Poetry audiobooks
A Spring Harvest (UNABRIDGED)
By: Geoffrey Bache Smith
Narrated by: Sheryl Worton, Roy Banks, Margo Talley & Sandra...
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
G.B. Smith is best known for his close friendship with J.R.R. Tolkien, who would go on to write the fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings. He was a talented poet and attended Oxford. In 1915, he fought for England in World War I, and died of wounds received in 1916. After his death, this volume of his poetry was published by Tolkien and dedicated... Read more
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A Little Freckled Person: A Book of Child Verse (UNABRIDGED)
By: Mary Carolyn Davies
Narrated by: Lisa Herring, Hugh Bolduc, Charles Sokolsky & A...
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
Here is a delightful collection of short verses for children by Mary Carolyn Davies. Seeing the world through child-like imagination, these light-hearted poems are of trains, fishing, gardening, fairies and so much more. Read more
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Through All The Years (UNABRIDGED)
By: James W. Foley
Narrated by: Linda Sipple, Ted Maye, Yolanda Curran & Patric...
Length: 34 minutes
Abridged: No
Here is a sweet little poem to touch your heart and share with your best friends. The words are heartfelt, simple and trip off the tongue in sing-song fashion. The challenge becomes, as my English teacher and the poetry pundits oft complain of, how to read it without that sing-song pattern becoming monotonous. Read more
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Poems (UNABRIDGED)
By: Leonard Cline
Narrated by: Deneen Doak, Patricia Gilmore, Allan Stevens & ...
Length: 1 hour 46 minutes
Abridged: No
This is the first published volume of poetry by notable American journalist and author of horror stories Leonard Lanson Cline. These poems were published when Cline was only 21 years old, but the talent that would lead HP Lovecraft to admire his work is already clearly visible. Read more
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The Cheery Way, a Bit of Verse for Every Day - August (UNABRIDGED)
By: John Kendrick BANGS
Narrated by: Sylvester Price, Christopher Ogden, Emma Archil...
Length: 23 minutes
Abridged: No
There should be a bit of poetry in every day, and John Kendrick Bangs wrote a fitting poem for each day in the year. In 1920, a book was published with one of Bangs' poems for each day. This project covers the month of August. Read more
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The Pretty Sister Of José (UNABRIDGED)
By: Frances Hodgson Burnett
Narrated by: Mitchell Worth, Barry Nelson, Anthony Midgette ...
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
Pepita would rather become a witch than a wife. She's seen too many women, including her mother, wither away at their husband's hands. Popular and respected, our gentle, but fiercely independent heroine immediately grows cruel and cold to any suitor drawn in by her allure. When a famous bullfighting lady killer from Madrid takes interest in her,... Read more
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Other Poems, 1871-82 (UNABRIDGED)
By: Henry Kendall
Narrated by: Shirley Dingell, Roy Rosemond, Donald Harris & ...
Length: 1 hour 58 minutes
Abridged: No
This is the short last book in Henry Kendall's collected poems. This book contains miscellaneous poems of the native-born Australian poet, written later in his life, including poems dedicated to other notable Australian writers, such as Adam Lindsay Gordon. Read more
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The Cheery Way, a Bit of Verse for Every Day - April (UNABRIDGED)
By: John Kendrick BANGS
Narrated by: Julio Dabbs, George Enge, Jason Vessar & Christ...
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
There should be a bit of poetry in every day, and John Kendrick Bangs wrote a fitting poem for each day in the year. In 1920, a book was published with one of Bangs' poems for each day. This project covers the month of April. Read more
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Chrysomela (UNABRIDGED)
By: Robert Herrick
Narrated by: James Evans, Carmen Tucker, Daniel Hinson & Ama...
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
This is a volume of poetry by Robert Herrick. The volume "Chrysomela" was arranged by Francis Turner Palgrave. The 17th century English poet is continuing to inspire readers of his poetry. Read more
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At Minas Basin and Other Poems (UNABRIDGED)
By: Theodore Harding Rand
Narrated by: Jennifer Hernandez, Anna Lemon, Maria Harms & G...
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
This is a volume by Canadian poet and educator Theodore H. Rand. The poems are short and varied, with beautiful expressions and reflecting many different emotions. Read more
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Ballads of Peace in War (UNABRIDGED)
By: Michael Earls
Narrated by: THOMAS MOORE, Chris Bermudez, Shellie Lynch & D...
Length: 1 hour 6 minutes
Abridged: No
This is a collection of poetry by Michael Earls, a Jesuit priest, writer, poet, teacher, and administrator. This collection of poetry concerns war, in particular World War I. Read more
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Fifty Years & Other Poems (UNABRIDGED)
By: JAMES WELDON JOHNSON
Narrated by: Essie Skees, Rachel Bower, Gwen Wagner & Amalia...
