Poetry audiobooks

#Wuhan2

By: Sophia Behal

Narrated by: Sophia Behal

Length: 47 minutes

Abridged: No

The book is the second part of #Wuhan. It is called #Wuhan2 and it deals with feelings the pandemic might invoke. Most certainly are all of us scared from an epidemy. Find some alarming and soothing words in this book of poetry. Read more

Notizen zur Melodie der Dinge

By: Rainer Maria Rilke

Narrated by: Kevin Sodekamp

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Rainer Maria Rilke wurde am 4. Dezember 1875 in Prag-Neustadt geboren. Er ist, wie neon-text media meint, zwischen Hölderlin und Celan jener Dichter deutscher Sprache im Höhenzug der Menschheit, an dem kein Vorbei ist. Rilkes Prosatext ›Notizen zur Melodie der Dinge‹ entstand vermutlich im Herbst 1898. Er besteht aus 40 Teilen, die mit römischen... Read more

THE PROPHET

By: Kahlil Gibran

Narrated by: Derrick M

Length: 1 hour 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Uncover the classic poetry collection that has stood the test of time.Delving into the nature of humanity, love, mortality, society, knowledge and the human condition, the incredible poetry collection The Prophet has transcended the ages to resonate in the hearts of people to this day.An inspiring assortment of 28 chapters concerning everything... Read more

And the Prophet Said

By: Kahlil Gibran

Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly

Length: 2 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

And the Prophet Said is a new, complete edition of Kahlil Gibran’s classic text with more than 150 unpublished poems, aphorisms, and epigrams.Originally published in 1923, The Prophet is a teaching fable that has been cherished by millions for nearly one hundred years. It is a book of wisdom that provides guidance for readers on how to live a... Read more

The Dry Valley

By: Bernadette Wagner

Narrated by: Bernadette Wagner

Length: 1 hour 10 minutes

Abridged: No

The Dry Valley encapsulates one woman’s relationship with herself, her alcoholic spouse, and the world, in three different Saskatchewan landscapes. The poems offer a fascinating interplay between mindful explorations of self and immersions in the challenging complexities of interpersonal relationships, social issues and meaningful engagement... Read more

After Fame

By: Sam Riviere

Narrated by: Sam Riviere

Length: 1 hour 29 minutes

Abridged: No

After Fame is a discursive rendering of the Roman epigrammatist Martial's Book I. Its 118 poems, on themes such as work, friendship and public life, are modelled after the source material through a variety of 'treatments' - most notably machine translation (for which Latin still presents near-insurmountable difficulties), employing the results... Read more

dayliGht

By: Roya Marsh

Narrated by: Roya Marsh

Length: 1 hour 20 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author

dayliGht is a dazzling collection of poems from a necessary new voice, at once a clarion call for stories of Black women and a rebuke of broken notions of sexuality and race.

Growing up, Roya Marsh was considered “tomboy passing." With an affinity for baggy clothes, cornrows, and bandanas, she came of age in an... Read more

All Along You Were Blooming

By: Morgan Harper Nichols

Narrated by: Morgan Harper Nichols

Length: 1 hour 47 minutes

Abridged: No

A celebration of hope. An encounter with grace. A restoration of the heart. A healing of wounds. An anthem of freedom. This illustrated collection of poetry and prose invites you to stumble into the sunlight and delight in the wild and boundless grace you've been given.Popular Instagram poet and bestselling author Morgan Harper Nichols gives you... Read more

Inquire Within

By: In-Q

Narrated by: In-Q

Length: 2 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

In this powerful and innovative book of poetry and wisdom, award-winning spoken-word poet, songwriter, and performer IN-Q inspires us to question everything we know and see around us and inside us, to discover what matters most.""Poetry celebrates vulnerability as a strength rather than a weakness. It is a timeless form of storytelling that... Read more

Build Yourself a Boat

By: Camonghne Felix

Narrated by: Camonghne Felix

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: No

This is about what grows through the wreckage. This is an anthem of survival and a look at what might come after. A view of what floats and what, ultimately, sustains.Build Yourself a Boat redefines the language of collective and individual trauma through lyric and memory. Read more

Forever England : The Life Of Rupert Brooke

By: Mike Read

Narrated by: Mike Read

Length: 9 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Forever England explores Rupert Brooke’s life, from schooldays to the Great War, and in so doing builds a remarkable picture of a long-lost England and a generation’s descent into war. Brooke’s poems emerge dramatically from a tangled web of love, friendship, mental illness and politics. He reveals also the existence of a previously unrecorded... Read more

The Book of Poems

By: Denisse Molina Fisher

Narrated by: Michael Davis

Length: 13 minutes

Abridged: No

In this charming Book of Poems, you will find poems that allows you to self-examine your own perceptions, inner-most feelings and choices. You will gain wisdom as your invited to ponder topics such as Empowerment, Resiliency, Compassion, Imperfection, Change, Self-Forgiveness, Storytelling, Boundaries, Conflict, Communication and... Read more

We Inherit What the Fires Left

By: William Evans

Narrated by: William Evans

Length: 1 hour 44 minutes

Abridged: No

William Evans, the award-winning poet and cofounder of the popular culture website Black Nerd Problems, offers an emotionally vulnerable poetry collection exploring the themes of inheritances, dreams, and injuries that are passed down from one generation to the next and delving into the lived experience of a black man in the American suburbs... Read more

