Poetry audiobooks

One 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

Endpoint and Other Poems - Abridged

By: John Updike

Narrated by: Charles McGrath

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A stunning collection of poems that John Updike wrote during the last seven years of his life and put together only weeks before he died for this, his final book.

The opening sequence, “Endpoint,”is made up of a series of connected poems written on the occasions of his recent birthdays and culminates in his confrontation with his final illness.... Read more

The Pageants - Abridged

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Gregory Dwyer, David Shears, P. J. Morgan, Blai...

Length: 6 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Shakespeare’s history plays fall into two categories: political dramas and propagandistic pageants. The second category is comprised of the two plays in this presentation, Henry V and Henry VIII.These two plays have many elements in common. An underlying theme is the necessity and glory of government by sovereign royalty. Each play is presented... Read more

The Odyssey - Abridged

By: Homer

Narrated by: Derek Jacobi

Length: 9 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The most popular epic of Western culture springs to life in Allen Mandelbaum's magnificent translation.

Homer's masterpiece tells the story of Odysseus, the ideal Greek hero, as he travels home to Ithaca after the Trojan War—a journey of ten years and countless thrilling adventures. Rich in Greek folklore and myth, featuring gods and... 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

Klaus Kinski - Abridged

By: Carry Thomas, Juan Julio Arrascaeta, Friedrich ...

Narrated by: Klaus Kinski

Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Klaus Kinski war ein wahrer Meister des Sprechtheaters, der sein Publikum gleichermaßen schockierte und faszinierte. Kinski erlangte vor allem für Rezitationen bekannter Philosophen und Dichter hohe Aufmerksamkeit. Kinskis Vortag wollte erfühlt, verstanden und gleichzeitig genossen sein, in seiner üppig überschäumenden Sinnlichkeit, die aufs... Read more

Wilhelm Busch: Eduards Traum - Abridged

By: Wilhelm Busch

Narrated by: Andreas Muthesius

Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Eduard hat einen Traum. Einen dieser Träume, in denen alles möglich ist. Und so verlässt Eduard seinen Körper und saust durch das Universum. Er begegnet wunderlichen Dingen und Lebewesen - darunter den allerwunderlichsten, den Menschen. Groteskes Spätwerk des Meisters. Read more

'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

Willst Du Dein Herz mir schenken? - Abridged

By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Friedrich Gottlieb ...

Narrated by: Sven Görtz

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Willst Du Dein Herz mir schenken?" Diese Frage stellt man besonders gern am Valentinstag. Die schönsten Liebesgedichte aller Zeiten von Goethe bis Shakespeare sind hier vereint. Zum einen die perfekte Zitatsammlung für die Valentinskarte, zum anderen ein perfektes Geschenk - anstelle der Karte! Einfühlsam vorgetragen von Sven... Read more

Kuttel Daddeldu - Abridged

By: Joachim Ringelnatz

Narrated by: Sven Görtz

Length: 2 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Kuttel Daddeldu - das ist der Name des Seebären, den Joachim Ringelnatz gerne auf der Bühne gab. Im frühen 20. Jahrhundert war die Figur des Matrosen, der in jedem Hafen ne Braut und mit jeder Braut mindestens 12 Kinder hat - Prostituiertenbesuche mal dezent außen vor gelassen - einer der beliebtesten Bühnencharaktere. Hier wurde richtig derb... Read more

Galgenlieder - Abridged

By: Christoph Morgenroth

Narrated by: Sven Görtz

Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Die Galgenlieder von Christian Morgenstern… Zuerst wurden sie von der Kritik als "Unsinnslyrik" eingestuft; bald aber bemerkte man, dass sie eine riesige Anhängerschaft gefunden hatten - und höchsten literarischen Wert besaßen! Tucholsky bemerkte: "Man lacht sich krumm - und bemerkt hinterher, dass man einen philosophischen Satz gelernt hat."... Read more

49 poems from The Flowers of Evil by Baudelaire - Abridged

By: Charles Baudelaire

Narrated by: Paul Edwards

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

First published in 1752, Micromegas is one of Voltaire's best-known works. It is a tale of mordant irony, and actually the original science-fiction short story. Arriving on Earth from the star Sirius, the gigantic explorer Micromégas discovers the people of Earth, so small compared to him that he first believes that no creature this size can... Read more

Wilhelm Busch: Poesie & Prosa - Abridged

By: Wilhelm Busch

Narrated by: Andreas Muthesius

Length: 1 hour 20 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Weltbekannt wurde er durch seine Bildergeschichten wie Max und Moritz oder Die Fromme Helene. Wilhelm Busch (1832 - 1908) war ein ambitionierter Schriftsteller, dessen Werke auch ohne kongenialen Tuschestrich bestehen konnten. Read more

Die schönsten Gedichte - Abridged

By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Friedrich Hölderlin...

