Poetry audiobooks

Literal Life Lessons

By: Sandra Nelms-Ludwig

Narrated by: Sandra Nelms-Ludwig, Linda B Marshall & Ginia E...

Length: 1 hour 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Literal Life Lessons is a collection of poems capturing the tender, hauntingly human frailties of the poet and the persons she has observed over the years. The poems draw the reader into real life, familiar experiences and into thought-provoking realizations. Nothing is spared in depicting the underbelly and vulnerabilities of humanity. Author's... Read more

Have Spacecat, Will Travel

By: John G. Hartness

Narrated by: James Anderson Foster

Length: 7 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Science fiction, literary fiction, horror, urban fantasy, poetry, comedy—this collection of short stories and poetry from the award-winning creator of Quincy Harker, Demon Hunter has a little bit of everything. Have Spacecat, Will Travel spans a decade of novelist John G. Hartness's career, with short stories featuring Bubba the Monster Hunter,... Read more

The Life and Zen Haiku Poetry of Santoka Taneda

By: Sumita Oyama

Narrated by: David George

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

The fascinating and quirky biography of a disheveled poet, skillfully interwoven with his original works.

Zen monk Santoka Taneda (1882-1940) is one of Japan's most beloved modern poets, famous for his ""free-verse"" haiku, the dominant style today. This book tells the fascinating story of his life, liberally sprinkled with more than 300 of his... Read more

Bitter Lips, Sweet Heart

By: Adriel Brandt

Narrated by: Adriel Brandt

Length: 38 minutes

Abridged: No

"Thy lips are bitter, and sweet thine heart.The hopes that hurt and the dreams that hover"- from "O tender-hearted, O perfect lover"Algernon Charles Swinburne"Bitter Lips, Sweet Heart" is a unique collection of romantic poetry first assembled by a group of young male college students who got together to read poetry and drink tea every week,... Read more

Dark Days and Dangerous Nights

By: Jack Freestone

Narrated by: Jack Freestone

Length: 37 minutes

Abridged: No

The author began writing poetry when he lived in Paris in 2015. This is a selection of his favourites from his first collection. Read more

Musical Tables

By: Billy Collins

Narrated by: Billy Collins

Length: 38 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the former United States Poet Laureate and New York Times bestselling author of Aimless Love, a collection of more than 125 small poems, all of them new, and each a thought or observation compressed to its emotional essence

“Whenever I pick up a new book of poems, I flip through the pages looking for small ones. Just as... Read more

Canopy

By: Linda Gregerson

Narrated by: Linda Gregerson

Length: 1 hour 23 minutes

Abridged: No

A long-awaited yet startlingly urgent new collection from “a contemporary master”*—a fierce, big-hearted eye on our last, tumultuous decade, and our fragile environment *Los Angeles Review of Books

Linda Gregerson’s long-awaited new collection is a tour de force, a compendium of lives touched by the radical fragility of the planet and,... Read more

Broken Halves of a Milky Sun

By: Aaiún Nin

Narrated by: Zoleka Vundla

Length: 1 hour 5 minutes

Abridged: No

With the emotional undertow of Ocean Vuong and the astute political observations of Natalie Diaz, a powerful poetry debut exploring the effects of racism, war and colonialism, queer love and desire.



In their breathtaking international debut, Aaiún Nin plumbs the depths of the lived and enduring effects of colonialism in their native country,... Read more

Christopher Logue: War Music

By: Christopher Logue

Narrated by: Christopher Logue

Length: 4 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

War Music is a dramatic poem based on Homer’s Iliad. Logue worked on it for more than forty years and it was left incomplete at his death in 2011. At the time of this recording it was divided into three parts: Kings, The Husbands, and War Music, the last of which is further divided into three sections: Patrocleia, GBH, and Pax. War Music later... Read more

Some Things I Still Can't Tell You

By: Misha Collins

Narrated by: Misha Collins

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!  From Misha Collins, actor, longtime poet, and activist, whose massive online following calls itself his “Army For Good," comes his debut poetry collection, Some Things I Still Can't Tell You. Trademark wit and subtle vulnerability converge in each poem; this book is both a celebration of and aspiration for a life well... Read more

Blueprint For New Beginnings

By: Matt C Murdoch

Narrated by: Matt C Murdoch

Length: 1 hour 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Blueprint for New Beginnings puts life on the couch: through the eyes and ears of this author, The listener will discover an individuation journey and the extraordinarily rich intersection between collective mythology, nature and ordinary everyday life.

