Poetry audiobooks

Call Us What We Carry

By: Amanda Gorman

Narrated by: Amanda Gorman

Length: 3 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

The instant #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller


The breakout poetry collection by #1 New York Times bestselling author and presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman

Formerly titled The Hill We Climb and Other Poems, the luminous poetry collection by #1 New York Times bestselling author and presidential inaugural poet... Read more

The Truth of You

By: Iain S. Thomas

Narrated by: Iain S. Thomas

Length: 1 hour 26 minutes

Abridged: No

This is the truth of you.
Because you are all I see.
Because you are all I breathe.
Because when I cannot find you, I am lost.
Because when I’m with you, I am found.
Because you have the fire of the universe in you, and sometimes you forget.
So this book is here to remind you.
Dear You,
 
I want you to know that I see you.  
 
I want you to know that even... Read more

Fragments A.K.A. Incomplete Thoughts

By: Zakee Howze

Narrated by: Fran Gregory

Length: 49 minutes

Abridged: No

This book was written during a time of a recession in my country. I am a few days away from being a bastard case. My father bailed out on me and my mother. I fell in love with doing crimes at the age of 12. I caught my first felony at 15. I have a lot of stories to tell from first hand. I stripped myself away from blessing at an early age. You... Read more

Encouragements

By: Betsy Pritchett

Narrated by: Leah Frederick

Length: 38 minutes

Abridged: No

You will read pure and simple right from the heart little poems to encourage you. To lift your spirit, heart and mind. They will soothe your troubled spirit. They will give you something to think about as you read them. Read more

Where Life Has Taken Me

By: Tonya Beatty

Narrated by: Tonya Beatty

Length: 14 minutes

Abridged: No

My book includes poems from my teenage years and current. The poems cover a broad range topics which, include, love, relationships, racism, heritage, traveling, the Covid-19 pandemic and family. Read more

Lovecontu Song de Light Lovecontu audio set

By: Kaitlynzq

Narrated by: Kaitlynzq

Length: 6 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Included in Lovecontu Song de Light Lovecontu audio set is

Ancient Script of Lovecontu audio poem

Legend of Song de Light audio book

Legend of Song de Light audio play

A set of interconnected stories with elements from each story that interweave in one another as

heart's wave

heart's song

heart's breath

an excerpt from Lovecontu Song de Light... Read more

Legend of Song de Light audio book

By: Kaitlynzq

Narrated by: Kaitlynzq

Length: 5 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Legend of Song de Light audio book

recorded in Kaitlynzq's voice with

a medley of music as a heart’s wave

an excerpt from Legend of Song de Light audio book

“…The development process of this collection included the use of a paint brush to add to the photos the undercurrent of feeling within them, and when the four piece panorama is placed... Read more

House Fires

By: Connor Franta

Narrated by: Connor Franta

Length: 3 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times bestselling author of A Work in Progress and Note to Self moves fully into adulthood with his illuminating, soulful, bleeding collection of narrative, poetry, and original film photography.

Humanitarian, entrepreneur, and content creator Connor Franta first captivated readers with A Work In Progress, ruminating on his... Read more

B. J. Harrison Reads If

By: Rudyard Kipling

Narrated by: B. J. Harrison

Length: 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Some poems can really teach us something if we read carefully and understand the essence. This lyric poem by Kipling makes no difference. By reading it, a man can find some wise advice in it. The advice that most of us will find is how to deal with different situations in life. But is this all? Maybe there is a secret message which only few of... Read more

B. J. Harrison Reads Lamia

By: John Keats

Narrated by: B. J. Harrison

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

The Greek god Hermes descends from Olympus in search of an invisible nymph. He sees a snake who speaks with the voice of a woman named Lamia. She tells Hermes, that her spirit is trapped in this snake's body. She offers Hermes to help him find the nymph if he uses his divine powers to turn her into a human again. Lamia herself is searching for a... Read more

Beethoven Variations

By: Ruth Padel

Narrated by: Ruth Padel

Length: 2 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

A fascinating poetic journey into the mind and heart of a musical genius, from the author of the celebrated Darwin: A Life in Poems

Ruth Padel's new sequence of poems, in four movements, is a personal voyage through the life and legend of one of the world's greatest composers. She uncovers the man behind the music, charting his private thoughts... Read more

The Heart of the Matter

By: Tonya L. Massenburg

Narrated by: Fran Gregory

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: No

This book of poetry entails my many phases of atmospheric adaptation.  It allows me to be free and have much fun doing so.  After all, life must go on and on.  This is for all the beings in a world of fighting for freedom of good, creative, and loyal penmanship.  The universe is one of a unique yet sometimes agitated system.  I hope you enjoyed... Read more

Seeds of Kindness…

By: Jim Boeglin

Narrated by: Steve Salge

Length: 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Kindness was a lesson worth learning as a child in the 1950s and 1960s—and it is more relevant than ever as the world confronts the COVID-19 pandemic and racial unrest.

