Poetry audiobooks

birthmarks - Abridged

By: Precious Chiebonam Nnebedum

Narrated by: Precious Chiebonam Nnebedum

Length: 3 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Für jedes geschriebene Wort ein Stück Ermächtigung, ein Stück Selbst. Precious Chiebonam Nnebedum beweist: Sie ist die Kraft, mit der zu rechnen ist. Wer sind wir, wenn uns die Worte fehlen? Wer, wenn wir sie kaum aufhalten können? Wenn wir in verschiedenen Sprachen leben, uns nicht nur aus ihnen bedienen wollen, sondern sie für uns selbst... Read more

Antony and Cleopatra - Abridged

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Full Cast

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

A Shakespeare Society Production. The complete play in five acts. Read more

Vivienne and the Reaper - Abridged

By: Rachel Lawson

Narrated by: Rachel Lawson & The Mortal Coil players

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

originally written as separate poems for contests on allpoetry.com I tacked them together to make this epic the story in verse of the Life and death of Vivienne and the Reaper, Incidentally, the first part is told by the unnamed Jack Taylor who has a bigger part in the later version of Vivienne and the Reaper and appears in my Magicians series... Read more

William Blake: Poems - Abridged

By: William Blake

Narrated by: Nicol Williamson

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A collection of the best of poet William Blake. Read more

Vivienne - Abridged

By: Rachel Lawson

Narrated by: Rachel Lawson & The Mortal Coil Players

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

originally written as separate poems for contests on allpoetry.com I tacked them together to make this epic the story in verse of the Life and Death of Vivienne and the Reaper is part of the story. Read more

Otto Sander liest Joachim Ringelnatz - Abridged

By: Joachmim Ringelnatz

Narrated by: Otto Sander

Length: 3 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Wenn es einen unübertroffenen Ringelnatz-Interpreten gibt, dann ist es Otto Sander. In den vergangenen Jahrzehnten hat er DIE maßgeblichen Interpretationen von Ringelnatz-Gedichten und Erzählungen gelesen. Erstmals erscheinen sie nun in einer zusammenfassenden Ausgabe – mit den besten, den bewegendsten, den kinder-verwirrendsten,... Read more

Zwei weitere Winter (Gekürzt) - Abridged

By: Patrick Salmen

Narrated by: Patrick Salmen

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Patrick Salmen ist ein Erforscher der Worte und deshalb treibt ihn seine Neugier in unterschiedliche Genres. Er hat PoetrySlams gewonnen, Krimi-Romane geschrieben, Rap Songs veröffentlicht und mit seinen Lesereisen die Kleinkunstbühnen bespielt. Nebenbei schrieb er auch immer schon fast klassisch anmutende Lyrik. Zerbrechliche Zeilen über das... Read more

Ich tat die Augen auf und sah das Helle. Gedichte und Prosa - Abridged

By: Mascha Kaléko

Narrated by: Katharina Thalbach, Katja Danowski, Julia Nacht...

Length: 3 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Mascha Kaléko ist eine leuchtende Ausnahmeerscheinung in der deutschen Literatur. Niemand verkörpert das Berlin der Weimarer Republik zwischen Schreibmaschinengrau, hellen Kinoreklamen und nicht enden wollenden Nächten im Romanischen Café so sehr wie die melancholische Großstadtdichterin mit ihrem sprühenden Witz. Auch nach ihrer Flucht vor den... Read more

Chapters - Abridged

By: Ryan Manire

Narrated by: Ryan Manire

Length: 2 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Within the pages of this poetry book, I invite you to embark on a journey through the highs and lows of my life, exposing all the raw emotions of human nature, the nooks and crannies of humanity. These verses are the stories and experiences that have shaped me, a chronicle of finding strength in both the shadows and the light – in the vile... Read more

Sonnets - Abridged

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Sir John Gielgud

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

The complete sonnets performed by the quintessential Shakespearian actor, Sir John Gielgud. Read more

Richard Burton reads the poetry of Thomas Hardy - Abridged

By: Thomas Hardy

Narrated by: Richard Burton

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The multi-award winning actor reads the finest work of Thomas Hardy Read more

Sir Ralph Richardson reads Keats - Abridged

By: John Keats

Narrated by: Ralph Richardson

Length: 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Sir Ralph Richardson reads a selection of Keats' finest works including To Autumn and Ode To A Nightingale Read more

Love Sided - In Bloom - Abridged

By: Dhruv Shah

Narrated by: Dhruv Shah

Length: 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

What if love’s greatest gift is discovering ourselves?In Love Sided, poet Dhruv Shah invites readers on a journey of self-love, healing, and rediscovery through the beauty and ache of relationships. This poetry collection, inspired by the authors personal observations and journey, captures life’s most intimate emotions, exploring love,... Read more