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

By: author

Narrated by: Terry Jones

Length: 4 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of three medieval English poems, translated by Tolkien for the modern-day reader and containing romance, tragedy, love, sex and honour. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Pearl are two poems by an unknown author written in about 1400. Sir Gawain is a romance, a fairy-tale for adults,... Read more

Guess What Happened at School Today

By: Jez Alborough

Narrated by: Jane Horrocks

Length: 34 minutes

Abridged: No

A hilarious collection of poems from the creator of the best-selling DUCK IN THE TRUCK series. We learnt about acorns and planted a treeNigel fell over and bashed up his kneeRosie Rawlings cried at play -Her pet rabbit’s run away. In English, Miss Chadwick was in a bad mood.At lunchtime we all made a mess with our... Read more

She Must Be Mad

By: Charly Cox

Narrated by: Charly Cox

Length: 2 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

‘Brave and beautiful.’ Stylist Magazine ‘Social media’s answer to Carol Ann Duffy’ Sunday Times STYLE ‘Divine.’ Cecelia Ahern This audiobook includes exclusive introductions to a select number of Charly’s poems, an interview between herself and her friend, Jack Harries, and music from Tom Rosenthal. ... Read more

Validate Me

By: Charly Cox

Narrated by: Charly Cox & Elizabeth Day

Length: 1 hour 31 minutes

Abridged: No

‘Charly is social media’s answer to Carol Ann Duffy’ Sunday Times STYLE [Charly] is turning a new generation on to poetry’ The Telegraph From the bestselling author of She Must Be Mad comes the second book of poetry and prose from Charly Cox. ... Read more

The Ultimate Poetry Collection

By: Thomas Hardy, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William ...

Narrated by: Sir John Gielgud, Richard Burton, Gwen Watford ...

Length: 7 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. A... Read more

The Poetry of War

By: Dylan Thomas, Thomas Hardy, WB Yeats, Wilfred O...

Narrated by: Sir John Gielgud, Peter Orr, Gwen Watford & Dav...

Length: 1 hour 44 minutes

Abridged: No

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. A... Read more

Comic and Curious Verse

By: A.E. Housman, Benjamin Franklin King, J.K. Step...

Narrated by: Sir John Gielgud, Imogen Stubbs & Tim Pigott-Smith

Length: 1 hour 52 minutes

Abridged: No

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. A... Read more

The Treasury of Romantic Poetry

By: William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Wi...

Narrated by: Richard Burton, William Squire, Margaretta Scot...

Length: 2 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. A... Read more

What We’re Teaching Our Sons

By: Owen Booth

Narrated by: Owen Booth

Length: 2 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Wise and funny, touching and true, What We’re Teaching Our Sons is for anyone who has ever wondered how to be a grown up. We’re teaching our sons about money; about heartbreak, and mountains, and philosophy. We’re teaching them about the big bang and the abominable snowman and what... Read more

The Half-God of Rainfall

By: Inua Ellams

Narrated by: Inua Ellams

Length: 1 hour 17 minutes

Abridged: No

From the award-winning poet and playwright behind Barber Shop Chronicles, The Half-God of Rainfall is an epic story and a lyrical exploration of pride, power and female revenge. There is something about Demi. When this boy is angry, rain clouds gather. When he cries, rivers burst their banks and the... Read more

Amazing Animals

By: author

Narrated by: Laurence Bouvard, Eric Meyers & Laurel Lefkow

Length: 1 hour 5 minutes

Abridged: No

A fact filled collection taking a close-up look at some of the fantastic creatures we live among. Hours of audio fun to keep children entertained while on the move! Introduce your children to four information books about animals around the world, touching on topics such as migration and animal... Read more

The Treasury of Victorian Poetry

By: Robert Browning, Lord Alfred Tennyson, Christin...

Narrated by: Sir John Gielgud, Peter Orr, Gwen Watford & Dav...

Length: 3 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time. A... Read more

It’s Fine, It’s Fine, It’s Fine

By: Taz Alam

Narrated by: Taz Alam

Length: 2 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

A raw, honest and heartfelt poetry collection from Taz Alam – for the tough times, the great times, and everything in between. Depressed, but it’s fine. Anxious, but it’s fine. Heartbroken, but it’s fine. ... Read more