Poetry audiobooks

What Noise Against the Cane

By: Desiree C. Bailey

Narrated by: Desiree C. Bailey

Length: 1 hour 35 minutes

Abridged: No

The 115th volume of the Yale Series of Younger Poets, What Noise Against the Cane is a lyric quest for belonging and freedom, weaving political resistance, Caribbean folklore, immigration, and the realities of Black life in America. Desiree C. Bailey begins by reworking the epic in an oceanic narrative of bondage and liberation in the midst of... Read more

Golden Ax

By: Rio Cortez

Narrated by: Rio Cortez

Length: 1 hour 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Longlisted for the 2022 National Book Award for Poetry
Longlisted for the 2023 PEN Open Book Award
Finalist for the Poetry Society of America's Norma Farber First Book Award

“Outstanding . . . the poetry in these pages is intelligent, lyrical, as invested in the past as the present and future with witty nods to pop culture.” —Roxane Gay, author of... Read more

No crezcas nunca (Colección Alfaguara Clásicos)

By: Roald Dahl

Narrated by: Beto Castillo

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Una historia irresistible y un mensaje al puro estilo de Roald Dahl: no crezcas nunca, aunque te hagas mayor. Existe un secreto que debes saber sobre lo que pasa cuando empiezas a crecer... Mira el mundo con ojos brillantes, nota dónde está la magia abundante, cuestiónalo todo siempre bastante… ¡Rompe los moldes! ¡Sé extravagante! Read more

Rimas y leyendas

By: Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer

Narrated by: Íñigo Álvarez de Lara, Ariana Martínez Moreno &...

Length: 10 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Las Rimas de Bécquer son hoy la más conocida de las colecciones poéticas del siglo XIX. Exponente de una lírica incómoda en el corsé romántico y casi modernista, estos poemas breves deben su liviandad a un esforzado trabajo de depuración estilística. A su vez, las Leyendas son narraciones fantásticas de tono intimista y lúgubre, basadas en su... Read more

Courting the Muse

By: Brigid Raven-Hart

Narrated by: Fran Gregory

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of verse leading with a tale of Christmas in America and flowing on to touch on the power of the past on each of us, the dreams and challenges of the present and our hopes for a future. Read more

Awe-some Days

By: Marilyn Singer

Narrated by: Marilyn Singer

Length: 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover and celebrate all of the Jewish holidays with this warm and engaging poetry collection by the acclaimed author of Mirror Mirror.

In this cheerful, enjoyable poetry collection, a family decides to celebrate every Jewish holiday for a full year, “the ones we know well, the ones we do not.” Starting with new-year apples dipped in honey on... Read more

Selección de cuentos y El cuervo

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by: Octavi Pujades, Luis David García Márquez, Guil...

Length: 13 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Las mejores historias jamás contadas. En una fantasmagórica noche de diciembre, en un lugar habitado solo por el silencio, el recuerdo y el pesar, se oyen unos suaves golpes en la puerta. Solo esto y nada más. Con esta escena, prácticamente de terror, empieza El cuervo, el poema más famoso de Edgar Allan Poe, con el que se convirtió en una... Read more

On the LookOUT

By: Diana Mereu

Narrated by: Diana Mereu

Length: 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Diana dedicates herself to advancing people’s journeys from functional to fantastical through mindset pivot techniques. Dotting the “i” by choice, not by chance became Diana’s mantra while breaking new ground towards the future of personal transformation. Diana’s innate creativity is well reflected in her debut book, where she discloses a part... Read more

Flame and Shadow

By: Sara Teasdale

Narrated by: AnnaLisa Bodtker

Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Praised for the exquisite refinement of her lyric poetry, Sara Teasdale's Flame and Shadow has been a favorite since it was first published in 1920. Although Sara Teasdale won the Pulitzer Prize for her book Love Songs in 1918, Flame and Shadow is considered to be one of her best works. Her insightful poems sing with her reverence for nature and... Read more

Enoch Arden

By: Lord Alfred Tennyson

Narrated by: Denis Daly

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Enoch Arden


By Alfred Lord Tennyson


Narrated by Denis Daly


Enoch Arden is a long narrative poem which is built on a theme which has been widely explored in literature and on film. A man is separated from his family due to shipwreck, and marooned on an island. After several years of absence from his home it is assumed that he has died, and his wife... Read more

Butterfly & Bee

By: Ron Kule

Narrated by: Ron Kule

Length: 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Haiku poetry when composed by Ron Kule is known as "haikulism," a coined word from haiku + Kule (the poet's last name pronounced "cool"). Beginning in 2018, Kule shared with his Muse haikulisms inspired by her beauty and loyalty to their friendship. Butterfly & Bee is the complete collection to date (2021) - 165 expressions of the dynamics... Read more

María Mercedes Carranza. Poesía completa

By: María Mercedes Carranza Coronado

Narrated by: Rosa Julia Melibea Garavito Carranza

Length: 1 hour 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Lumen publica la obra completa de María Mercedes Carranza, una de las poetas más importantes del siglo XX en Colombia. En este libro el lector encontrará toda la obra de María Mercedes Carranza, desde su primer poemario Vainas y otros poemas (1973), hasta cinco poemas inéditos del que hubiera sido su último libro, Los placeres verdaderos. Su... Read more

