Poetry audiobooks

May-Day and Other Pieces

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Narrated by: Mark Bowen

Length: 2 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Spring arrives with a rush of words, and Ralph Waldo Emerson stands at the threshold, pen in hand. May-Day and Other Pieces is not just a collection of poems—it is an invitation to witness the shifting tides of nature, thought, and destiny through the eyes of one of America's sharpest philosophical minds. From the awakening landscapes of May-Day... Read more

La espiral poética

By: Joaquín Emilio García Martín

Narrated by: IA

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

De igual modo que las espirales desarrollan en su evolución sucesivas curvas helicoidales, las emociones y los sentimientos humanos sufren oscilaciones curvilíneas que les alejan de su origen o incluso, en ciertas ocasiones, les hacen regresar súbitamente a su punto de partida. Este libro contiene una selección de poemas que «versan» sobre... Read more

Lovers Leap

By: Elizabeth Cusack

Narrated by: Elizabeth Cusack

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Romance, intrigue and excitement await inside Lovers Leap. The moment you enter Sappho’s island, you are swept into the sky. In this five part poem, Elizabeth Cusack takes you on a journey through the life of a passionate poet. Read more

El Silencio de la luna

By: José Emilio Pacheco

Narrated by: Javier Aranda Luna

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Con poemas escritos entre 1985 y 1996, en El silencio de la Luna José Emilio Pacheco sintetiza hasta sus últimas posibilidades las palabras que animan sus poemas, hasta demostrar que están hechas «de la esencia del mundo». En la poesía de José Emilio Pacheco se reúnen la imaginación y la memoria, el gozo de la vida y la pesadumbre por el tiempo... Read more

La arena errante

By: José Emilio Pacheco

Narrated by: Javier Aranda Luna

Length: 1 hour 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Publicados entre 1992 y 1998, los poemas de La arena errante de José Emilio Pacheco reflejan la inquietud existencial y el asombro de estar vivos. La arena es tiempo que transcurre en un reloj. La arena es playa en la que se estrella el mar interminablemente. La arena errante es la que viaja en el desierto, sin dirección ni destino. La arena... Read more

The Timeless Love of Billy B for Scheherazade

By: David Moore

Narrated by: Christopher Knight

Length: 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Balthazar dreams of the perfect woman, one he can summon or dismiss at will on his computer screen. But as time passes, he becomes ensnared in his own creation, consumed by an obsession with this non-existent figure. As Balthazar spirals downward, losing everything from his identity to the use of his body, reduced to just his mind and the... Read more

Ciudad de la memoria

By: José Emilio Pacheco

Narrated by: Javier Aranda Luna

Length: 37 minutes

Abridged: No

En los poemas de José Emilio Pacheco, escribió Octavio Paz, se exalta la victoria de la naturaleza sobre la cultura y al exaltarla la transfigura, la convierte en palabra. Se ha querido ver en la poesía de José Emilio Pacheco la imagen de la desolación y del tiempo que se ha ido y no volverá. Es eso, pero también es la conciencia del instante... Read more

The Land

By: Vita Sackville-West

Narrated by: Patrick Barker

Length: 2 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Vita Sackville-West’s book length poem celebrates the landscapes and produce of the Weald of Kent. Divided into four parts—Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn—it paints a vivid picture of the Kentish countryside across the year and the farming practices of the Kentish folk eking out a living on its unpredictable clayey soils. Published in 1926, the... Read more

אנה מסתובבת לאט: שירים

By: ענת לוין

Narrated by: ענת לוין

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

היינו שניים לֹא הָיָה לָנוּ בַּיִת לֹא הָיוּ לָנוּ חֲבֵרִים יָשַׁבְנוּ עַל הַסַּפְסָלִים הַנְּמוּכִים דִּבַּרְנוּ דְּבָרִים שֶׁלֹּא הָיְתָה עִימָם כֹּל מַשְׁמָעוּת אַךְ צִבְעָם הָיָה נוֹטֶה כְּלַפֵּינוּ: צָהֹב וְזָהָב וְרוֹעֵד. קובץ השירים הראשון של ענת לוין, הזוכה בתחרות "שירה על הדרך" של עיריית תל אביב לשנת 2006. קובץ השירים "אנה מסתובבת לאט"... Read more

מזמור לתנך

By: Nava Semel

Narrated by: Nava Semel

Length: 1 hour 40 minutes

Abridged: No

גיבורי הספר "מזמור לתנ"ך" הם דמויות מספר הספרים במבט עכשווי ומחויך. אברהם ושרה, דוד ומיכל, יוסף ואשת פוטיפר, קהלת ומִישָׁאֵל, ושאר גיבורים הם אנשים בשר ודם, תוססים, מוּנָעִים מיְצרים ותשוקות, נתונים לגחמות ולתהפוכות גורל, חוטאים ונידחים - כמונו בדיוק. ממרחק הזמן, ניתן להקשיב לדופק הפועם מן הסיפור התנ"כי ולגלות כי לדמויות – הידועות יותר והידועות... Read more

