Poetry audiobooks

The Tao Te Ching

By: Lao Tzu

Narrated by: Jason Rosette

Length: 1 hour 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Achieve Harmony and Balance with the Ancient Wisdom of the Tao Te ChingThe Tao Te Ching, also known as The Tao and its Characteristics, is an ancient spiritual book of expressions and aphorisms on the mysterious nature of the 'Tao' - - a mysterious, force-like principle of the universe which emphasizes the discipline and philosophy of... Read more

The Math Campers

By: Dan Chiasson

Narrated by: Dan Chiasson, Sybil Johnson & Full Cast

Length: 1 hour 21 minutes

Abridged: No

A father and husband's meditation on love, adolescence, and the mysterious mechanisms of poetic creation, from the acclaimed poet.

The poet's art is revealed in stages in this "making-of" book, where we watch as poems take shape--first as dreams or memories, then as drafts, and finally as completed works set loose on the world. In the long poem... Read more

Even the Milky Way is Undocumented

By: Amy Shimshon-Santo

Narrated by: Amy Shimshon-Santo

Length: 1 hour 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Amy Shimshon-Santo's EVEN THE MILKY WAY IS UNDOCUMENTED is a testament to the lost, the loved, the courageous. Each poem is the past and the future. Each page turns for those built by families that span political borders -- families that see borders as nothing more than lines drawn by an invisible hand that's long forgotten that we belong to the... Read more

Jazz & Lyrik (Ungekürzt)

By: Peter Rühmkorf

Narrated by: Peter Rühmkorf

Length: 3 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Wahlverwandtschaft zwischen Musik und Poesie "Ich bin ja auch ein bißchen wie ein Instrument, d.h. meine Gedichte liegen fest, so wie die Tasten auf dem Klavier. Ich muß sie anschlagen mit der Stimme. Mein Gedicht, das ich lese, ist mein Instrument. Ich muß es nur intonieren", schreibt Peter Rühmkorf 1985. In der Geschichte der deutschen... Read more

Pioggia in Rime

By: Juan Moisés De La Serna

Narrated by: Maurizio Mosetti

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Raccolta di poesie dedicate alla pioggia e alle sensazioni che essa provoca sugli uomini, gli animali e tutte le cose del nostro mondo.
JUAN MOISES DE LA SERNA, Dottore in Psicologia e professore universitario, relatore e divulgatore scientifico. Viaggiatore instancabile, che gli ha permesso di entrare in contatto con culture diverse come quella... Read more

El tiempo tras las horas

By: María Isabel Luque Muñoz

Narrated by: María Isabel Luque Muñoz & Álvaro Saco

Length: 1 hour 1 minute

Abridged: No

La construcción en continuo movimiento de nuestra mirada nos lleva de la mano a la coetánea construcción de la memoria. La relación entre el yo y el tiempo sólo puede formularse desde un estado atemporal, detenido, abrazando la quietud, donde nos recostamos para contemplar el horizonte de lo que no se puede expresar con el sentido que otorga... Read more

The Storm

By: Marie J. Mond

Narrated by: Marie Andrascik

Length: 41 minutes

Abridged: No

From madness to massacres, this book of poems takes you through a range of emotions from despair to hope, break ups and broken homes to stability and monogamy, questioning and reaffirming what it means to be an American in 2020. Read more

A Powerful Journey Through Poetry

By: Sushil Thind

Narrated by: Nicole Britton

Length: 35 minutes

Abridged: No

To worry too much is called stress, Not kind to mind the best, To keep something In your mind, For your own health it’s not kind, In a friend or family member, Or some other you should speak to or confide, To worry yourself you could end up depressed, To speak to someone and confess, You will be kinder to your mind, The stress will be... Read more

La piel en los labios

By: Miguel Gane

Narrated by: Miguel Gane

Length: 2 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Miguel Gane, autor referente de la nueva generación de poetas, nos transporta en su tercer poemario a un universo lleno de sensualidad, en el que los sentidos son protagonistas esenciales. Poemas que cuentan el inicio y fin del amor desde el erotismo y lo corpóreo como un susurro leve que enarbola la piel. Desde Madrid a Londres pasando por... Read more

The Lady of the Lake

By: Sir Walter Scott

Narrated by: Cynthia Moyer

Length: 4 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

"The Lady of the Lake" (1810) is a narrative poem set in the vicinity of Loch Katrine, in the Trossach region of Scotland. It is made up of six cantos, each focusing on one day. There's three main plots to this poem: a competition between three men for the love of one Ellen Douglas, a feud between James Douglas and King James V, and a war... Read more

Take It

By: Joshua Beckman

Narrated by: Joshua Beckman

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: No

Recorded live in Los AngelesTake It is a gift of expansive and expressive generosity. The poems masterfully combine traditional and contemporary concerns and speech in attending to a degraded, yet wondrous world. Read more

The Lay of the Last Minstrel

By: Sir Walter Scott

Narrated by: Peter Tucker

Length: 2 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

An ageing singer asks for shelter at Newark Castle, and in exchange performs for his hostess the Duchess of Buccleuch the story of a 16th century border feud. The story he tells is about the so-called "Flower of Teviot," the Lady Margaret Scott of Buccleuch, who the Baron Henry of Cranstown is in love with. But whilst Henry is from the Ker... Read more

Das Schönste vom Schwager

By: Herbert Schneider

Narrated by: Herbert Schneider

Length: 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Mit der CD "Das Schönste vom Schwager" spannt er einen weiten Bogen über sein langjähriges Schaffen. In liebevoller Heiterkeit schreibt, - nein spricht er über seine Geburtsstadt. Witzig, manchmal ironisch, hintergründig aber immer zugetan beschreibt er Alltagssituationen und in poetischer Melancholie spricht er vom Vergessen und Vergehen. Alles... Read more

