Poetry audiobooks
Troylus and Cressida - Abridged
By: William Shakespeare
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
Troilus and Cressida is set during the latter years of the Trojan War, faithfully following the plotline of the Iliad from Achilles' refusal to participate in battle to Hector's death. This full-cast dramatization is performed by The Marlowe Society. Read more
View audiobookThe Iliad - Abridged
By: Homer
Narrated by: Derek Jacobi & Maria Tucci
Length: 8 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Dating to the ninth century BC, Homer’s timeless poem still vividly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods wrestling with towering emotions and battling amidst devastation and destruction, as it moves inexorably to the wrenching, tragic conclusion of the Trojan War. Renowned classicist Bernard Knox observes in his superb Introduction... Read more
View audiobookThe Noel Coward Audio Collection - Abridged
By: Noel Coward
Narrated by: Simon Jones
Length: 5 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Throughout his life, Noel Coward the master songwriter, 'derived a considerable amount of private pleasure from writing verse.' Much of it is gathered in this first ever CD collection. From moving war-time encounters to satirical barbs at familiar Coward targets and personal reminiscences, this delightful collection is a perfect blend of vintage... Read more
View audiobookKonfetti im Haar - Abridged
By: Leja Reicht
Narrated by: Paula Riemann
Length: 39 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Das Hörbuch "Konfetti im Haar" enthält eine Auswahl von zeitgenössischen (Liebes-)Gedichten der Autorin Leja Reicht über die 5 Jahreszeiten der Liebe und einer bisher unveröffentlichten Kurzgeschichte "Unendlich", die von der Schauspielerin Paula Riemann gelesen wurden. Read more
View audiobookMystische Aubergine - Sandra Hüller liest Volker Sielaff - Abridged
By: Volker Sielaff
Narrated by: Sandra Hüller
Length: 18 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Das Langgedicht "Mystische Aubergine" ist eine Hymne auf all die Menschen, Dinge und Ideen, an denen sich unsere Liebe entzünden kann. Ein Dokument unbändiger Lust an der poetischen Weltentdeckung: so vielstimmig und disparat, so verrätselt und verrückt wie unsere Gegenwart. Flaschenbier, ein Haar im Kamm, der Orient, Foucaults Lüfter,... Read more
View audiobookEstações da Existência - Abridged
By: Gabriel Mageski
Narrated by: Vinicíus Léscio & Public Play Editora
Length: 22 minutes
Abridged: Yes
"Estações da Existência" é uma coletânea poética que entrelaça as nuances do amor, da perda e do renovo, transformando cada página em uma jornada emocional através das estações da vida. Com maestria, os versos de Gabriel Mageski tecem histórias entre rimas e reflexões, criando um mosaico de sentimentos que ressoam nos corações dos leitores. Os... Read more
View audiobookWilhelm Wolpert - live erlebt! - Abridged
By: Wilhelm Wolpert
Narrated by: Wilhelm Wolpert
Length: 1 hour 1 minute
Abridged: Yes
Auf einer fränkischen Kleinkunstbühne wurde auch sein neues Hörbuch live aufgenommen. 'Wilhelm Wolpert – live erlebt!' Ist der Titel der CD mit Texten seines letzen Buches 'Der kranke Franke'. Die fünf Geschichten und zehn Gedichte handeln alle von kranken Franken, den eingebildeten oder auch den echt kranken. Die therapeutische Wirkung dieses... Read more
View audiobookA Rare Recording of TS Eliot Reading His Poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock - Abridged
By: author
Narrated by: TS Eliot
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
Thomas Stearns Eliot (September 26, 1888 - January 4, 1965) was an American-British poet, essayist and playwright. He is considered to be one of the 20th century's greatest poets, as well as a central figure in English-language Modernist poetry. His use of language, writing style, and verse structure reinvigorated English poetry. He is also... Read more
View audiobookLunar Honey - Abridged
By: Holly R. Toomer
Narrated by: Holly R. Toomer
Length: 25 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Lunar Honey is a collection of poetry about evolving. The book is divided into 3 sections with thematic waves of love in various forms, culminating in self-empowering truths.