Riflessioni in Versi

By: Juan Moisés De La Serna

Narrated by: Marina di Paola

Length: 1 hour 41 minutes

Abridged: No

La vita, cos`è la vita? Nessuno sa come rispondere. È il momento presente? O è stato ieri? Cosa sarà? La vita, cos`è la vita? Iniziamo a pensare. Quale risposta troviamo? Forse non ci piacerà. La vita, cos`è la vita? Per quanto ci pensiamo nessuno ce lo sa dire e noi non troviamo risposta. La vita, cos`è la vita? Viviamo quando sogniamo? La... Read more

TRAVEL IN TIME

By: Anisoara Laura Mustetiu

Narrated by: Nicole Blessing

Length: 1 hour 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Written to make you smile, dream, cry, and shudder by the magic of love. Travel in Time, A Life Story in Poems is for you, as a reader, an experience of a new world; a world where fantasy and reality have created distinct imageries and memorable moments. It is the story of a young girl and her profound and painful love, the story of her... Read more

Sateen jälkeen

By: Saima Harmaja

Narrated by: Ritva-Liisa Elivuo

Length: 2 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

"Suunnaton kuuaavoilta heijastuu.Siinnossa pettävän kevään se kultana väikkyy.Siintäen läikkyyaaltoja rantaan ja taivaan himmeys hentovain yhä tummentuu, kun varjojen lentokäy yli maan."Saima Harmajan runokokoelma "Sateen jälkeen" julkaistiin Harmajan ollessa vain 22-vuotias. Rakkaus ja luonnon kauneus nousevat teoksessa pääosaan – ja välillä... Read more

Les sonnets

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Laurent Natrella

Length: 2 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Les sonnets parus en 1609 mais rédigés au fil des décennies précédentes résonnent encore aujourd'hui de part les thèmes intemporels qu'ils abordent, le désir, l'amour, la jalousie, le doute, la vieillesse, la mort. Ces 154 poèmes nous offrent à voir un concentré de l'univers shakespearien passionné, touchant, universel. Traduction, François Guizot. Read more

Noesis

By: Rob Taylor

Narrated by: Daniela Acitelli

Length: 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Noesis takes readers through a transcendent journey into the substratum of our collective consciousness serving as a poetic complement to Rob Taylor’s first book, The Irreducible Primary. In unison, these fifty poems boldly engage contentious spiritual, social, and political conditions commonplace in today’s global community.Rob Taylor’s poetry... Read more

A Certain Clarity

By: Lawrence Joseph

Narrated by: Lawrence Joseph

Length: 3 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

A selection of poems from the celebrated poet and lawyer

Beginning with his first book, Shouting at No One, from 1983, and continuing through to So Where Are We?, from 2017, A Certain Clarity provides a generous selection of Lawrence Joseph’s poetry “of great dignity, grace, and unrelenting persuasiveness” (John... Read more

Somos 4-Life

By: Nancy León & Celia León

Narrated by: Mandy Kaplan

Length: 4 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

A common theme in life is death. Those who lose someone to death must find a way to continue living. Grief was not something for me to understand or even question. Grief was something I had to experience. For a long time after Ricky’s death, I woke up unable to see the morning sun. Two questions overwhelmed my mind; why did Ricky die, and what... Read more

Here We Go Again

By: Ronald Franklin Saia

Narrated by: Ronald Franklin Saia

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

"Here We Go Again" evolved from "Heartland Inspirations," "Kentucky Wonder" and "Inspirations Anew For You," continuing my being inspired by life and the desire to lift up others.  Everyone needs an occasional lift from life's challenges which tests our coping ability.  I believe "Here We Go Again" will provide that moment for you. Read more

Silent No Longer Collection

By: The Brickley Bray Project

Narrated by: The Brickley Bray Project

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

“Let all our voices gather and rise, up to the heavens and fill the sky.” Be Silent No Longer Pop Poetry Fusion These are compelling words, to be certain. They are The Brickley Bray Project’s call to action. As much as we believe we should act, or do, or participate, we all have difficulty taking that first step. The Brickley Bray Project wants... Read more

Norden und andere Richtungen (Ungekürzt)

By: Mona Harry

Narrated by: Mona Harry

Length: 36 minutes

Abridged: No

NORDEN ist eine Hymne auf die Landstriche an den Küsten. Auf prasselnden Regen, wogende Meere und Wolkentürme. Auf Schafe aus Watte und schlafende Watten. Auf Meeresleuchten, Friesennerz und Gummistiefel. Auch die weiteren Texte sind wunderbar wortgewandte, verspielte, sinnsuchende und sinnfindende, sprudelnde Texte über das Leben und das... Read more

Northern Moons

By: Rob Taylor

Narrated by: Daniela Acitelli

Length: 35 minutes

Abridged: No

With fifty new, original poems, Northern Moons emerges as a continuum to Rob Taylor’s previous books. The spiritually-based essence of Taylor’s poetry speaks to the layers of consciousness that compose our soul. Each line is constructed (regardless of content or perceived context) as an inspiration for the reader to engage in a mindfulness... Read more