Svenska krusbär

By: Carl Jonas Love Almqvist

Narrated by: Klassiska Dikter

Length: 1 minute

Abridged: No

SVENSKA KRUSBÄR | CARL JONAS LOVE ALMQVIST'Svenska krusbär' kommer från Carl Jonas Love Almqvists verk 'Om svenska rim', som publicerades postumt. Det är troligt att dikten skrevs under hans senare år, kanske på 1850- eller 1860-talet, när han började reflektera mer över Sveriges kulturella identitet och nationalkaraktär. Det är en humoristisk... Read more

Sathi

By: Poshan Kumar

Narrated by: Poshan Kumar

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: No

प्रेम एक ऐसी अद्भुत अनुभूति है जो मानव जीवन को सार्थकता प्रदान करती है। यह हमारे अस्तित्व के मूल में स्थित है और हमारे विचारों, भावनाओं और क्रियाओं को प्रेरितकरतीहै। प्रेम की कोई एक परिभाषा नहीं है क्योंकि यह विभिन्न रूपों में प्रकट होता है - माता-पिता का अपने बच्चों के प्रति प्रेम, भाई-बहनों के बीच का प्रेम, दोस्तों के बीच का प्रेम और नायक और... Read more

The Iliad

By: Homer

Narrated by: Emely Bronks

Length: 15 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

The Iliad tells the dramatic story of the Trojan War, focusing on the wrath of Achilles and the clash between honor, pride, and fate.This timeless masterpiece, attributed to the Greek poet Homer, is brought to life through an immersive narration that captures the grandeur, fury, and poetry of ancient warfare. With dramatic performances, vibrant... Read more

Duino Elegies

By: Rainer Maria Rilke

Narrated by: Christian Wilhelm

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

We have a marvelous, almost legendary image of the circumstances in which the composition of this great poem began. Rainer Maria Rilke was staying at Duino Castle, on a rocky headland of the Adriatic Sea near Trieste.One morning, he walked out onto the battlements and climbed down to where the cliffs dropped sharply to the sea. From out of the... Read more

Blanco

By: Han Kang

Narrated by: Anna Mestre

Length: 1 hour 31 minutes

Abridged: No

La obra más insólita de la autora surcoreana galardonadacon el premio Nobel de Literatura. Una novela extraordinaria sobre la imposibilidad de nombrar el vacío y la pérdida. «Han Kang esboza un mapa psicológico del duelo a partir de un texto misterioso que es casi un libro de oraciones secular. Blanco refleja como ninguna otra obra el deseo... Read more

The Best Italian Tales and Short Stories for Travelers and Students

By: Midealuck Publishing

Narrated by: Midealuck Publishing & Lisa Benetti

Length: 2 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Are you planning on going to Italy but worried about communicating fluently? Or maybe you just want to improve your Italian, but without using boring, annoying learning methods. Are you curious about entertaining, humorous and quality short stories that cover the Italian culture? Maybe you are interested in learning a language and having fun at... Read more

Jorge Manrique: Obra completa

By: Jorge Manrique

Narrated by: Ricardo de Alvarado

Length: 1 hour 10 minutes

Abridged: No

This audio book contains the complete works by Jorge Manrique, including the famous "Coplas" an elegy for the death of his father. It also includes , as those are Manrique's complete poetry works, his less known but beautiful, love poems and some satirical ones. Read more

we be theorizin

By: Kendra Nicole Bryant Aya

Narrated by: Kendra Nicole Bryant Aya

Length: 1 hour 6 minutes

Abridged: No

we be theorizin: black poiēsis no. 1. vol. 44 is a collection of haikus, tankas, sonnets, free verse, and spoken word poems written in the Black Arts Movement tradition. Compiled of 44 poems and 149 end notes, we be theorizin reflects the protest of the Black Arts and Civil Rights Movements, while giving homage to the theoretical dexterity from... Read more

The Orloj of Paris

By: Erasmus Cromwell-Smith II

Narrated by: Daniel Dorse

Length: 5 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Young Erasmus Cromwell-Smith II's adventure happens inside of Paris's Notre-Dame's Cathedral imaginary astrological clock. Exactly a year after his quest in Venice's astrological clock, together with the same band of now five young wizards, while seeking the path to the Orloj, the young wizard wanders across France, visiting the astrological... Read more

From Song of Myself (A Poem from The Poets' Corner)

By: author

Narrated by: Mr. John Lithgow

Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

From listening to his grandmother recite epic poems from memory to curling up in bed while his father read funny verses, award-winning actor John Lithgow grew up with poetry. Ever since, John has been an enthusiastic seeker of poetic experience, whether reading, reciting, or listening to great poems.

The wide variety of carefully selected... Read more

The Ballad of Reading Gaol

By: Oscar Wilde

Narrated by: David Moore

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The poem written by Wilde while in exile about his time in Reading Prison and the hanging of Charles Thomas Wooldridge. Read more

The Poetry of Christina Rossetti

By: Christina Rossetti

Narrated by: Emma Topping

Length: 49 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of Christina Rossetti's finest poetry including Goblin Market. Read more

The Poetry of Alexander Pope

By: Alexander Pope

Narrated by: George Rylands

Length: 33 minutes

Abridged: No

A selection of Alexander Pope's finest poetry read by George Rylands, Peggy Ashcroft and Emma Topping. Read more

The Poetry of Rudyard Kipling

By: Rudyard Kipling

Narrated by: David Philo

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of Rudyard Kipling's finest poetry read by David Philo, Christopher Hassall, Emma Topping and Rudyard Kipling himself. Read more