In Lunar Honey, Holly Toomer highlights romance, authenticity, social disparity, resilience, spirituality and purpose. The poems in this book reflect how an infatuated and... Read more
منذ أول تفاحة - Abridged
By: محمد خضر الغامدي
Narrated by: محمد نصر الله
Length: 39 minutes
Abridged: Yes
منذ أول تفاحة الشاعر محمد خضر ينتقل محمد خضر في مجموعته الشعرية " منذ أول تفاحة" بين فكرة الوطن و الحزن و المصير و الذاكرة و الحنين و الذكريات وصور الناس والحرية، و الحكمة التي ينقلها الآباء للأجداد، حيث يقول في أحد نصوصه " وراثة" : قال الجد حكمته للابن الأكبر الابن نقلها إلى الأولاد والفتيات على حد سواء الحكمة التي ترفرف الآن عالياً في طريقهم... Read more
View audiobookعودة رأسي إلى مكانه الطبيعي - Abridged
By: محمد خضر الغامدي
Narrated by: محمد نصر الله
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
عودة رأسي في رأسي غرف متراصة و مزدحمة يسكنها غرباء على هيئة أساطير قراتها في التاريخ.. تسكنها الخرافات أحياناً، لكن سرعان ما تضجر. حكايات يومية عن غلاء الأسعار و الأراضي .. ونشرة الأخبار. ذكريات ثقيلة في غرفة ضيقة.. صور فوتوغرافية للراحلين.. و أخرى خاصة بك.. في الطابق العلوي من رأسي. هناك أكثر من غرفة.. تلك الفارغة لفكرة لم تأت بعد.. تلك... Read more
View audiobookHalf-light - Abridged
By: Frank Bidart
Narrated by: Frank Bidart
Length: 2 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: Yes
This program is read by the author.
WINNER OF THE 2018 PULITZER PRIZE IN POETRY
WINNER OF THE 2017 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR POETRY
The collected works of one of contemporary poetry’s most original voices
Gathered together, the poems of Frank Bidart perform one of the most remarkable transmutations of the body into language in contemporary literature.... Read more
الإلياذة - Abridged
By: Homer
Narrated by: رأفت بازو
Length: 29 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: Yes
الإلياذة أحد أعظم الملاحم الأدبية على مر التاريخ. Read more
View audiobookألوان الحنين - Abridged
By: أنيس رزوق
Narrated by: قصي حمود
Length: 1 hour 42 minutes
Abridged: Yes
ألوان حنين مجموعة نثرية للشاعر الدكتور أنيس رزوق يبث من خلالها حنينه للوطن، الأم، والحبيبة، ويختبر من خلالها تجربته الشعرية في رحلة إلى اللغة، حيث تتداعى غنائيته صادحة بالمؤلوف وباللامألوف. وعندما نقرأ المجموعة سنكتشف مباشرة أن الكلمات هي نجوى للكاتب، وفي خارطة الزمن لم تكن مجرد إنتاج أدبي ليوضع في كتاب، بل هي تعابير تجولت في أزمان الماضي، وكتبت... Read more
View audiobookOne Hundred Favourite Poems - Abridged
By: Classic FM
Narrated by: Adrian Irvine, Alec McCowen, Charles Collingwoo...
Length: 3 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: Yes
This delightful anthology is a timeless collection of poems chosen by Classic FM listeners.
With humorous limericks, romantic sonnets, traditional and modern classics, this book is a true refelction of the greatest and best-loved verse. Discover poems for special occasions, as well as poems to suit any mood.
