Poetry audiobooks

Smile, People are watching

By: Faaiz Mbelizi

Narrated by: Faaiz Mbelizi

Length: 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Faaiz Mbelizi is an actor, writer and spoken word artist. This poetry collection is an accumulation of his poetry over the years.In this poetry collection Mbelizi delves deep into the realms of pain and anxiety through vivid verses. A raw and honest representation of the struggles and inner turmoils faced.
Through evocative imagery and metaphors... Read more

Un viaje a solas conmigo, sin ti

By: Ana María Ortega Díaz

Narrated by: Ana María Ortega Díaz

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Cuando conocí a R encontré en él un pedacito de mí misma que tenía olvidado: la A que se atrevía a hacer cualquier cosa.Con nuestra relación recuperé la aventura, lo extraordinario. Y miré hacia otro lado todas las veces que R no me trató bien, porque me enamoré de una idea: la fantástica y exitosa pareja que podíamos ser juntos.Así, poquito a... Read more

La luna nueva

By: Rabindranath Tagore

Narrated by: Horacio Lanci

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: No

“Madre ¿dónde estaba yo antes de nacer? ¿Dónde me encontraste…?” Estas preguntas parecen, en toda su simplicidad y candor, reunir en sí toda la magia y la ternura de “La luna nueva”, en cuyas páginas Rabindranath Tagore nos comunica, a través del diálogo entre una madre y su pequeño niño, su mundo pleno de pureza y espiritualidad.Si en el arte... Read more

Верш на Свабоду

By: Радыё Свабода

Narrated by: Валянціна Аксак

Length: 2 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Анталёгія арыгінальнай паэзіі, якая гучала на хвалях «Свабоды» штодня ўвесь 2001 год. Уступнае слова: Аляксандар Лукашук. Тэкст чытае Валянціна Аксак, 2022г. Вершы розных аўтараў. (Аўтары — нобэлеўскія ляўрэаты і паэты-выгнаньнікі, самаму маладому — 10 гадоў, найстарэйшаму — 92).
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The Prophet

By: Khalil Gibran

Narrated by: Damien B. Davis

Length: 1 hour 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Immerse yourself in a great book without reading a word. Sit back, relax and enjoy a loving audio experience of profound insights that touch on themes of love, sorrow, self-discovery, freedom and many other interconnecting aspects of life.This audiobook is orchestrated in the spirit of great tales told around a campfire. Atmospheric sounds and... Read more

Just Kidding

By: Martin Pierce

Narrated by: Martin Pierce

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

This children's audiobook will have you laughing out loud. There are funny poems about animals, school, weird monsters - in fact anything that is unusual, silly or just plain daft that can be fitted into a rhyme. This is definitely not a book to be missed by anyone under the age of 140 years old with a sense of the absurd. Read more

A Satana

By: Giosuè Carducci

Narrated by: Valerio Di Stefano

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Giosuè Alessandro Giuseppe Carducci (Valdicastello, 27 luglio 1835 – Bologna, 16 febbraio 1907) è stato un poeta, scrittore e critico letterario italiano.Carducci è stato il primo italiano a vincere il Premio Nobel per la letteratura. Insieme a Camillo Golgi, è stato il primo italiano in assoluto a vincere tale premio nel 1906. Read more

The Odyssey

By: Homer

Narrated by: Guy Jordan

Length: 9 hours

Abridged: No

"The Odyssey" is an ancient Greek epic poem traditionally attributed to Homer, dating back to the 8th century BCE. It is the sequel to "The Iliad" and focuses on the hero Odysseus's long journey home to Ithaca after the fall of Troy. Along the way, he encounters mythical creatures, gods, and goddesses, and undergoes numerous trials and... Read more

Fixer

By: Edgar Kunz

Narrated by: Edgar Kunz

Length: 38 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times Editors’ Choice book from the author of the award-winning Tap Out – “a gritty, insightful debut” (Washington Post) – Edgar Kunz’s second poetry collection propels the reader across the shifting terrain of late-capitalist America.  Temp jobs, conspiracy theories, squatters, talk therapy, urban gardening, the robot revolution:... Read more

Plantains and Our Becoming

By: Melania Luisa Marte

Narrated by: Melania Luisa Marte

Length: 3 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

A rousing, beautifully observed, and tender-hearted debut poetry collection about identity, culture, home, and belonging—for fans of Jasmine Mans and Fatimah Asghar
 
“We, children of plátanos, always gotta learn to play in everyone else’s backyard and somehow feel at home.”
 
Poet and musician Melania Luisa Marte opens PLAINTAINS AND OUR... Read more

A Hatful of Dragons

By: Vikram Madan

Narrated by: Vikram Madan

Length: 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Warning:This book has• dragons• robot uncles• aliens• a combative mosquitoand, most dangerous of all, more than 13.8 billion poems. You may never stop reading!With clever rhymes, eclectic wordplay, and inventive characters, Vikram Madan has created a quirky, hilarious collection for readers of all ages. Open A Hatful of Dragons if you dare—but... Read more

Counternarratives

By: John Keene

Narrated by: John Keene

Length: 11 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Ranging from the 17th century to the present and crossing multiple continents, Counternarratves’ novellas and stories draw upon memoirs, newspaper accounts, detective stories, interrogation transcripts, and speculative fic=on to create new and strange perspectives on our past and present. In “Rivers,” a free Jim meets up decades later with his... Read more

Somebody Give This Heart a Pen

By: Sophia Thakur

Narrated by: Sophia Thakur

Length: 1 hour 19 minutes

Abridged: No

In a powerful debut, rising star Sophia Thakur brings her spoken word performance to the page.

