Poetry audiobooks

Postcolonial Love Poem

By: Natalie Diaz

Narrated by: Natalie Diaz

Length: 1 hour 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry
Finalist for the 2020 National Book Award for Poetry
Finalist for the 2020 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Poetry
Finalist for the 2020 Forward Prize for Best Collection

Postcolonial Love Poem, the brilliant second collection from Natalie Diaz, holds in its pages the urgent appeal for all bodies―bodies of... Read more

Enemies in the Orchard

By: Dana VanderLugt

Narrated by: Andy Ingalls, Elizabeth Klett & Rachel Leblang

Length: 3 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Set against the backdrop of WWII, this achingly beautiful middle grade novel in verse based on American history presents the dual perspectives of Claire, a Midwestern girl who longs to enter high school and become a nurse even as she worries for her soldier brother, and Karl, a German POW who’s processing the war as he works on Claire’s family... Read more

Poetic Remedies for Troubled Times

By: Taisia Kitaiskaia

Narrated by: Zura Johnson

Length: 1 hour 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Baba Yaga offers more off-kilter remedies for the modern dilemmas of an unstable age using her uncanny style, poetic simplicity, and surprising candor.

In this follow-up to Ask Baba Yaga: Otherworldly Advice for Everyday Troubles, award-winning writer Taisia Kitaiskaia once again embodies the legendary witch of Slavic folklore, Baba Yaga, to... Read more

Space Struck

By: Paige Lewis

Narrated by: Xe Sands

Length: 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Consider this glowing debut from Paige Lewis a menagerie of near-extinction. Space Struck explores the wonders and cruelties occurring within the realms of nature, science, and religion, with the acuity of a sage, the deftness of a hunter, and a hilarious sensibility for the absurd. The universe is seen as an endless arrow “. . . and it asks... Read more

Good Poems - Abridged

By: Various

Narrated by: Ensemble cast & Garrison Keillor

Length: 4 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Every day people tune in to The Writer's Almanac on public radio and hear Garrison Keillor read them a poem. And here, for the first time, is an anthology of poems from the show, chosen by the narrator for their wit, their frankness, their passion, their "utter clarity in the face of everything else a person has to deal with at 7 a.m." Good... Read more

A Child's Christmas In Wales - Abridged

By: Dylan Thomas

Narrated by: Dylan Thomas

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: Yes

First recorded in February of 1952, this remastered recording of Dylan Thomas reading A Child’s Christmas in Wales recalls all of the sights, smells, and sounds of a long-ago Christmas.Thomas’s wonderful recollection of this holiday in the seaside town of his youth is captured in this vivid performance. Also included are five poems selected and... Read more

Valentines

By: Stefan Rudnicki

Narrated by: various narrators, Susan Anspach, Stephanie Bea...

Length: 1 hour 14 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of classic love poetryComposed by many of the world’s best known and most celebrated poets—including William Blake, Emily Dickinson, John Donne, Robert Frost, James Joyce, Christina Rossetti, William Butler Yeats, and others—Valentines spans not only the ages, but the full range of passionate expression of love in all its forms and... Read more

The Best Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

By: Caroline Kennedy

Narrated by: Caroline Kennedy, Edward M. Kennedy, Viola Davi...

Length: 2 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis loved literature, especially poetry. "Once you can express yourself," she wrote, "you can tell the world what you want from it...All the changes in the world, for good or evil, were first brought about by words". Now, Caroline Kennedy shares her mother's favorite poems and the inspiration behind her strong belief in... Read more

B

By: Sarah Kay

Narrated by: Sarah Kay

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

A whimsical love letter, a shared promise, a thank you note, and a whispered secret to mothers and daughters everywhere. The perfect gift, B celebrates the bond that exists between a parent and a child. Short, touching, and lovingly performed, it is a family tradition waiting to begin. Read more

No Matter the Wreckage

By: Sarah Kay

Narrated by: Sarah Kay

Length: 2 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Following the success of her breakout poem, "B,"Sarah Kay releases her debut collection of poetry featuring work from the first decade of her career. No Matter the Wreckage presents listeners with new and beloved poetry that showcases Kay's talent for celebrating family, love, travel, and unlikely romance between inanimate objects ("The... Read more

Red Sox Rhymes

By: Dick Flavin

Narrated by: Dick Flavin & Henry Strozier

Length: 1 hour 23 minutes

Abridged: No

From the voice of Fenway Park comes a collection of sixty-four humorous and nostalgic poems celebrating the Boston Red Sox.A commonwealth institution and popular local television personality who is also the announcer, ambassador, and poet laureate for Fenway Park, Dick Flavin has entertained audiences with his incredible poetic talent and... Read more

Ted Hughes

By: Jonathan Bate

Narrated by: Mike Grady

Length: 25 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Ted Hughes, Poet Laureate, was one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. He was one of Britain's most important poets, his work infused with myth; a love of nature, conservation, and ecology; of fishing and beasts in brooding landscapes.With an equal gift for poetry and prose, and with a soul as capacious as any poet in history, he... Read more

Bird Songs in Literature

By: Joseph Wood Krutch & Peter Kellogg

Narrated by: Frederick G. Marcham

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

This rare treat for the nature lover is a special collection of over forty bird songs and the beloved poems they inspired.The songs of birds have been an inspiration to poets since before the days of Chaucer. But how many of us who have read about the skylark and nightingale since our school days have ever heard their famous song? And how many... Read more

Poems.