Length: 2 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
This is a collection of poems by James Weldon Johnson. Johnson was an early civil rights activist, and this theme is the basis for many of the poems in this collection as well. This volume also contains an introduction by Brander Matthews.The first half of this volume contains poems in classical style and form, the second half of this collection... Read more
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Songs of Two (UNABRIDGED)
By: Arthur S. Hardy
Narrated by: Joshua Davis, Donna Prinz, Anthony Duncan & Ste...
Length: 26 minutes
Abridged: No
This is a volume of poems by American engineer, educator, editor, diplomat, novelist, and poet Arthur Sherburne Hardy. All of the poems in this volume are short and expressive, touching upon many different subjects. Read more
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A Budget of Christmas Tales (UNABRIDGED)
By: author
Narrated by: John Wright, Elizabeth Mcenaney, Mack Grass & S...
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
This is a 1895 collection of christmas-themed short stories and poems by various authors, Charles Dickens himself being the most prominent feature. Read more
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The Dark Ages, and Other Poems (UNABRIDGED)
By: author
Narrated by: Emma Sutton, Ola Griffin, Mark Dubberly & James...
Length: 1 hour 20 minutes
Abridged: No
This is a volume of poetry by a poet only going by the initial "L.". The poems are veried in tone and subject, set in different parts of the British Isles and Europe. Most of them have a historic background, though set several centuries after the titular "Dark Ages". Read more
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Poems (Unabridged)
By: GEORGE SANTAYANA
Narrated by: Roy Cardenas, Rosa Tutt, Joy Remaley & Edwin Nu...
Length: 2 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
George Santayana was born in Spain, educated in Boston and taught at Harvard before returning to Europe to spend the last forty years of his life writing. He is primarily known as a philosopher, his five-volume The Life of Reason being his magnus opus. But he also wrote a successful novel, The Last Puritan, as well as plays, essays and poetry.... Read more
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A Little Girl to Her Flowers (Unabridged)
By: author
Narrated by: Matilda Mann, Cynthia Ross, Vivan Islas & Kathy...
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
This is a small volume with short poems about flowers. Listeners may wish to refer to the online text, which includes very neat illustrations. Read more
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The Bab Ballads (Unabridged)
By: W. S. GILBERT
Narrated by: Joyce Douglas, Herman Smith, Larry Plungy & Ela...
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
The Bab Ballads are a collection of light verse by W. S. Gilbert, illustrated with his own comic drawings. Gilbert wrote the Ballads before he became famous for his comic opera librettos with Arthur Sullivan. In writing the Bab Ballads, Gilbert developed his unique "topsy-turvy" style, where the humor was derived by setting up a ridiculous... Read more
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Stories of Birds (Unabridged)
By: Lenore Elizabeth Mulets
Narrated by: Ida Muniz, George Tschida, Robin Coddington & M...
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
This volume contains stories, poems, myths, and facts about lots of different birds, intended for teaching children. It is divided into nine parts, each covering a different type of bird. Read more
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Lily Of The West (Unabridged)
By: author
Narrated by: Gail Holze, Helen KELLER, Stanley Davis & Anton...
Length: 25 minutes
Abridged: No
"Lily of the West is an Irish folk poem. Some say it is a metaphor for the Irish life after emigrating to America." Read more
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Pro Patria (Unabridged)
By: Julia Caroline Dorr
Narrated by: Lou Kriner, Kevin Schnell, Wilson Gonzales & Ta...
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
This is a collection of seven patriotic long poems by Julia Caroline Dorr. Read more
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Omar Resung (Unabridged)
By: Charles G. Blanden
Narrated by: Brian Holland, Barbara Ayala, Kristina Painter ...
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
Most of the translations of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam have been in verse. However, there have been three notable exceptions to this convention; the French translation by J. B. Nicolas (1867), the English version by Justin Huntly McCarthy (1889) and another English version by Frederick Rolfe (better known as Baron Corvo, the author of Hadrian... Read more
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Satires (Unabridged)
By: Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis
Narrated by: Cheryl Larson, Clarence Glisson, Ernesto Ezell ...
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis, known in English as Juvenal, was a Roman poet active in the late 1st and early 2nd century AD. The details of the author's life are unclear, although references within his text to known persons of the late 1st and early 2nd centuries AD fix his terminus post quem (earliest date of composition). The Satires are a... Read more
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An Alphabet of History (Unabridged)
By: Wilbur D. Nesbit
Narrated by: Harold Hill, Jessica Barela, CHARLES KING & Kat...
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
An alphabet of historical characters presented in poetical form! In their original form, the contents of this book appeared in the Chicago Sunday Tribune, which newspaper is hereby thanked for the privilege of reproducing this Alphabet Read more
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