Poetry audiobooks

My Very Own Words

By: Derrinique Elliott

Narrated by: Joanna Henning

Length: 20 minutes

Abridged: No

This collection of poetry features one original example of fifteen different types of poems. Each poem is listed with its type and the literary elements used in it. Read more

In Beauty with Thee, God

By: Eugene St. Martin, Jr.

Narrated by: Larry Herron

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

E.C. has been a groundskeeper for tennis courts, especially the green clay courts. He teaches tennis in the evenings in the parks. This book is about his prayers and reflections on his life and the game of tennis as he goes about working, teaching, playing, visiting friends, and going to church. Read more

Reborn and Other Versifications

By: A. E. Fonner

Narrated by: Larry Herron 

Length: 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Author A. E. Fonner heard a call to go beyond what he was. Reborn and Other Versifications is the answer to that call. Arranged in an evolutionary fashion, these verses demonstrate both personal growth and the process of grieving. As a whole, they illustrate the series of emotions we all experience as we make sense of the world around us and... Read more

October Harvest

By: Magnus Aurelio

Narrated by: Adam Croasdell 

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

This poetry is all about love, music, journeys, stories, and documentaries. It even contains some translations from Swedish originals, which probably are never translated before. There are some biographical ingredients as well mainly about composers and a lot of philosophy but love is the main theme throughout. Read more

Rhyme and Reason of a 21St Century Grandpa

By: B.C.A. Mager

Narrated by: Adam Croasdell

Length: 1 hour 15 minutes

Abridged: No

The great thing about a long life like Barry Mager’s is that there’s plenty to write about. A 1940 war baby born in Reading, he met his father only after losing his mother at the end of the war. His unique perspective on the quirks, tragedies, and mundanities of life kept him going through the hard times. Holding an honor’s degree in English... Read more

Trapped in My Mind

By: L.P. MD.

Narrated by: Kate Marcin

Length: 1 hour 38 minutes

Abridged: No

The author decided to write Trapped in My Mind for herself and for others who have experienced disturbing moments in their lives. She underwent the most unpredictable and painful episode that a human being can go through. She hopes that sharing this experience with you will teach you and herself how to make a difference in the way people... 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

The Tradition

By: Jericho Brown

Narrated by: JD Jackson

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Jericho Brown's daring new book The Tradition details the normalization of evil and its history at the intersection of the past and the personal. Brown's poetic concerns are both broad and intimate, and at their very core a distillation of the incredibly human: What is safety? Who is this nation? Where does freedom truly lie? Brown makes... Read more

Library of Small Catastrophes

By: Alison C. Rollins

Narrated by: Janina Edwards

Length: 1 hour 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Library of Small Catastrophes, Alison Rollins's ambitious debut collection, interrogates the body and nation as storehouses of countless tragedies. Drawing from Jorge Luis Borges's fascination with the library, Rollins uses the concept of the archive to offer a lyric history of the ways in which we process loss. "Memory is about the future, not... Read more

Mind Platter

By: Najwa Zebian

Narrated by: Najwa Zebian

Length: 4 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Mind Platter is a compilation of reflections on life as seen through the eyes of an educator, student, and human who experienced her early days in silence. It is written in the words of a woman who came from Lebanon to Canada at the age of 16 and experienced what it was like to have fate push her to a place where she didn't belong. It is written... Read more

Pillow Thoughts III

By: Courtney Peppernell

Narrated by: Courtney Peppernell

Length: 1 hour 3 minutes

Abridged: No

A beautifully raw and poignant collection of poetry and prose, Pillow Thoughts III continues the series from poet Courtney Peppernell. Fix yourself a warm drink and settle into Peppernell's words as she pens a tribute to her readers who are bravely continuing their journey from hurt to healing.  Read more

Pillow Thoughts II

By: Courtney Peppernell

Narrated by: Courtney Peppernell

Length: 1 hour 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Peppernell understands that healing is a process, and Pillow Thoughts II eloquently captures the time and experience that one goes through on their journey to peace through restoration. 

