Poetry audiobooks

Reversible World

By: Alane Rollings

Narrated by: Laura Lambert

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Reversible World addresses threats to our planet and its ecosystem. It is a courageous, Whitmanesque, passionate book that urgently concerns itself with time, hope, climate change, science, mythology, and history. Its dazzling use of metaphor surpasses that of other contemporary poets. It has an aura of being concerned with something bigger than... Read more

Promises of Gold

By: José Olivarez

Narrated by: José Olivarez

Length: 5 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

"Listeners are privy to Olivarez framing each poem with rays of insight, to interspersed live recordings and selections recorded only for the audio....Olivarez gifts listeners gems of healing in this poetic affirmation of community and love." - Booklist

"A portion of the audiobook is performed in front of a live audience, which is such a smart... Read more

Der Hund ist längst fort

By: Misha Sommer

Narrated by: Lennart Hillmann

Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Abridged: No

"Einst bekamst du dein Haus fast geschenkt, es kostete dich nur dein Leben... " Aus dem Gedicht "in medias res". Misha Sommer, die Reisende zwischen den Genres, nimmt uns mit auf einen Trip durch eine Welt, die stutzig macht und zugleich beflügelt. "Der Hund ist längst fort" ist ihr zweiter Lyrikband, unter anderem mit den folgenden Texten:... Read more

GUSTAVO ADOLFO BECQUER, POESIA COMPLETA

By: Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer

Narrated by: Carlos Manrique

Length: 1 hour 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, (1836-1870), is one of the most famous Spanish poets of all times. A stereotype of the "romantic poet" he is universally known for his "Rimas" and "Leyendas". In this audiobook you will find his complete poetry works including all the "Rimas" and the rest of his poetry. Read more

Longings

By: Rosina Neginsky

Narrated by: Lisa Rose

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Once a friend-scientist asked me: “What is meant by the inner life?” I answered: “Read my poetry.” He read, and he said: “Now I know.”
Longings is a collection of the songs of a soul singing, crying, and laughing about the sun and the moon, reflected in the seemingly still waters of the lake, hiding the never-peaceful water-god and his court.... Read more

Beholding

By: Strahan Coleman

Narrated by: Strahan Coleman & John Mark Comer

Length: 5 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Move from a transactional experience with God to a transformational friendship with Him through prayer.
 
How can time with God be a source of peace in a loud and distracting world? In Beholding, spiritual director and poet Strahan Coleman invites readers to discover the joy of being with God, not just working for Him. As they inhabit the art of... Read more

Yo Reina El Ave Dorado

By: Lucia Fernández Sandoval

Narrated by: Lucia Fernández Sandoval

Length: 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Audiolibro de libro de poesía narrado por la propia autora. Contiene poemas, haikus, aforismos y nanorrelatos. Contenido de crecimiento personal. Read more

Unfold

By: Ari B. Cofer & Ari Cofer

Length: 1 hour 38 minutes

Abridged: No

From the author of paper girl and the knives that made her comes unfold, a poetic, aching, and hopeful retelling of realizations made while on the journey to healing from both loss of love and loss of self. This audiobook is narrated by the author.

Through poetry and short essays, unfold shows that true growth comes from being unafraid to face... Read more

Chrome Valley

By: Mahogany L. Browne

Narrated by: Mahogany L. Browne

Length: 1 hour 57 minutes

Abridged: No

"Browne’s narration of her work is masterful, capturing a range of emotion through inflection, cadence, and volume. It’s an unfettered celebration of Black resilience that will leave listeners satisfied, yet eager to hear more from this gifted poet." - Library Journal, Starred Review
From Lincoln Center’s inaugural poet-in-residence comes this... Read more

No creo poder tocar el cielo con las manos

By: Safo

Narrated by: Roser Batalla

Length: 16 minutes

Abridged: No

La colección «Poesía portátil» nos brinda en No creo poder tocar el cielo con las manos una traducción inédita de algunos de los escasos textos que se conservan de la poeta griega Safo, figura clave en la tradición poética femenina europea. Considerada la «Décima Musa» por Platón, los fragmentos conservados de la obra de Safo son escasos y... Read more

Un sueño selló mi espíritu

By: Varios autores

Narrated by: Frank Capdet

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

El romanticismo inglés llega a «Poesía Portátil» con Un sueño selló mi espíritu, una antología que reúne los versos más representativos de Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley y Keats. El romanticismo inglés revolucionó la forma de escribir poesía y dio luz a algunos de los grandes autores de todos los tiempos. Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron,... Read more

Nobody Asked For This

By: Charly Cox

Narrated by: Charly Cox

Length: 5 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

A beautiful poetry collection bringing together the collected works of bestselling poet Charly Cox for the very first time with new and exclusive material. Nobody asked for this Whatever this is Nobody asked for this Charly Cox lays bare the last decade of her life. ... Read more