When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities

By: Chen Chen

Narrated by: Chen Chen

Length: 1 hour 34 minutes

Abridged: No

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR POETRY

WINNER OF THE THOM GUNN AWARD FOR GAY POETRY

WINNER OF THE GLCA NEW WRITERS AWARD

WINNER OF THE A. POULIN, JR. POETRY PRIZE

A LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF 2017 SELECTION: POETRY & LITERATURE

ON NPR BOOKS'S LIST OF "POETRY TO PAY ATTENTION TO: 2017'S BEST VERSE"

In this ferocious and tender debut,... Read more

The Divine Comedy 2: Purgatory

By: Dante Alighieri

Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe

Length: 5 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Having survived the darkest and deepest depths of Hell, Dante must now clamber and climb up the mountain of Purgatory to secure his seat in Heaven. But reuniting with his beloved Beatrice is far from easy. Seven terraces await him. With seven deadly sins. Can Dante cleanse his soul of each and every one? And is his newfound heavenly hope enough... Read more

The Divine Comedy 1: Hell

By: Dante Alighieri

Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe

Length: 5 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

'Abandon all hope, you who enter here' Frightened and helpless, Dante is desperate to escape the darkened wood and join his Beloved Beatrice at the gates of Heaven. But fate and fear have other plans. His Vigil can do little to stop the wrath of God. Nor can Dante hope to escape the clutches of the leopard, lion and she-wolf, all guarding his... Read more

La canción del cambio

By: Amanda Gorman

Narrated by: Amanda Alcántara

Length: 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Un lírico audiolibro debut para niños por la poeta inaugural presidencial Amanda Gorman y el ilustrador #1 superventas del New York Times Loren Long.

"Escucho el zumbido del cambio.
Es una ruidosa y orgullosa canción.
No temo la llegada del cambio
y por eso canto con gran pasión."
 

En este emocionante y anticipado audiolibro para niños por la poeta... Read more

Unraveling

By: Brandon Leake

Narrated by: Brandon Leake

Length: 1 hour 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Season 15 winner of America's Got Talent, Brandon Leake, presents his debut poetry collection.  Brandon is the first spoken word poet to compete on AGT and to receive the Golden Buzzer award in the first round, going on to win the entire competition!
From famous spoken word poet, artistic educator, and founder/CEO of “Called to Move” Brandon... Read more

Stories To Share With My Partner Book 1

By: J. F. Nodar

Narrated by: Harry Singers

Length: 4 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

An anthology of short stories and poetry.This book is a collection of short stories and poetry written while engaged in a writers' group in Camden, New South Wales. While the stories are both fictional there are few that are from the actual life of the writer and presented here for the readers' enjoyment.Which is imaginary and which is true will... Read more

Stories To Share With My Partner Book 2

By: J. F. Nodar

Narrated by: Jordan Fritz

Length: 3 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

An anthology of short stories and poetry.This book is a collection of short stories and poetry written while engaged in a writers' group in Camden, New South Wales. While the stories are both fictional, there are few that are from the actual life of the writer and presented here for the readers' enjoyment.Which is imaginary and which is true... Read more

The Poetic Edda

By: Anonymous

Narrated by: Gunnar Cauthery

Length: 8 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

The Poetic Edda is the most important collection of Norse-Icelandic mythological and heroic poetry, covering the creation of the world and the coming of Ragnarok, The Doom of the Gods. The mythological poems are an exploration of the wisdom of gods and giants, and tell of the adventures of the god Thor, against hostile giants, and rivalries... Read more

Rivers to the Sea

By: Sara Teasdale

Narrated by: AnnaLisa Bodtker

Length: 1 hour 43 minutes

Abridged: No

A bestseller at the time of its publication, Rivers to the Sea, Sara Teasdale's third collection of poetry, has remained in print since its debut in 1915. Passionate and romantic, full of longing, this masterful collection was dedicated to her husband. Sara Teasdale won the Pulitzer Prize for her book Love Songs in 1918.
copyright 2021 (P)... Read more

The Madman

By: Khalil Gibran

Narrated by: Dennis Logan

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: No

While most of Gibran's early writings were in Arabic, most of his work published after 1918 was in English. His first book for the publishing company Alfred A. Knopf, in 1918, was "The Madman," a slim volume of aphorisms and parables written in biblical cadence somewhere between poetry and prose. Gibran is considered to be the third most widely... Read more

Seduced

By: r. A. bentinck

Narrated by: Max Cargill

Length: 1 hour 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Do You Know Reading a Sexy Book Makes You Feel Sexy, and it's Beneficial to Your Health?Author and Sexy Lifestyle Expert Dana B. Myers state feeling sexy is inherent to the human experience just as the air we breathe. “When you welcome the sexiest, most fabulous and vibrant version of yourself… all of your life’s endeavors will benefit,” she... Read more

Baltimore Sons

By: Dean Bartoli Smith

Narrated by: Tim Wendel

Length: 1 hour 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Frank, unsparing, often violent and disturbing, these poems speak in the voice of a young man trying to navigate the city he loves as he lives in the long shadow of its decline with a sense of grace and hope. With the city of Baltimore as his backdrop, accomplished poet, author, and editor Dean Bartoli Smith offers a wrenching examination of our... Read more