Be with yourself for a moment.

Be yourself for a moment.

Airplane mode everything but yourself for a moment.

From acclaimed performance poet Sophia Thakur comes a stirring collection of coming-of-age poems exploring issues of identity, difference,... Read more

The Aeneid

By: Vergil

Narrated by: Susanna Braund

Length: 10 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

A powerful and poignant translation of Vergil’s epic poem, newly equipped with introduction and notes
"Ruden set the bar for Aeneid translations in 2008, and has raised it now with this revision. I am confident it will be a long time before a translator exceeds the standard that she has set."—A.M. Juster, Athenaeum Review
This is a substantial... Read more

Shine

By: Nadia Iris

Narrated by: Issie Riley

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Ever wondered about the mystery of creation? Do you often feel like there’s more to life than what you’ve been told? There is! Dive deep into the magical stories of love, adversity and adventure. Join the journey of a Sun named Shine as he asks the Very First Question and is presented with a peculiar answer. Follow along with the adventure of a... Read more

himmelhochjauchzend gedankenvertieft

By: Sarah Marie

Narrated by: Sarah Marie

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Wenn Poetry Slammerin Sarah Marie ein Video über die Wirkung von Instagram auf das Selbstbild der Menschen oder ein Plädoyer für die Liebe online stellt, schauen Hunderttausende zu. Die junge Spoken-Word-Künstlerin weiß, was die junge Generation Z bewegt: auf der Welt, in der Liebe und in ihrem persönlichen Sein. In ihrem Buch... Read more

We Will Never Forget

By: Gennie de Lange

Narrated by: Henrietta Meire

Length: 15 minutes

Abridged: No

These are the observations of war, seen through the eyes of the Observer, a gentle toy, a mascot, who has accompanied determined men and women, old and young, through the bewildering, realistic experiences of war. The Observer witnesses the lives of ordinary people, their anguish, camaraderie, and hopes. So their sky, flowers, insects, and... Read more

Domesticated

By: James Domestic

Narrated by: James Domestic

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

In this often witty, sometimes furious, and sometimes downright surreal collection, James Domestic does - as per usual - whatever the hell he likes, with poetry, prose, and lyrics, all thrown into the mix with abandon. Punk, politics, habit, the nature of work, the environment, nostalgia, aging, and some quintessentially British whimsy, all... Read more

Schattenspiegel

By: Stephen G. Hunt

Narrated by: Georg Bruckmann

Length: 29 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Tauchen Sie ein in die düstere Welt von "Schattenspiegel" - einem Hörbuch, das die Seelen der Dunkelheit anspricht und Ihre Sinne in eine fesselnde Gothic-Lyrik hüllt. In diesen geflüsterten Worten und düsteren Klängen verschmelzen Poesie und Finsternis zu einer unvergleichlichen Symphonie der Emotionen. Lassen Sie sich von den schattenhaften... Read more

Tears, Laughs, and Dreams

By: Alicia Rades

Narrated by: Amanda Elgie

Length: 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Experience the tears, listen to the laughter, and follow the dreams of one young author’s journey through life in this collection of short poems. Read more

Information Desk

By: Robyn Schiff

Narrated by: Robyn Schiff

Length: 1 hour 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Named a 2024 Pulitzer Prize Finalist and a New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Pick

“Among the year's highlights . . . groundbreaking, epic . . . Like visitors exiting the Met’s galleries, readers will emerge from Information Desk bedazzled by the transformative horizons of art.” —Washington Post

“An effluvial rush of memory, desire, data,... Read more

Daughters of Latin America

By: Sandra Guzman

Narrated by: Almarie Guerra & Maria Victoria Martinez

Length: 18 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Spanning time, styles, and traditions, a dazzling collection of essential works from 140 Latine writers, scholars, and activists from across the world—from warrior poet Audre Lorde to novelist Edwidge Danticat and performer and author Elizabeth Acevedo and artist/poet Cecilia Vicuña—gathered in one magnificent volume.Daughters of Latin America... Read more

Llama Llama's Little Lie

By: Anna Dewdney

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Llama Llama learns a lesson in telling the truth in this new book in the bestselling Llama Llama series.

When Llama Llama accidentally breaks Mama Llama's favorite picture frame, he decides to tell a little lie about how it happened. In the end, Llama Llama learns a powerful lesson about telling the truth, even if it's hard to say.
 
Told with Anna... Read more

Treasures of the Heart

By: Oliver Forward

Narrated by: Dr. Thomas F. Freeman

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Remember, true love cannot be measured, when it has been emptied from the heart. These romantic poems composed by Oliver Forward, remind the reader about positive thoughts in their past with the hope those feelings recur in the future. Read more