Poetry audiobooks

Ramblings of a Free Man

By: Kevin Paul Mellor

Narrated by: Jerry Short

Length: 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Perhaps all lives start as a well-constructed novel. A series of vignettes follow, some comedic, some mired in tragedy. Sometimes we try to shape our destiny, other times it shapes us. Suddenly in the blink of an eye, we enter the final run-in. For me, this late freedom is best served by poetry, life’s essence distilled. Holding close to family... Read more

Alcools

By: Guillaume Apollinaire

Narrated by: Jean-Christophe Aquaviva

Length: 2 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Alcools (1913) est un recueil de poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire qui illustre la transition entre tradition et modernité. Riche et varié, le recueil mêle des formes classiques et des innovations audacieuses, telles que l'absence de ponctuation. Les thèmes abordés oscillent entre amour, mélancolie, souvenirs et quête d'un idéal. Des poèmes comme... Read more

Heinrich Heine − Gedichte und Prosa

By: Heinrich Heine

Narrated by: Axel Grube

Length: 1 hour 18 minutes

Abridged: No

"Der heilige Gott der ist im Licht Wie in den Finsternissen Und Gott ist alles was da ist; Er ist in unseren Küssen." (Heinrich Heine: Seraphine VII) Ein paar Verse nur von Heinrich Heine haben mehr Wärme, aber eben auch mehr philosophische Essenz und Tiefe als tausend laufende Regalmeter deutscher Kathederphilosophie zusammengenommen. Der heute... Read more

Rainer Maria Rilke − Lyrik und Prosa

By: Rainer Maria Rilke

Narrated by: Axel Grube

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

"Rilke wußte mit dem Reim umzugehen wie nur wenige Dichter in der Geschichte der Literatur, er hat der Sprache ungeahnte Klänge und Melodien abgewonnen. In vielen seiner Verse vermochte er auszudrücken, was unsagbar schien: Seine Poesie ist ein Triumph über das Unsagbare. So gelang es Rilke, der deutschen Lyrik Bereiche zu erschließen, von deren... Read more

Friedrich Hölderlin − Lyrik und Prosa

By: Friedrich Hölderlin

Narrated by: Axel Grube

Length: 1 hour 47 minutes

Abridged: No

In einem früheren Vorwort des "Hyperion" sagt Hölderlin: "Die exzentrische Bahn, die der Mensch, im Allgemeinen und Einzelnen, von einem Punkte (der mehr oder weniger reinen Einfalt) zum anderen (der mehr oder weniger reinen Bildung) durchläuft, scheint sich, nach ihren wesentlichen Richtungen, immer gleich zu sein. Die Auflösung der Dissonanzen... Read more

Vårsyn

By: Vilhelm Ekelund

Narrated by: Klassiska Dikter

Length: 2 minutes

Abridged: No

VÅRSYN | VILHELM EKELUNDDikten 'Vårsyn' återfinns i Ekelunds andra diktsamling 'Syner' som gavs ut 1901 och blev hans största i omfång. Flera dikter skrevs under en resa till sydöstra Skåne och kretsar kring syn, visioner och drömmar. Samlingen bär influenser från den kontinentala symbolismen, med översättningar och motton från Richard Dehmel... Read more

Vechornytsi - Evening readings in Ukrainian

By: Nina Suprunenko

Narrated by: Nina Suprunenko

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Selected poems by Nina Suprunenko, read by the author. Вибрані вірші Ніни Супруненко, читає автор.
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A Book of Poems for Black Kings

By: Fulterius King

Narrated by: Fulterius King

Length: 1 hour 32 minutes

Abridged: No

A Book of Poems for Black Kings is a profound and empowering anthology that speaks directly to the hearts and souls of Black men and Black boys. This collection of poetry and prose is designed to validate their lived experiences, provide strength during trials, and facilitate deep soul-searching and self-discovery. Through poignant and powerful... Read more

Knit Ink

By: Anthony Etherin

Narrated by: Anthony Etherin

Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

A four-part collection that stretches the possibilities of the poetic form, from the traditional to the experimental; from the simple to the highly complex. Deftly exploring math and science alongside the arts, Knit Ink is a collection that showcases the bounds of formal poetry. The poems in Knit Ink study special or simplified cases of... Read more

Poems of Emily Dickinson – Series 2

By: Emily Dickinson

Narrated by: Denis Daly, Gregory Dwyer, various narrators, C...

Length: 1 hour 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Few of Emily Dickinson’s poems were published in her lifetime. Her posthumous fame is largely due to the efforts of her editors and supporters Thomas W. Higginson and Mabel Loomis Todd. In the foreword to this second collection, published in 1891, Mabel Loomis Todd wrote: “The eagerness with which the first volume of Emily Dickinson’s poems has... Read more

Emily Dickinson: Selected Poems

By: Emily Dickinson

Narrated by: Katherine Fenton

Length: 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Emily Dickinson lived as a recluse in Amherst, Massachusetts, dedicating herself to writing a "letter to the world" - the 1,775 poems left unpublished at her death in 1886. Today, Dickinson stands in the front rank of American poets. This considered collection includes thiry-eight poems that were published between Dickinson's death and 1900.... Read more

Everything We've Done: Female Poets of WW1

By: Charlotte Mew, May Sinclair, Margaret Postgate ...