By: Neil Gaiman

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

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The Iliad

By: Homer

Narrated by: Alfred Molina

Length: 16 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

From the renowned translator of Rilke, Tao Te Ching, and Gilgamesh, a vivid new translation of Western civilization’s foundational epic: The Iliad.

Tolstoy called the Iliad a miracle; Goethe said that it always thrust him into a state of astonishment. Homer’s story is thrilling, and his Greek is perhaps the most beautiful poetry ever sung or... Read more

The Return of the Prophet

By: Hajjar Gibran

Narrated by: Peter Jacobs

Length: 1 hour 49 minutes

Abridged: No

In the tradition of the beloved masterpiece The Prophet, Hajjar Gibran -- an ancestral descendant of Kahlil Gibran -- presents a parable of spiritual awakening based on his often heartbreaking and ultimately triumphant life. With its universal themes, personal narrative, and timeless advice, The Return of the Prophet opens the doorway to a new... Read more

Chasers of the Light

By: Tyler Knott Gregson

Narrated by: Tyler Knott Gregson

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

The epic made simple. The miracle in the mundane.

One day, while browsing an antique store in Helena, Montana, photographer Tyler Knott Gregson stumbled upon a vintage Remington typewriter for sale. Standing up and using a page from a broken book he was buying for $2, he typed a poem without thinking, without planning, and without the ability to... Read more

Dog Songs and A Thousand Mornings

By: Mary Oliver

Narrated by: Mary Oliver

Length: 1 hour 24 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times bestselling poetry collection, featuring both Dog Songs and A Thousand Mornings

Mary Oliver’s Dog Songs is a celebration of the special bond between human and dog, as understood through the poet’s relationships to the canines that have accompanied her daily walks, warmed her home, and inspired her work. Oliver’s poems begin in... Read more

God's Trombones

By: James Weldon Johnson

Narrated by: Various

Length: 1 hour 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Introduced by Maya Angelou, the inspiring sermon-poems of James Weldon Johnson 

James Weldon Johnson was a leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance, and one of the most revered African Americans of all time, whose life demonstrated the full spectrum of struggle and success. In God's Trombones, one of his most celebrated works, inspirational... Read more

Aimless Love

By: Billy Collins

Narrated by: Billy Collins

Length: 1 hour 24 minutes

Abridged: No

DIGITAL EXCLUSIVE: Includes 5 additional poems only available on the digital download.

“Billy Collins puts the ‘fun’ back in ‘profundity.’ ”—Alice Fulton

From the two-term Poet Laureate of the United States Billy Collins comes his first compilation of new and selected poems in twelve years. Aimless Love combines new poems with selections from four... Read more

The Language of Life

By: Bill Moyers

Narrated by: Bill Moyers

Length: 7 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

"Poets live the lives all of us live," says Bill Moyers, "with one big difference. They have the power--the power of the word--to create a world of thoughts and emotions other can share. We only have to learn to listen."



In a series of fascinating conversations with thirty-four American poets, The Language Of Life celebrates language in its "most... Read more

The Voice of the Poet: Richard Wilbur

By: Richard Wilbur

Narrated by: Richard Wilbur

Length: 1 hour 3 minutes

Abridged: No

A remarkable series of audiobooks, featuring distinguished twentieth-century American poets reading from their own work. A first in audiobook publishing--a series that uses the written word to enhance the listening experience--poetry to be read as well as heard. Each audiobook includes rare archival recordings and a book with the text of the... Read more

Billy Collins Live

By: Billy Collins

Narrated by: Billy Collins

Length: 1 hour 14 minutes

Abridged: No

In this exclusive audio publishing event, Billy Collins, former U.S. Poet Laureate, shares an evening of his poetry in a benefit reading for WNYC, New York Public Radio. Often compared to Robert Frost, his poetry has been embraced by people of all ages and backgrounds, and his readings are most often standing room only.

Performed by the author... Read more

Loose Woman and Woman Hollering Creek

By: Sandra Cisneros

Narrated by: Sandra Cisneros

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Loose Woman

Seductive, earthy, and at times confessional, Sandra Cisneros's vibrant collection of poetry celebrates the females aspects of love--from the reflective to the overtly erotic--in a voice recognizable from her powerful works of fiction.

These poems offer narratives as formally elegant as they are emotional and accessible. They are... Read more