Maybe You Never Cry Again - Abridged

By: Bernie Mac

Narrated by: Bernie Mac

Length: 4 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The film, television, and comedy legend tells the hilarious and moving story of how tough love, and a sense of humor made him the man he is todayBy the tender age of five, Bernie Mac had found his calling: making others laugh. He has since become the star and cocreator of Fox’s hit sitcom The Bernie Mac Show; a stand-up legend; and a hit movie... Read more

Home, Away, Elsewhere - Abridged

By: Vaughan Rapatahana

Narrated by: Vaughan Rapatahana & Gillian Bickley

Length: 1 hour 3 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A poetry collection in three parts. Home is events, situations, descriptions, and attitudes about Hong Kong, which is now Vaughan's home. Away contains poems about events, situations, descriptions, and attitudes about Aotearoa (New Zealand), in particular from a Maori (marginalised) perspective and also about all the other places where Vaughan... Read more

Love's Labour's Lost - Abridged

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Ian Richardson & Full Cast

Length: 2 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This new edition of Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost presents a highly readable text of the play based on the first quarto of 1598. A thorough but concise critical commentary and a comprehensive introduction illuminate the significant elements of the play, its remarkable use of language, and its performance history. Read more

Rilkes Mutter - Abridged

By: Hertha Koenig

Narrated by: Therese Berger

Length: 1 hour 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Es ist ein ganz einfacher Rilke", von dem die Schriftstellerin Hertha Koenig erzählt. Dies gelingt ihr in wunderbarer Weise – in feinen Nuancen entfaltet Hertha Koenig ein faszinierendes Bild des großen Dichters. Die Schilderungen von Begegnungen sowie persönliche Briefe und Fotos Rilkes sind ein einzigartiges und aufschlußreiches Dokument.... Read more

The Classic Hundred Poems - Abridged

By: Various

Narrated by: Ensemble Cast

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: Yes

An anthology every poetry lover should have: 100 carefully selected and beautifully read poems. Read more

Wata Don Pass Garri - Abridged

By: Nkechi Ani Nnenna Igwe

Narrated by: Mami Ani Igwe

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Wata Don Pass Garri is a body of work that is the talk-back to 2. It is one of Nkechi Ani's most honest bodies, detailing her feelings about magic, the family that stole her family, and the absolute reclamation of her power in sweet work, the pleasing of herself first. Nkechi Ani describes her experiences in the months following her fourth book,... Read more

Chasing Down the Dawn - Abridged

By: Jewel

Narrated by: Jewel

Length: 2 hours

Abridged: Yes

Welcome to a world set to the ever-changing rhythms of an artist's lifeIn Chasing Down the Dawn, recording artist, actress, and bestselling author jewel opens her intimate journals to create a vivid montage of the people, places, and relationships that colored the life she came from and have marked this past magical, turbulent, and ultimately... Read more

Gone Writing: The Poems of Moore on Sunday - Abridged

By: Peter Moore

Narrated by: Dave Moore, Peter Moore & Don Shelby

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Humorous poetry from the television program hosted by a beloved Minnesota news anchor.In the 1950s, Dave Moore, a young actor born and raised in Minneapolis, accepted a newscaster position with the local CBS affiliate, WCCO-TV-a job Walter Cronkite turned down. For the next three decades, until his death in 1998, he delivered the evening news... Read more

Routes - Abridged

By: Rhiya Pau

Narrated by: Farhana Kalique

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

At the core of this debut collection is a question – what is worth holding onto? Through poetic experiments that blend the academic and the artistic, Rhiya Pau queries complex characters and tender landscapes. Routes journeys from Ba's kitchen in Sonia Gardens to Independence hour in Delhi, across the pink shores of Nakuru, to meet a painter on... Read more

Melhores Poemas Cora Coralina - Abridged

By: Cora Coralina

Narrated by: Beth Goulart

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Este Melhores Poemas Cora Coralina traz a seleção especial dos mais célebres poemas da poeta. Organizado por Darcy França Denófrio, mestre em Teoria Literária, a obra apresenta-se em formato pocket. Simples, muito próxima do gosto do povo, fluindo com naturalidade, a poesia de Cora Coralina encontrou uma imensa receptividade popular. O... Read more

Anlegestellen für Helligkeiten - Abridged

By: Farhad Showghi & Eckhard Rhode

Narrated by: Farhad Showghi & Eckhard Rhode

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Die literarische Begegnung der beiden Dichter, die in Blöcken abwechselnd gelesenen Texte, die Unterschiedlichkeit, sich – was sie eint – schwer sagbaren Dingen über die Dichtung zu nähern, macht die Lesung zu einem besonderen Ereignis. Der Titel der Lesung "Anlegestellen für Helligkeiten" geht zurück auf Farhad Showghis zuletzt bei KookBooks... Read more