Narrated by: Lucy Scott

Length: 52 minutes

Abridged: No

The horror of the male experience during World War One was well documented in poetry, memoir, and fiction throughout the 20th century. Women's voices of despair, endurance and anger, however, have often been forgotten. These poems of political fury, widowed brides, industry undertaken, and sons and friends loved and lost, give a heartbreaking... Read more

The Waste Land

By: T.S. Eliot

Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards

Length: 31 minutes

Abridged: No

In The Waste Land, T.S. Eliot presents a haunting and fragmented vision of a world in decline—a world ravaged by war, disillusionment, and spiritual desolation. Considered one of the most influential poems of the 20th century, The Waste Land is a complex mosaic of voices, mythic references, and shifting landscapes, capturing the fractured psyche... Read more

Poemario: Fragmentos de lo inesperado

By: Antonio Caldas Martín

Narrated by: IA

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Fragmentos de lo inesperado no es solo un poema- rio; es un viaje por los paisajes impredecibles de la vida. Cada poema es una ventana a emociones, his- torias y refl exiones que nos sorprenden, nos cuestio- nan y, a veces, nos abrazan en su misterio. Este libro reúne versos que exploran lo cotidiano y lo extraordinario, lo efímero y lo... Read more

The Complete Poetry of John Keats

By: John Keats

Narrated by: Distinctly Unique

Length: 5 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

'What the imagination seizes as Beauty must be truth' So wrote the Romantic poet John Keats (1795-1821) in 1817. This collection "The Complete Poetry of John Keats" contains all of his poetry: the early work, which is often undervalued even today, the poems on which his reputation rests including the Odes and of the uncompleted epic Hyperion,... Read more

Lais

By: Marie de France

Narrated by: Christine Khandjian

Length: 4 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

🎧 Plongez dans l’univers fascinant des Lais de Marie de France !Découvrez une collection de récits médiévaux captivants, où se mêlent amour courtois, aventures chevaleresques et mystères enchantés.✨ Une plongée dans l’imaginaire médiévalMarie de France, considérée comme la première femme écrivain de la langue française, nous transporte dans un... Read more

Growing Panes

By: Tamara Muroiwa

Narrated by: Tamara Muroiwa

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

MotherhoodHe lies on his bedI cuddle himMy hand is cuppedUnder his ribcage;I cannot work outWhich is his heartbeatAnd which is mine.This debut collection carries the reader on a journey from childhood to adulthood, covering the joy, pain, introspection and laughter encountered along the way. A must-have compilation of poems for every moment. Not... Read more

Black Rhythms, Sacred Voices

By: M.A. Tucker

Narrated by: A.F. Storm

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

In Black Rhythms, Sacred Voices, M.A. Tucker weaves a powerful tapestry of poetry that echoes with the soul of Black history, struggle, and triumph. These verses pulse with the rhythms of survival, the melodies of resistance, and the sacred voices that refuse to be silenced.From the weight of ancestry to the fire of revolution, from love's quiet... Read more

The Odyssey

By: Homer

Narrated by: Daniel Mendelsohn

Length: 19 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

This is an audiobook version of this book.

A landmark new translation of Homer’s most popular epic by distinguished author and classicist Daniel Mendelsohn.
 
In 1961, the University of Chicago Press published Richmond Lattimore's translation of Homer’s The Iliad. For more than sixty years, it has served to introduce readers to the ancient... Read more

Aurora Leigh

By: author

Length: 9 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s ‘novel in verse’ is an epic poem that voices with enchanting beauty and literary courage the perspective of Victorian women. Aurora Leigh forges her own path to become a poet, successfully proving her worth, defying the ideals of her era, and rescuing her spirit from the suppression of a routine domestic life.... Read more

Letters to My Dead Name

By: Richelle Lee Slota

Narrated by: Richelle Lee Slota

Length: 1 hour 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Richard struggled for much of his life with a mystery. Why was he uneasy and uncomfortable? Why did he feel like an imposter? In his sixties, he made a discovery that would change his life and his creative work. He realized that his life as a man did not fit with who he knew himself to be. He began the journey of transition that led him to... Read more

I dansen

By: Erik Gustaf Geijer

Narrated by: Klassiska Dikter

Length: 2 minutes

Abridged: No

I DANSEN | ERIK GUSTAF GEIJER'I dansen' skriven av Erik Gustaf Geijer någon gång mellan 1836-1846m är en livlig och lättsam dikt som hyllar ungdomens glädje och den sorglösa dansens nöje. Den uttrycker en kärlek till fest, gemenskap och ögonblickets lycka, där bekymmer snabbt glöms bort. Samtidigt finns en underliggande medvetenhet om tidens... Read more

Sandals Or A Suit

By: Reid Genauer

Narrated by: Reid Genauer

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: No

I’m Reid Genauer, singer, songwriter, storyteller. What follows is a collection of children's stories called "Sandals or A Suit" —a collection of whimsical poems that sprung from my adventures as curious kid and later as a dad to three spirited children of my own.As a musician in folk rock outfits Strangefolk and Assembly of Dust I’ve spent... Read more

Christina Rossetti: Selected Poems

By: Christina Rossetti

Narrated by: Emma Gregory

Length: 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Christina Rossetti was born in 1830, the youngest child in an extraordinarily gifted family including the Italian poet and political exile, Gabriele Rossetti. Christina Rossetti's poetry has never disappeared from view. Critical interest in her poetry swelled in the final decades of the twentieth century, a resurgence largely impelled by the... Read more