Pita Amor: Un caso mitológico

By: Pita Amor

Narrated by: Dessirée Hernández

Length: 3 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

«Esta antología poética contiene los versos que nosotros, los editores, consideramos más representativos de la poeta Guadalupe Amor. […] Esperemos que este gran esfuerzo tenga el poder para formar a nuevos lectores de la obra poética de Guadalupe Amor, así como también constituir un cuerpo poético digno de sus fieles lectores —algunos desde sus... Read more

Morí por la belleza

By: Emily Dickinson

Narrated by: Gaby Moreno

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Morí por la belleza, de la colección «Poesía portátil», es una selección de poemas de Emily Dickinson que nos permite adentrarnos en los anhelos que la autora encerró en sus versos. Textos desprovistos de adornos y reglas que hablan de la mujer, de la enfermedad, de la muerte y de lo que nos espera después. Emily Dickinson es sin duda una de las... Read more

Canyon Echoes

By: Henry H. Gray

Narrated by: Larry Herron

Length: 38 minutes

Abridged: No

The poems herein–drawn from a life of 100 years–are reflections on nature, travel, writing, ageing, philosophy, and yes, life. Some of these poems have appeared in the Meadowood Anthology, a periodical publication by and for residents of the Meadowood Retirement Community where he now lives. Read more

Sólo un beso. Poemas de amor y erotismo

By: César Arístides

Narrated by: Nacho Casas & Mariannela Cataño

Length: 3 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Una celebración del amor y el erotismo, una invitación a despojarse de los verbos y encender los adjetivos para beber y saborear el amor A partir de rescates literarios de poetas desconocidos, heterónimos, poetas antiguos y voces frescas, insolentes, sutiles de la nueva poesía hispanoamericana, Sólo un beso reúne poemas sensuales, profanos,... Read more

Soy vertical, pero preferiría ser horizontal

By: Sylvia Plath

Narrated by: Sol de la Barreda

Length: 1 hour 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Sylvia Plath, una de las grandes poetas del siglo XX, llega a la colección «Poesía Portátil». Sylvia Plath es una de las poetas más admiradas del siglo XX. Sus versos, que a lo largo de los años han ido cobrando protagonismo especialmente después de que se quitara la vida a los treinta años, son un intento de expresar su desesperación y su... Read more

Night Lunch

By: Mike Chaulk

Narrated by: Mike Chaulk

Length: 1 hour 1 minute

Abridged: No

Night Lunch is a shapeshifting sonnet sequence set in the cold waters off the North Coast of Labrador. Reflecting Chaulk’s own experience, the speaker—a young deckhand on a freight and passenger ferry servicing isolated communities—endures long irregular work hours, weather, icebergs, and loneliness, all the while navigating the taut... Read more

What Color Is Goodness?

By: Emily Morrison

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Inspired by the question of her cartwheeling five-year-old niece, “Emmy, What Color is Goodness?,” this poem was written to help readers find goodness in the most unexpected places.First-time author EMILY MORRISON offers a vision of kindness, acceptance, and understanding in unsettled times within this beautiful poem, featuring the delightful... Read more

Amor es vida

By: Jose Robles

Narrated by: MANOLO OCHOA

Length: 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Con este libro les quiero invitar a que abran sus corazones y a que sigan creyendo en el amor. Vivimos en un mundo materialista donde hemos perdido los valores; esos principios de cómo tratar, conquistar y querer a una mujer. La vida nos ha llevado a olvidarnos de regalar una rosa, unos chocolates, escribir versos, dedicar canciones. Sentimos... Read more

Stories and Poems for Relaxation and Travel Audiobook 2

By: Penny Wobbly of WobblingPen

Narrated by: Penny Wobbly of WobblingPen

Length: 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Hello EveryoneThese Stories and Poems were produced to help with Relaxation and Travel.Slipping comfortably into filling boring waiting times, at Airports, Stations, Hospitals and any other occasionyou find spare time on your hands.I have recorded, these short stories and poems about real life,with a few retrograde historical additions to add to... Read more

I know something you don't know

By: Amy LeBlanc

Narrated by: Amy LeBlanc

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Amy LeBlanc’s debut poetry collection, I know something you don’t know, resides in the intersection of folklore and femininity. With fairy-tale lucidity and fluid voice, the poems in this collection weave through the seams between story and fact. This debut collection is alluring and noxious like hemlock, foxglove, and blooming wildflowers. Read more

How Beautiful People Are

By: Ayaz Pirani

Narrated by: Ayaz Pirani

Length: 30 minutes

Abridged: No

In How Beautiful People Are, his third collection, Ayaz Pirani continues to write his people’s pothi: a trans-national, inter-generational poetry of post-colonial love and loss animated by the syncretizing figure of Kabir and drawn from the extraordinary diwan of ginan and granth literature. Walking alongside the tiger of Ali and an assortment... Read more

A Cemetery for Holes

By: Tom Prime & Gary Barwin

Narrated by: Tom Prime & Gary Barwin

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

In A Cemetery for Holes, poetic language bends and breaks, resists and reforms under the stress of family trauma. Consensual reality shifts with nonconsensual harm. It is this history of violence which is ultimately, confronted, fought against, and overcome. While engaged in this struggle, the poems also strive to rebuild, to console and to... Read more