Poetry audiobooks

Поэма "Двенадцать"

By: Александр Блок

Narrated by: Владимир Стукалов

Length: 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Из предчувствий неумолимо надвигающейся катастрофы, из роковых примет собственной скорой гибели и родилась поэма "Двенадцать", произведение целиком и полностью посвященное судьбам России. Блок работал над поэмой три недели, но написал в два дня, как бы в наитии каких-то высших сил. Read more

In Search of Essence

By: Safwan Arekat

Narrated by: Christian Stoner

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

A delightful feat by an imaginative subconscious, this book is an assembly of poetry inspired by women the author encountered while searching for his life companion. The poems have a coherent theme, which is the appreciation of feminine attributes and beauty. A deeper understanding of the poet’s motivation emerges by reading the verses... Read more

The man who had sunshine in his blood

By: Zane Pinner

Narrated by: Zane Pinner

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Love and compassion are pitted against selfish greed in this heart-wrenching ballad from an award-winning Australian author.A kind-hearted Tasmanian farmer has an incredible secret - sunshine flows through his veins, protecting him from injury and illness. But when the farmer embarks on an overseas mission to save a young girl's life, his secret... Read more

Black Lives, Lines, & Lyrics

By: D.B. Mays

Narrated by: Dominique V. Nichols & Sharese Jackson

Length: 6 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Black Lives, Lines, & Lyrics conveys the 21st Century Black experience through lines and verse. Divided into three measures, this poetry collection provides rhythmical reflections on black experiences with racial and social injustice, a poetic account of the lives lost to police brutality and racial violence, and a lyrical celebration of the... Read more

Audacious

By: Doreen Taylor

Narrated by: Doreen Taylor

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: No

Audacious: Thriving Through Trauma, highlights Doreen’s amazing journey by narrating her inner thoughts in poetic prose. In her writings, she also honours 20 women who have assisted her as she supported them. It is a book that will encourage women to think about their lives, enabling them to inspire and empower themselves and others.

Doreen was... Read more

Vulnerable AF

By: Tarriona Ball

Narrated by: Tarriona Ball

Length: 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Available as an Audie Award-nominated audiobook!

The debut poetry collection from Grammy-nominated recording artist and slam poet Tarriona "Tank" Ball about infatuation, love, and heartbreak.
The real-life story of a relationship in the author's past told in verse and short prose pieces. Relatable and honest, with Tank's signature mix of whimsy... Read more

La inercia del silencio

By: Sara Búho

Narrated by: Sara Búho

Length: 1 hour 22 minutes

Abridged: No

El silencio, cuando te acompaña, te acaba descomponiendo. La inercia del silencio es un lugar donde ni el movimiento ni la quietud tienen voz propia; donde tanto el amor como el desamor se intuyen. Un espacio donde cada sentimiento se hace inmenso y permanece para siempre en el cuerpo, atrapado como un pájaro que no puede volar. En este... Read more

Terraform

By: Propaganda

Narrated by: Propaganda

Length: 5 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Performed by Propaganda and featuring four exclusive original songs.In this debut collection of essays and poetry, musician, speaker, and activist Propaganda inspires us to create a better, more equitable world.“If we get to make the very cultures that shape who we are, then let us remake them in the best way possible.”In this deep, challenging,... Read more

What He Did in Solitary

By: Amit Majmudar

Narrated by: Amit Majmudar

Length: 3 hours

Abridged: No

The prize-winning poet reflects on what sustains us in a sundered world. With his dazzling ability to set words spinning, Amit Majmudar brings us poems that sharpen both wit and knives as he examines our "life in solitary."

Equally engaged with human history and the human heart, Majmudar transfigures identity from a locus of captivity to the... Read more

Symphonie Musicale

By: Fleur de Lys

Narrated by: Seth Shannon

Length: 32 minutes

Abridged: No

FLEUR DE LYS est une jeune auteure française, originaire du Nord de la Martinique, née en 1990. Autodidacte, elle écrit avec spontanéité. Son style unique va tendre à exprimer le quotidien de la vie à travers la nature. On retrouvera notamment la personnification des arbres, du soleil et de la mer. Read more

The Fencepost Knows Too Much

By: Jack Piatt

Narrated by: Jack Piatt

Length: 30 minutes

Abridged: No

The latest release from poet and spoken word artist Jack Piatt takes us on an introspective journey.

Rich with philosophical jaunts, occasional comedic undertones and self-effacing references to darker dives for lost coins into the wishing well of his youth, Piatt invites us into his space and allows us to touch the art.