Whether you're reading them for the... Read more
Les plus beaux poèmes de Baudelaire - Abridged
By: Baudelaire
Narrated by: various
Length: 17 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Charles Baudelaire n'a jamais accepté le remariage de sa mère avec Aupick alors qu'il n'avait que 7 ans. Est-ce là la cause de son esprit rebelle ? Toujours est-il qu'il se fait exclure du lycée Louis-le-Grand, fermement décidé à mener une vie de dandy. Décision contrariée par son beau-père, qui le fait embarquer de force sur un paquebot en... Read more
View audiobookLes fleurs du Mal - Abridged
By: Baudelaire
Narrated by: Alexandre Rignault
Length: 14 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Œuvre majeure de Charles Baudelaire, le recueil de poèmes Les Fleurs du Mal, intégrant la quasi-totalité de la production poétique de l'auteur depuis 1840, est publié le 23 juin 1857 et a été réédité en 1861. C'est l'une des œuvres les plus importantes de la poésie moderne, empreinte d'une nouvelle esthétique où la beauté et le sublime... Read more
View audiobookCharles Peguy : Poésies - Abridged
By: Charles Peguy
Narrated by: Pierre Vaneck
Length: 16 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Charles Péguy entre à l'Ecole normale supérieure où Bergson fut l'un de ses professeurs. Très tôt, ses prises de position déroutent : croyant, il critique l'Eglise catholique, socialiste, il s'oppose au pacifisme et à l'internationalisme de la gauche, et nationaliste, il ne rejoint jamais la classe bourgeoise. En 1900, il crée sa propre revue,... Read more
View audiobookPoésies lues par JeanMarc Tennberg - Abridged
By: various
Narrated by: Jean Marc Tennberg
Length: 1 hour 24 minutes
Abridged: Yes
A la santé, Apollinaire ; Ballade des pendus, Villon ; Chanson du petit hypertrophique, Laforgue ; Complainte de l'oubli des morts, Laforgue ; Complainte du roi Renaud, chanson populaire ; Conseils à une Parisienne, Musset ; J'ai cueilli ce brin de bruyère, Apollinaire ; Je suis venu calme orphelin, Verlaine ; Jeanne était au pain sec, Hugo ; La... Read more
View audiobook's Fadele - Abridged
By: Angelika Mayr-Gehler
Narrated by: Angelika Mayr-Gehler
Length: 1 hour 14 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Am fremden Ort zu schreiben, ist ohne den Weg der eigenen Sprache zu beschreiten kaum möglich. Die aus Südtirol stammende und in Norddeutschland lebende Autorin wirft in ihrer Lyrik Blicke auf ihr Geburtsland. Die Sicht zwar von außen, die Sprache aber stark südtirolerisch gefärbt: darin besteht das Spannungsverhältnis. Den Kern der Gedanken... Read more
View audiobookArthur Rimbaud lues par Michel Vitold - Abridged
By: Arthur Rimbaud
Narrated by: Michel Vitold
Length: 36 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud est un poète français, né le 20 octobre 1854, mort le 10 novembre 1891. Il écrit ses premiers poèmes à quinze ans et demi et ses derniers à 20 ans. Selon lui, le poète doit être " voyant " il faut " être absolument moderne ", mais renonce subitement à l'écriture malgré la reconnaissance de ses pairs. Ses idées... Read more
View audiobookLes plus beaux poèmes de Louis Aragon - Abridged
By: Louis Aragon
Narrated by: JeanLouis barrault
Length: 18 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Les 8 plus beaux poèmes de Louis Aragon dits par Jean-Louis Barrault : Un air embaumé, Poèmes de cape et d'épée, Les amants séparés, Richard II Quarante, Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux, Le paysan de Paris chante, Amour d'Elsa, Le cri du Butor. Louis Aragon est un poète, romancier, journaliste et essayiste français, né le 3 octobre 1897 à... Read more
View audiobookVery Best of Lord Byron - Abridged
By: Lord Byron
Narrated by: Laidman Brown & Tyrone Power
Length: 1 hour 58 minutes
Abridged: Yes
A collection of Lord Byron's finest work including "Manfred", "Don Juan" and "Fragment of a Novel". Read more
View audiobookPoésie : Gérard De Nerval par Jean Vilar - Abridged
By: Gérard de Nerval
Narrated by: Jean Vilar
Length: 17 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Gérard Labrunie dit Gérard de Nerval, est né le 22 mai 1808, à Paris. Il décida d'y terminer volontairement ses jours et on le retrouva pendu, rue de la Vieille Lanterne, à l'aube du 26 janvier 1855. L'existence entière de Nerval fut dominée par l'obsession d'une autre vie dont seuls les rêves nous rendent compte. Aurélia est l'adorable créature... Read more
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