Poetry audiobooks

170 Chinese Poems

By: Arthur Waley

Narrated by: Charles Featherstone

Length: 4 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

A selection of the very best of Chinese poetry over the course of a thousand years, from 100 years before Christ was born up of the middle ages. Arthur Waley's translations of Chinese poetry are still the benchmark by which such translations are held, nearly two hundred years after he introduced the west to the wonder of classical Chinese... Read more

ألوان الحنين - Abridged

By: أنيس رزوق

Narrated by: قصي حمود

Length: 1 hour 42 minutes

Abridged: Yes

ألوان حنين مجموعة نثرية للشاعر الدكتور أنيس رزوق يبث من خلالها حنينه للوطن، الأم، والحبيبة، ويختبر من خلالها تجربته الشعرية في رحلة إلى اللغة، حيث تتداعى غنائيته صادحة بالمؤلوف وباللامألوف. وعندما نقرأ المجموعة سنكتشف مباشرة أن الكلمات هي نجوى للكاتب، وفي خارطة الزمن لم تكن مجرد إنتاج أدبي ليوضع في كتاب، بل هي تعابير تجولت في أزمان الماضي، وكتبت... Read more

Be Holding

By: Ross Gay

Narrated by: Ross Gay

Length: 1 hour 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner, 2021 PEN/Jean Stein Award
Winner, 2021 Ohioana Book Award in Poetry
Winner, 2022 Indiana Author Award in Poetry

Be Holding is a love song to legendary basketball player Julius Erving—known as Dr. J—who dominated courts in the 1970s and ‘80s as a small forward for the Philadelphia ‘76ers. But this book-length poem is more than just an ode... Read more

Paper Boat

By: Margaret Atwood

Narrated by: Margaret Atwood

Length: 9 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

An extraordinary career-spanning collection from one of the most revered poets and storytellers of our age

Tracing the legacy of Margaret Atwood—a writer who has fundamentally shaped the contemporary literary landscapes—Paper Boat: New and Selected Poems, 1961–2023 assembles Atwood’s most vital poems in one essential volume.

In pieces that are at... Read more

Bringing the Shovel Down

By: Ross Gay

Narrated by: Ross Gay

Length: 1 hour 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Bringing the Shovel Down maps the long and arduous process of being inculcated with the mythologies of state and power, the ramifications of that inculcation (largely, the loss of our humanity in the service of maintaining those mythologies), and finally, what it might mean, what it might provide us, if we were to transform those myths. The... Read more

If Today Were Tomorrow

By: Humberto Ak'abal

Narrated by: Michael Bazzett & Magdalena Kaluza

Length: 1 hour 44 minutes

Abridged: No

“My language was born among trees,it holds the taste of earth;my ancestors’ tongue is my home.”—from “The Old Song of the Blood”A legacy of land and language courses through the pages of this spirited bilingual edition, offering an expansive take on the internationally renowned work of Humberto Ak’abal, a K’iche’ Maya poet born in the western... Read more

The Ballad Of The White Horse

By: Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Narrated by: Charles Featherstone

Length: 2 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

"The Last Great Epic Poem in the English Language"
- Dale Ahlquist
"The ending is absurd. The brilliant smash and glitter of the words and phrases (when they come off, and are not mere loud colours) cannot disguise the fact that G. K. C. knew nothing whatever about the 'North', heathen or Christian."
- JRR Tolkien
The tale of King Alfred, the... Read more

The Secret of You

By: Iain S. Thomas

Narrated by: Iain S. Thomas

Length: 1 hour 10 minutes

Abridged: No

In the long-awaited follow-up to his bestselling collection, The Truth of You, poet Iain Thomas explores the unseen forces that shape our inner experience.

A collection of over 200 pieces of poetry and prose, The Secret of You focuses on the thoughts and feelings that we might not share and have trouble expressing, the things that we need to let... Read more

Folk Punk, Literary Style

By: Patrick Schneeweis

Narrated by: Charles Featherstone

Length: 2 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

There are artists out there able to lift the spirits of the downtrodden, who point towards a better world with all they are. Sometimes, they do this in DIY punk style: raw, unplugged, and deeply human.
Patrick Schneeweis, better known as Pat the Bunny, is an artist who chose the road less travelled, instinctively deeming it more honest and less... Read more

Sho

By: author

Narrated by: Douglas Kearney

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

2022 WINNER OF THE GRIFFIN POETRY PRIZE2021 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST FOR POETRY
Eschewing series and performative typography, Douglas Kearney’s Sho aims to hit crooked licks with straight-seeming sticks. Navigating the complex penetrability of language, these poems are sonic in their espousal of Black vernacular traditions, while examining... Read more

Marie Corelli's Collected Poems

By: Marie Corelli

Narrated by: Charles Featherstone

Length: 1 hour 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Marie Corelli is best known as a novelist, but was always a poet at heart, composing on her strongest passions, whether for love, nature, God, or country.
This volume collects poems from across her bestselling books and across her career, curated by Brenda Vyver, her her 'companion' of 40 years, who she left everything to when she died, and who... Read more

Random Experiments in Bioluminescence

By: Amy Shimshon-Santo

Narrated by: Amy Shimshon-Santo, Eleuterio Xagaat García, Àk...