A collection of inspirational and comforting poems for anyone who is mending from a broken heart, read by the author herself. Read more

How a Poem Moves 

By: Adam Sol

Narrated by: Adam Sol & Soraya Peerbaye

Length: 5 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of playfully elucidating essays to help reluctant poetry readers become well-versed in verseDeveloped from Adam Sol’s popular blog, How a Poem Moves is a collection of 35 short essays that walks readers through an array of contemporary poems. Sol is a dynamic teacher, and in these essays, he has captured the humor and engaging... Read more

The Bhagavad Gita

By: anonymous

Narrated by: Sagar Arya

Length: 2 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Sanskrit for ‘Song of the Lord’, the Bhagavad Gita is a 700-verse Hindu epic that constitutes part of the faith’s vast cornerstone work, the Mahabharata. The book provides timeless truths and indispensible advice for believers trying to overcome internal tensions, doubt and indecision. The teachings are conveyed in the form of a dialogue between... Read more

Absolution for the Kitchen Sink

By: Rod Rippel

Narrated by: Todd Ethridge

Length: 2 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

This is a collection of poetry and commentaries on life experiences and issues of the spirit movement of the latter half of the twentieth century that appear relevant in the emerging twenty-first. Topics include celebration of life transitions, reflections on lifestyle modes, insights into the religious dimension, the aging process, and... Read more

You Are a God

By: Liam Hopson

Narrated by: Joanna Henning

Length: 47 minutes

Abridged: No

I wrote this book Because I wanted to share Please observe closely All the instructions are there The body a prison But you can leave Not through Death But through life Different to how We now perceive Through vibration, particles appear united Through light The Higgs boson will be ignited True bliss Will engulf the... Read more

Pillow Thoughts: The Audiobook Collection

By: Courtney Peppernell

Narrated by: Courtney Peppernell

Length: 4 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Pillow Thoughts: The Audiobook Collection is a compilation of Courtney Peppernell's Pillow Thoughts poetry. This bundled audiobook includes all three books in the series, plus Courtney's commentary about her inspiration, writing process and much more.

Bonus Materials include a teaser of several poems from the upcoming Pillow Thoughts IV.
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In the Lateness of the World

By: Carolyn Forché

Narrated by: Carolyn Forché

Length: 1 hour 26 minutes

Abridged: No

FINALIST FOR THE 2021 PULITZER PRIZE FOR POETRY

“An undisputed literary event.” —NPR

“History—with its construction and its destruction—is at the heart of In the Lateness of the World. . . . In [it] one feels the poet cresting a wave—a new wave that will crash onto new lands and unexplored territories.” —Hilton Als, The New Yorker

Over four... Read more

Homespun Mercies

By: DJ Hill

Narrated by: DJ Hill

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

My aunt once told me she dreamed her house/Had a secret room, one which held everything/She loved most, poet DJ Hill writes. This debut collection throws open a door to the "secret room" all of us keep inside ourselves. Hill examines "what life requires" of us, along with the ways real lives work, in an arresting juxtaposition of music and... Read more

The Rumi Prescription

By: Melody Moezzi

Narrated by: Mozhan Marnò

Length: 7 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

A powerful personal journey to find meaning and life lessons in the words of a wildly popular 13th century poet.

Rumi's inspiring and deceptively simple poems have been called ecstatic, mystical, and devotional. To writer and activist Melody Moezzi, they became a lifeline. In The Rumi Prescription, we follow her path of discovery as she... Read more

Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year

By: author

Narrated by: Simon Russell Beale, Helen McCrory, Damian Lewi...

Length: 13 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

"Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year is not just for Christmas, but for all time." —Helena Bonham Carter

A magnificent collection of 365 passages from Shakespeare's works, for the Shakespeare scholar and neophyte alike.

Make Shakespeare a part of your daily routine with Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year, a yearlong collection of passages... Read more

Intuitions

By: Karl Kevin Smith

Narrated by: Gabe Featherstone

Length: 1 hour 15 minutes

Abridged: No

I like to observe and think before I write.
I try to be as creative as I can be when I do this. And I try to keep it real.
It is because I believe in conveying my thoughts
in that manner. Read more

The Nectar of Pain

By: Najwa Zebian

Narrated by: Najwa Zebian

Length: 3 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

In The Nectar of Pain, Zebian sheds light on the feelings and experiences that emerge from a painful heartbreak. She writes that the process of cleansing oneself of that pain—day by day, hour by hour, and second by second—is the real work of healing.

With uncommon warmth and wisdom, Zebian empowers all who have lost to let go of anger and... Read more

If Men, Then

By: Eliza Griswold

Narrated by: Eliza Griswold

Length: 47 minutes

Abridged: No

A darkly humorous new collection of poems by the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and author of Wideawake Field and Amity and Prosperity

If Men, Then, Eliza Griswold’s second poetry collection, charts a radical spiritual journey through catastrophe. Griswold’s language is forthright and intimate as she steers between the chaos of a tumultuous... Read more