With an authentic telling,... Read more

The Rose of Sharing

By: Mark Trudeau

Narrated by: Mark Trudeau & Trudeau

Length: 35 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of poems touching on love, mental health and the struggle to live a better life. Read more

The Plagiarist Kingdom (Audiobook)

By: Mark Trudeau

Narrated by: Mark Trudeau

Length: 1 hour 20 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of poems and short stories that attack mindset of too many of the people who inhabit todays society. It's a challenge to live more fully, to question your surroundings and modes of thought. Read more

Growing Through the Gate

By: Mark Trudeau

Narrated by: Mark Trudeau

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

Abridged: No

This is a collection of poems, short stories and lyrics. Read more

Where Hope Comes From

By: Nikita Gill

Narrated by: Nikita Gill

Length: 1 hour 35 minutes

Abridged: No

**The Sunday Times Bestseller**

Instagram superstar and poet Nikita Gill returns to her roots with her most personal collection yet, including more than twenty poems exclusive to the US edition.

I took my worries out
and laid them carefully on the kitchen table.
Then began the slow but rewarding task
of fixing everything that needed more love.

Nikita... Read more

Kritik des Herzens.

By: Wilhelm Busch

Narrated by: Matthias Ernst Holzmann

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Bei der "Kritik des Herzens" von Wilhelm Busch handelt es sich um seine erste Gedichtsammlung, die im Jahr 1874 erschien und sich an Immanuel Kants "Kritik der reinen Vernunft" orientiert. Mit diesem Werk vollzieht sich bei Busch eine Wandlung zum ernsthaften Autor, nachdem er zuvor vornehmlich durch seine heiteren Bildergeschichten bekannt... Read more

The Essential Muriel Rukeyser

By: Muriel Rukeyser

Narrated by: Tanya Eby

Length: 3 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

The definitive edition of selected work from a poet whose influence continues to be widely felt today, introduced by Natasha Trethewey

Engaging closely with the violence, oppression, and injustice that she witnessed in her lifetime, Muriel Rukeyser was one of the seminal poets of the mid-twentieth century. Closely informed by issues relating to... Read more

Walkman

By: Michael Robbins

Narrated by: Tim Alexander

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: No

A new collection from an audacious, humorous poet celebrated for his "sky-blue originality of utterance" (Dwight Garner, The New York Times)

Michael Robbins's first two books of poetry were raucous protests lodged from the frontage roads and big-box stores of off-ramp America. With Walkman, he turns a corner. These new poems confront self-pity... Read more

"The Drunken Boat" and Other Poems by Arthur Rimbaud

By: Arthur Rimbaud

Narrated by: Jason Rosette

Length: 1 hour 16 minutes

Abridged: No

"The Drunken Boat" ("Le Bateau ivre") is a 100-line verse-poem written in 1871 by Arthur Rimbaud. The poem describes the drifting and sinking of a boat lost at sea in a fragmented first-person narrative saturated with vivid imagery and symbolism. It centers around the delirious visions of the eponymous boat, swamped and lost at sea, and is... Read more

The Light After The Darkness

By: D. R. Nguyen

Narrated by: D. R. Nguyen

Length: 36 minutes

Abridged: No

The Light After The Darkness captures the range of emotions we all go through in life using poetry and prose.The book is divided into five chapters: Dark Days, Broken Love, Love, Faith, and Inspiration. D. R. Nguyen takes the reader from a dark place in life to having faith and inspiration within themselves and life. Read more

Kaukainen puutarha

By: Katri Vala

Narrated by: Ritva-Liisa Elivuo

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: No

"Elää, elää, elää!Elää raivokkaasti elämän korkea hetki,terälehdet äärimmilleen auenneina,elää ihanasti kukkien,tuoksustansa, auringosta hourien –huumaavasti, täyteläästi elää!"Jumala, luonto, vuodenajat, kaipuu ja fantasia kietoutuvat Katri Valan esikoisrunokokoelmassa kiehtovaksi, mieleen jääväksi kokonaisuudeksi. Viiteen osaan jaettu kokoelma... Read more

With All Of You

By: David Chislett

Narrated by: David Chislett

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

With All Of You is the second collection of Poetry from David Chislett. Composed entirely of poems shared on crowd-funding platform Patreon, the collection reflects the journey of composing and forming poetry in the public eye.With All Of You reflects the collaborative aspect of creating art on social media and many of the poems were edited and... Read more

La plaga

By: Raúl Alonso

Narrated by: Daniel Vera & Raúl Alonso

Length: 56 minutes

Abridged: No

“No es ningún secreto que una conciencia puede a veces ser una plaga...” canta Bono en “The fly”, tema estrella del álbum Achtung Baby (1991) con el que U2 reinventó su sonido para la década del final de siglo, sumergiéndose en registros más electrónicos y psicoactivos. Con esos versos podemos resumir parte del ambiente de este poemario con... Read more

Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins

By: Gerard Manley Hopkins

Narrated by: Denis Daly

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins


Narrated by Denis Daly


During his lifetime, Hopkins, who was ordained as a Jesuit priest, was best known as a scholar and a teacher of languages. In his youth he composed poetry prolifically, but detroyed all his juvenile work in 1867. In 1874 he commenced writing poetry again, but little of his verse was published... Read more