: D. R. Nguyen

Narrated by: D. R. Nguyen

Length: 24 minutes

Abridged: No

We might not all feel love. But we all fault pain.Dark Days Lonely Nights captures what it feels like to feel depressed, grief, and isolation. In this captivating book of poetry and prose. Read more

Death of a Dream

By: Chris Lewando

Narrated by: Chris Lewando

Length: 5 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

This eclectic selection of literary diversity includes several short stories, poems, muses, and a moving memoir. The themes encompass ethics, and our interaction with nature."Chris writes in a straightforward, clear style, with strong characters. A first-class story-teller." What would make a man decide to become a vigilante? How does one cope... Read more

Alberto Caeiro X Alberto Guzik - Fernando Pessoa 4 X 4 (Integral)

By: Alberto Caeiro

Narrated by: Alberto Guzik

Length: 1 hour 16 minutes

Abridged: No

A série de audiolivros Fernando Pessoa 4 X 4 registrou em áudio os poemas de Fernando Pessoa e seus três principais heterônimos com quatro atores diferentes. Para gravar os escritos de Alberto Caeiro, convidamos o ator Alberto Guzik, que fez as gravações em 2009. Depois das gravações feitas e revisadas, em junho de 2010, Guzik faleceu. A voz de... Read more

Sagar Theke Phera

By: Premendro Mitra

Narrated by: Barun Chanda

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

কবি প্রেমেন্দ্র মিত্রের লেখা কবিতার বই - সাগর থেকে ফেরা। বইটি প্রকাশিত হয়ে 1956 - এ এবং সাহিত্য একাডেমী অ্যাওয়ার্ড ও রবীন্দ্র পুরস্কার দুই সম্মানীয় দুটোই পেয়েছে এই অসাধারণ কবিতার বই। এই বইটি পড়ছেন স্টোরিটেলের জন্য জনপ্রিয় অভিনেতা - শ্রী বরুন চন্দ। Read more

Where Life Has Taken Me

By: Tonya Beatty

Narrated by: Tonya Beatty

Length: 15 minutes

Abridged: No

I wrote these poems so that people can understand my journey through life and get to know the real me. Some of the poems cover topics such as love, family, racism, heritage, democracy, traveling and the Covid-19 pandemic. Hopefully, some will be able to relate to my poems or learn something from them. Read more

Brincando em cordel (Integral)

By: Cleusa Santo

Narrated by: Cleusa Santo

Length: 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Este audiolivro contém os textos: A lenda da galinha d'angola / Joselito e sua cabra / Súplica de um papagaio / A menina que viajou no arco-íris / A lagartinha e a rosa / Rino, o rato que roeu a roupa do rei de Roma / Um amor para o Saci / O casamento da chapeuzinho / Uma formiga em Hollywood / Aninha e seus cachinhos Cleusa Santo é poetisa... Read more

Prinz Eugen, Tannhäuser und John Maynard: Deutsche Balladen

By: Ferdinand Freiligrath, Emmanuel Geibel & Theodo...

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 4 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

100 Balladen aus dem 19. und 20. Jahrhundert! Mit dabei: Prinz Eugen, Der alte Zieten, Archibald Douglas, Herr von Ribbeck, Die Brück' am Tay, Der schwarze Tod, Die Füße im Feuer, Der Heideknabe und viele mehr! Mit dabei: Ein pdf-Dokument mit Titelliste Read more

Erlkönig, Glocke und Lorelei: Deutsche Balladen

By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Friedrich Schiller ...

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 6 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

100 Balladen aus dem 18. und 19. Jahrhundert! Mit dabei: Der Erlkönig, Der Zauberlehrling, Der König in Thule, Ode an die Freude, Der Handschuh, Die Bürgschaft, Der Ring des Polykrates, Der Mummelsee, Belsazar, Der Taucher und viele mehr! Mit dabei: Ein pdf-Dokument mit Titelliste Read more

Fernando Pessoa x Hélio Cícero - Fernando Pessoa 4 X 4 (Integral)

By: Fernando Pessoa

Narrated by: Helio Cícero

Length: 1 hour 4 minutes

Abridged: No

A série de audiolivros Fernando Pessoa 4 X 4 registrou em áudio os poemas de Fernando Pessoa, ele mesmo, e seus três principais heterônimos com quatro atores diferentes. Para gravar os escritos de Fernando Pessoa, ele mesmo, convidamos o ator Hélio Cícero, que trouxe para o estúdio toda sua afinidade com a obra do poeta português. Em 2009,... Read more

Cantáteis - Cantos elegíacos de amozade (Integral)

By: Chico César

Narrated by: Chico César

Length: 1 hour 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Neste audiolivro, o compositor Chico César lê seu livro Cantáteis – Cantos Elegíacos de Amozade (lançado em papel pela editora Garamond), no qual exalta e execra, alimenta e afoga, vive e mata o sentimento ambíguo que oscila e confunde amor e amizade, nutrido pela musa, a também poeta Tata Fernandes. Tal sentimento se mistura com os ruídos e as... Read more

Álvaro de Campos X Marcos Breda - Fernando Pessoa 4 X 4 (Integral)

By: Álvaro de Campos

Narrated by: Marcos Breda

Length: 1 hour 10 minutes

Abridged: No

A série de audiolivros Fernando Pessoa 4 X 4 registrou em áudio os poemas de Fernando Pessoa, ele mesmo, e seus três principais heterônimos com quatro atores diferentes. Para gravar os escritos de Álvaro de Campos, convidamos o ator Marcos Breda, que fez uma declaração valiosa sobre o trabalho de gravação: "Foi como uma epifania", disse ele. O... Read more