Length: 1 hour 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Random Experiments in Bioluminescence is a remarkable collection of luminous poems for cherishing cultures, languages, and the Earth — From poet and urbanist Dr. Amy Shimshon-Santo.
“Listen with your natural body,” writes Shimshon-Santo. “In the beginning, there was song.” This collection tracks a woman’s search for language and belonging.... Read more

Phantasmagoria

By: Lewis Carroll

Narrated by: Chris Coxon

Length: 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Phantasmagoria, Lewis Carroll's longest poem, was first published by Macmillan and Co., London, in 1869. Written in seven cantos, it tells the tale, in quintains, of a gentleman called Tibbets and his experience conversing with a phantom. This amusing "epic" takes us through their initial fear of each other, a fierce debate over the goings-on of... Read more

The Onward Song

By: K.J. Paradis

Narrated by: K. J. Paradis

Length: 1 hour 15 minutes

Abridged: No

The Onward Song is poet K.J. Paradis's stunning debut collection—six dozen exquisitely crafted poems that are at once classical and wonderfully contemporary, poems made remarkable by their effortless musicality and unexpected metaphors. Paradis crafts verse that celebrates old boots, sharp pencils, first kisses, freckled constellations, the... Read more

To the Realization of Perfect Helplessness

By: Robin Coste Lewis

Narrated by: Robin Coste Lewis

Length: 1 hour 23 minutes

Abridged: No

A genre-bending exploration of poetry and human migration—another revelatory expedition from the National Book Award–winning poet who changed the way we see art, the museum, and the Black female figure. • Winner of the PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry

Twenty-five years ago, after her maternal grandmother’s death, Robin Coste Lewis discovered a... Read more

Call Me Al

By: Wali Shah & Eric Walters

Narrated by: Wali Shah & Eric Walters

Length: 5 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Ali is an eighth-grade kid with a lot going on. Between the pressure from his immigrant parents to ace every class, his crush on Melissa, who lives in the rich area of town while he and his family live in a shabby apartment complex, and trying his best to fit in with his friends, he feels like he’s being pulled in too many different... Read more

Pieces of Mee

By: Anexis Matos

Narrated by: Sandra Gayer

Length: 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Unleash your inner teen, fangirl, and your best and worse parts in this debut poetry collection.The cringe of being a teenage girl. Blindness in all its glory and challenge. The fantastic parts of fandom. The power of stories. From reflections to a tragic love story of Death and their priestess, a poem is waiting to become your favorite. Read more

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume 6 - Tales - Horror and Death

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by: Graham Dunlop

Length: 5 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

this volume of the 10 volume series is subtitled "Tales of Horror and Death"- includes some of Poe's most famous works including "The Pit and the Pendulum", "The Cask of Amontillado", "The Fall of the House of Usher" and 10 others
Acclaimed American writer, Edgar Allan Poe (1809 to 1849) was known particularly for his mysteries and tales of the... Read more

Bards Eternal

By: Blue Jay Walker

Narrated by: Blue Jay walker

Length: 5 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

In New York City's Washington Square Park, An old familiar war is being waged between those in power, and those who refuse to conform. Blue Jay Walker has been a street busker all his life. Traveling across countries he earns his keep by writing poems for passers-by on his worn typewriter. In the summer of 2023 when he arrived at one of his... Read more

Mental Warfare

By: Breuna Walker

Narrated by: Roger Carter & Ruben Marquez Jr.

Length: 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Mental Warfare is a deeply personal collection of poetry that navigates the often-hidden struggles of mental health. I created this book to help people understand mental health and its issues better, shedding light on the raw, intense emotional struggles we face and capturing the essence of inner battles with heartfelt honesty. This chapbook... Read more

The Keelie Hawk

By: Kathleen Jamie

Narrated by: Kathleen Jamie

Length: 1 hour 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by the author, Kathleen Jamie.

The Keelie Hawk is a landmark collection from Kathleen Jamie, the current Makar (National Poet) of Scotland. For the first time, Kathleen Jamie has brought her astonishing lyric talent to the language of her homeland, with outstanding results. The Keelie Hawk is a deeply resonant collection written in Scots,... Read more

Ashes in the Milk

By: Valerie Johns

Narrated by: Valerie Johns

Length: 5 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

"Ashes in the Milk" will remind readers that their greatest path to healing lies within—all they must do is walk down a path of self-discovery with curiosity, open mindedness and willingness.
Valerie Johns, MA, MFT, is a prolific poet, author, and therapist who is passionate about helping others heal from their deepest wounds. She began writing... Read more

Gitanjali

By: Rabindranath Tagore

Narrated by: Matthew Schmitz

Length: 3 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to by Altrusian Grace Media and narrated by Matthew Schmitz. In addition to the normal narration, this version includes an "Ambient" version with peaceful meditative music. Gitanjali is a collection of poems by the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore. Tagore received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, for its English translation, Song... Read more

Unfolding Light

By: Steve Garnaas-Holmes

Narrated by: Steve Garnaas-Holmes

Length: 4 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Poetry, like religion, is the practice of wonder—a way of being open, a way of reaching out to touch the hem of the world’s garment. Like the great spiritual teachers, poetry invites us to be radically present, to inhabit the world a little more closely, to attend a little more lovingly, with an awareness beyond the mere mind. The numinous... Read more