Jim Boeglin draws on the lessons he learned as a child and throughout adulthood to spread that message in this book of poetry.

Much of the collection was written during... Read more

Where Life Has Taken Me

By: Tonya Beatty

Narrated by: Tonya Beatty

Length: 15 minutes

Abridged: No

I wrote these poems so that people can understand my journey through life and get to know the real me. Some of the poems cover topics such as love, family, racism, heritage, democracy, traveling and the Covid-19 pandemic. Hopefully, some will be able to relate to my poems or learn something from them. Read more

Nights at the Turntable

By: Nathan Nicolau

Narrated by: Danielle McRae

Length: 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Nights at the Turntable is a collection of jazz-inspired poetry by avid jazz lover and poet Nathan Nicolau. Across twenty poems, this collection pays homage to the people, places, and voices that made jazz what it is. Brimming with poetic language and heart, Nights at the Turntable will delight both the casual listener and the most serious jazz... Read more

Rise Unstoppable

By: Michelle G. Stradford

Narrated by: MIlan Dancy

Length: 1 hour 26 minutes

Abridged: No

Restore yourself to your original wonder with soul-awakening self-love poetry and prose! Rise Unstoppable is an uplifting self-love poetry collection that amplifies the beauty and intrinsic power of women and girls. From self-care affirmations to the celebration of accomplishment, this book takes you on the path of self-awareness,... Read more

Versi per ragazzi

By: Juan Moisés De La Serna

Narrated by: Rossella Arena

Length: 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Una mattina prestouno si alzòqualcosa all`improvviso sentìe privo di sensi crollò.
Molto tempo era già passatoquando un altro si avvicinòper indagare su ciò che lì era capitatoe anch`egli collassò.
Stesi lì per terramolto tempo erano restatida lontano li avevano vistie a vedere si erano avvicinati
AMORE Read more

Lakes Entrance Girl

By: Elsie Johnstone

Narrated by: Brigid Lohrey

Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Too structured to fall into the category of grunge poetry; low on literary worth, but high on story telling. I call my poetry, ‘Gippsland Shabby Chic Verse’. It’s raw, uncomplicated, tells a story in simple language that is easy to read. And most of it rhymes! Hopefully, my poems will take my reader on an emotional journey to experience what... Read more

Le sablier

By: Edith Blais

Narrated by: Flavie Léger-Roy & Louis Garon

Length: 7 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

"Un récit qui nous transporte dans un univers brutal et méconnu En janvier 2019, les familles d’Edith Blais et de l’Italien Luca Tacchetto lancent un appel à l’aide: les deux voyageurs ont disparu quelque part en Afrique sans laisser de traces. Entre la nouvelle de leur disparition et celle de leur libération, 15 mois s’écouleront pendant... Read more

Sunset

By: Eugenia Fain

Narrated by: Blaze Goldburst

Length: 23 minutes

Abridged: No

A book of modern contemporary poetry using forms from around the world. Read more

Ser o no ser, !Esa es la jodienda!

By: Paquito D'Rivera

Narrated by: Paquito D'Rivera

Length: 9 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Hijo de una encantadora modista de Santiago de Cuba y un habanerisimo padre musico que desde nino le inculco el amor a las artes y la pasion por la lectura. Paquito D'Rivera nacio en Marianao, La Habana el 4 de Junio de 1948. De temperamento inquieto y caracter humoristico, el eclectico saxofonista, clarinetista, compositor y escritor, en 1067... Read more

Hardly War

By: Don Mee Choi

Narrated by: Don Mee Choi

Length: 1 hour 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Recorded live in Los Angeles Hardly War, Don Mee Choi's major second collection, defies history, national identity, and militarism. Using artifacts from Choi's father, a professional photographer during the Korean and Vietnam wars, she combines memoir, image, and opera to explore her paternal relationship and heritage. Here poetry and... Read more

Sacred Sites

By: Susan Suntree

Narrated by: Susan Suntree, Kalani Queypo & Peter Coyote

Length: 5 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Sacred Sites is a singular and memorable account of the evolution of the Southern California landscape, reflecting the riches of both Native knowledge and Western scientific thought. In his foreword, read by Peter Coyote, Pulitzer Prize winning poet Gary Snyder writes that this book "brings us home." Carrying readers from the Big Bang to the... Read more

A few short poems of William Wordsworth

By: VENKATARAMAN M

Narrated by: VENKATARAMAN M

Length: 30 minutes

Abridged: No

William Wordsworth is one of the greatest poets of English literature. He is remembered as a poet who was concerned with the relationship of human beings to nature. He strongly believed in using the vocabulary and speech patterns of common people in his poems. According to him, human beings who grow up in the lap of Nature are perfect in every... Read more