Narrated by: Sven Görtz

Length: 2 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Die schönsten Gedichte von der Klassik bis zur Neuromantik! Werke Johann Wolfgang von Goethes, Friedrich Schillers, Theodor Fontanes, Rainer Maria Rilkes und vieler anderer werden überragend von Sven Görtz gelesen. Sven Görtz wird am 13. November 1967 im Westerwald geboren. Er studierte Philosophie, Anglistik und Germanistik in Gießen. Neben... Read more

Drei kurze Texte (mit tödlichem Ausgang) - Abridged

By: Peter Palizsch

Narrated by: Anne Moll, Germain Wagner & Ulrich Gebauer

Length: 1 hour 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Peter Palitzsch hat drei kurze Texte über Krieg, Gewalt und Emigration mit jeweils tödlichem Ausgang geschrieben, es ist sein erstes Drama überhaupt. In ihm geht es um das Beheimatetsein auf einer Erde, die zu oft ihre Kinder ausgespuckt hat, die nun umherirren, gerade auf der Suche nach dieser Heimat. Die drei Texte umreißen verschiedene... Read more

Aber hütt - Abridged

By: Raphael Urweider, Beat Sterchi, Christoph Simon...

Narrated by: uvm. & Ueli Jäggi

Length: 1 hour 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Ernst Eggimann gehörte in den 1970er-Jahren zu den Pionieren einer modernen Mundartdichtung, die bis heute die Spoken-Word-Szene inspiriert. Zu seinem 75. Geburtstag wurden 2011 seine wegweisenden Gedichte wieder aufgelegt (u ner hört, edition spoken script) und eine Hommage an den Solothurner Literaturtagen ausgerichtet. Nun erfährt Eggimanns... Read more

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

Texas Highways and the Genocide of the Wolf - Abridged

By: LAL

Narrated by: John Mendell

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

“Texas Highways” began as reflections and poems inspired by the Bastrop fires and Hurricane Harvey. It evolved with the Castizo narrator’s emotional states from desperate heartbreak to exhilaration all while driving across the state’s majestic landscapes on its imperial highways. In total there are 56 Texan sonnets in free verse that vary from... 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

Henry the Fourth - Abridged

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Harry Andrews & Pamela Brown

Length: 2 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: Yes

This updated edition offers a strongly theatrical perspective on the origins of Shakespeare's The First Part of King Henry IV and the history of its interpretation. The introduction clarifies the play's surprising, de-centred dramatic structure, questioning the dominant assumption that the drama focuses on the education of Prince Hal. It calls... Read more

Intimidades - Abridged

By: Bomfim Cavalcante Carneiro

Narrated by: Voz Sintética

Length: 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

40 poemas de amor onde a intensidade das intimidades amorosas só aos amantes é dado entender. Poemas onde o autor se expõe sem as peias de qualquer clausura pessoal. Poemas escritos para quem sabe que o amor é, talvez, a principal razão da existência de qualquer mortal. Read more

Amants, heureux amants... : les plus beaux poèmes d'amour français - Abridged

By: Victor Hugo, Ronsard & Baudelaire

Narrated by: Serge Reggiani & Loleh Bellon

Length: 31 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Les plus beaux poèmes d'amour interprétés par Serge Reggiani et Loleh Bellon : Dieu Créa La Femme, La Jeune Parque, Je T'attendais Ainsi Qu'on Attend Les Navires, Fragments De Poèmes, La Nuit M'est Courte, Nous Deux, Ô Beau Visage, Sombre, Long Et Doux, L'amoureuse, Ô Temps Suspends Ton Vol, Jamais D'autre Que Toi, D'eux Deux Il Etait Ainsi,... Read more

Descalço para o mundo - Abridged

By: Denilson Bento da Silva

Narrated by: Diego de Leon

Length: 1 hour 10 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Descalço para o mundo, de Denilson Bento da Silva, é um conjunto de poemas envoltos pela estética da literatura marginal. As memórias da infância do autor e as questões sociais da periferia misturam-se à cultura do hip-hop e dos bailes black de famosos DJ's e MC's, num panorama que vai de Tim Maia ao funk carioca. Das lavadeiras torcendo a roupa... Read more

Ages of Man - Abridged

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Sir John Gielgud

Length: 1 hour 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Here are some of Shakespeare's finest speeches performed by one of the greatest Shakespearean actors of this century. It ranges from the youth of Jaques' introduction to life, 'All the world's a stage!' in ""As You Like It"" to the aged Prospero's goodbye to Ariel and Shakespeare's own farewell to his muse in ""The Tempest"": 'Now my charms are... Read more