Land of the Cranes (Scholastic Gold)

By: Aida Salazar

Length: 2 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

From the prolific author of The Moon Within comes the heart-wrenchingly beautiful story in verse of a young Latinx girl who learns to hold on to hope and love even in the darkest of places: a family detention center for migrants and refugees.Nine-year-old Betita knows she is a crane. Papi has told her the story, even before her family fled to... Read more

Umbilicus

By: Carrie Schiffler

Narrated by: Carrie Schiffler

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Umbilicus is a meditation on sensuality, blood, hunger, and the sweet ache of shame’s hangover. Carrie Schiffler is an actor, writer, and former exotic dancer. Johanna Stickland is a photographer, painter, poet, and former fashion model. Both are smitten by the female form, intrigued by unpolished beauty and drawn to dark pubs and radiant beings... Read more

이별 연습 : Parting Practice

By: Seongchung Gim

Narrated by: Nanhee Kim

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

A story that everyone must have experienced in love at least once. 
In the recitation book, a farewell facing the person you loved!It depicts a feeling of hope that love will never end.
In “Parting Practice”, two poems written by poet Seongchung GimIt was recorded in the voice of reciter Nanhee Kim.
사랑하면서 누구나 한번쯤 겪었을 것 같은 이야기. 
낭송집에는 사랑했던 사람과 마주한... Read more

Khamosh Adalat Jaari Hai

By: Vijay Tendulkar

Narrated by: Unicorn Actors Studio

Length: 2 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

देश के सर्वोच्च साहित्यिक सम्मान ज्ञानपीठ पुरस्कार से सम्मानित मराठी लेखक विजय तेंदुलकर का यह नाटक भारत के महानतम आधुनिक नाटकों में से एक माना जाता है और पिछले कई दशकों में इसकी प्रस्तुतियाँ देश की अलग अलग भाषाओं में हुई हैं. सत्तर के दशक के पहले प्रदर्शन से अब तक इस नाटक की लोकप्रियता और प्रासंगिकता कभी कम नहीं हुई है. स्टोरीटेल की थिएटर सीरीज़... Read more

L'Amour de vivre

By: Cécile Le Ray

Narrated by: Cécile Le Ray

Length: 16 minutes

Abridged: No

L'Amour de vivre rassemble les derniers textes de Cécile Le Ray, qu'elle habille de son timbre chaud et enveloppant. Après une carrière lyrique, où elle s'est produite sur de nombreuses scènes (Théâtre des Champs Élysées, Unesco…), elle est remarquée par France 2 et est invitée à plusieurs Teléthons. France 3 lui consacre même un... Read more

The Book of Job

By: King James Version & Stephen Curkpatrick

Narrated by: Sarah Bacaller & Denis Daly

Length: 2 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Accusation is the unperceived catalyst for this dramatic narrative; Job is framed by the accusation that his self-invested allegiance to God will evaporate if he is exposed to adversity. Job is unaware that this wager against his integrity has taken place. The drama that ensues on an epic scale resonates with universal experiences of human... Read more

The Canyon's Edge

By: Dusti Bowling

Narrated by: Casey Holloway

Length: 3 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Hatchet meets Long Way Down in this heartfelt and gripping novel in verse about a young girl's struggle for survival after a climbing trip with her father goes terribly wrong.

One year after a random shooting changed their family forever, Nora and her father are exploring a slot canyon deep in the Arizona desert, hoping it will help them find... Read more

SLAM! You're Gonna Wanna Hear This

By: Nikita Gill

Narrated by: Nikita Gill

Length: 2 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

It's time to reclaim poetry.

Collected by international poetry sensation Nikita Gill, SLAM! You're Gonna Wanna Hear This is a joyful celebration of the ground-breaking poets making their voices heard in the spoken word scene. Empowering, inspiring and often hilarious, SLAMs are a platform for well-known and emerging talent from all walks of life... Read more

Seeds of Kindness…

By: Jim Boeglin

Narrated by: Steve Salge

Length: 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Kindness was a lesson worth learning as a child in the 1950s and 1960s—and it is more relevant than ever as the world confronts the COVID-19 pandemic and racial unrest.

Jim Boeglin draws on the lessons he learned as a child and throughout adulthood to spread that message in this book of poetry.

Much of the collection was written during... Read more

Tughlaq

By: Girish Karnad

Narrated by: Kshitij Theatre Group

Length: 3 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

देश के सर्वोच्च साहित्यिक सम्मान ज्ञानपीठ पुरस्कार से सम्मानित कन्नड़ लेखक गिरीश क़र्नाड़ का यह नाटक भारत के महानतम आधुनिक नाटकों में से एक माना जाता है और पिछले कई दशकों में इसकी प्रस्तुतियाँ देश की अलग अलग भाषाओं में हुई हैं. अब्राहम अलकाजी के प्रसिद्ध प्रोडक्शन से अब तक इस नाटक की लोकप्रियता और प्रासंगिकता कभी कम नहीं हुई है. दिल्ली के मशहूर... Read more

The Fickle Brat

By: Chris Mansell

Narrated by: Chris Mansell

Length: 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Chris Mansell is a keen observer of human nature, as adept in presenting the pre-language utterings of a toddler as a memorial tribute to a poet who died young. In spite of the trials we face, she never loses her sense of irony and humour. Her extended work “good poetry” treats the power politics of writing with a delightful honesty. Read more