Poetry audiobooks

Owed

By: Joshua Bennett

Narrated by: Joshua Bennett

Length: 1 hour 13 minutes

Abridged: No

From a 2021 Whiting Award and Guggenheim Fellow recipient, a “rhapsodic, rigorous poetry collection, which pays homage to everyday Black experience in the U.S.” (The New Yorker)

Gregory Pardlo described Joshua Bennett's first collection of poetry, The Sobbing School, as an "arresting debut" that was "abounding in tenderness and rich with... Read more

King Hit

By: Stephen Oliver & Matt Otley

Narrated by: Stephen Oliver

Length: 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Stephen Oliver's voice resonates with strength and passion. With the highly original music of Matt Ottley this CD transports us across soundscapes of harmony and disharmony, life and death, peace and violence. Read more

I'm Rising

By: Michelle G. Stradford

Narrated by: MIlan Dancy

Length: 1 hour 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Take back your Power, your Glorious and Rise!
“I'm Rising: Determined. Confident. Powerful.” takes the reader on an emotive journey of empowerment through life’s countless triumphs and tribulations.
Above all else, it inspires one to tap into their infinite potential so they can overcome any obstacle that appears on their unique path. Through... Read more

Soledades, Galerías y otros poemas

By: Antonio Machado

Narrated by: Valerio Di Stefano

Length: 1 hour 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Soledades. Galerías. Otros poemas es un poemario de Antonio Machado. Fue editado por primera vez en Madrid en 1907 incluyendo parte de Soledades, libro anterior, publicado en 1903. Enmarcado en la corriente modernista, el propio Machado definió el conjunto de poemas como «una poda de ramas superfluas en la poesía española».4​ Escrito con... Read more

Sonetos del Amor oscuro - Varia

By: Federico García Lorca

Narrated by: Valerio Di Stefano

Length: 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Los Sonetos del amor oscuro, o simplemente Sonetos, son una colección de sonetos escritos durante sus últimos años de vida por el poeta y dramaturgo español Federico García Lorca (Granada, 1898–1936), recopilados y publicados póstumamente. Por tanto, no es un libro definitivo establecido por el autor, y las diferentes ediciones pueden variar,... Read more

3rd i

By: Basil Eliades

Narrated by: Basil Eliades

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: No

“These are poems that go beyond the limits of words. By wrestling with the poems in 3rd i, by engaging with them, the world is more intensely lived. This guy is offering us everything. This is heroic poetry.” — John Marsden Read more

Runaway

By: Jorie Graham

Narrated by: Jorie Graham

Length: 2 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

An NPR Best Book of the YearA collection of poetry from one of our most acclaimed contemporary poets, Pulitzer Prize winner Jorie GrahamIn her formidable and clairvoyant collection, Runaway, Jorie Graham deepens her vision of our futurity. What of us will survive? Identity may be precarious, but perhaps love is not?Keeping pace with the... Read more

Café Boogie

By: Jeni Nixon

Narrated by: Jeni Nixon

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Jenny Nixon uses bold phrasing and syntax to record a life lived in and around Sydney s bohemian culture and lesbian and gay communities from the 1970s to the present. Her poetry is atmospheric, immediate and celebrates awareness gained, while honorouring the losses and counting the costs, including deaths of family friends and muses taken by... Read more

Баллады. Поэмы. Стихотворения

By: Василий Андреевич Жуковский

Narrated by: Вячеслав Герасимов

Length: 1 hour 58 minutes

Abridged: No

В аудиокнигу включены произведения В. А. Жуковского, рекомендованные для чтения и изучения на уроках литературы в 6 и 10 классах средней школы. БАЛЛАДЫ Людмила Светлана Ивиковы журавли Лесной царь Кубок ПОЭМЫ Шильонский узник СТИХОТВОРЕНИЯ Певец во стане русских воинов Сельское кладбище Песня ("Минувших дней очарованье…") Море Read more

I Like to Wash My Face with Seawater

By: Saumitra Saxena & Dhiraj Singh

Narrated by: Harish Bhimani

Length: 1 hour 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Introducing Saumitra’ s poetry to an English relishing readership is like reliving its flavor a few years ago in Hindi when these very poems caught the print eye of an eminent publisher, Bharatiya Gyanpith. Saumitra’s selection was not only published from there but also bestowed the ‘Navlekhan Award,’ and these poems have been expertly... Read more

Poetic Expressions My Love to the World

By: bernice

Narrated by: Barry Thomas

Length: 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Inspirational poetry by bernice willis Read more

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

By: Edward Fitzgerald

Narrated by: Denis Daly

Length: 3 hours

Abridged: No

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam







Translated by Edward FitzGerald







Narrated by Denis Daly







Omar Khayyam (1048 - 1131) was a true polymath.  A distinguished mathematician,  astronomer and philosopher,  he is best known today for his Rubaiyat, a collection of rubai, or rhyming quatrains,  of which he is estimated to have composed at least 500. ... Read more

Bottomless Toothpaste Flats in Bruges (A Poet's Memoir)

By: John Patrick Acevedo

Narrated by: Fran Gregory

Length: 3 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

As a fan of mainstream Singer and Songwriter music I have become an expert in the dualistic creative process and passion involved in art. Read more

Wilhelm Wolpert - live erlebt! - Abridged

By: Wilhelm Wolpert

Narrated by: Wilhelm Wolpert

Length: 1 hour 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

Auf einer fränkischen Kleinkunstbühne wurde auch sein neues Hörbuch live aufgenommen. 'Wilhelm Wolpert – live erlebt!' Ist der Titel der CD mit Texten seines letzen Buches 'Der kranke Franke'. Die fünf Geschichten und zehn Gedichte handeln alle von kranken Franken, den eingebildeten oder auch den echt kranken. Die therapeutische Wirkung dieses... Read more

Faust uff klassisch Hessisch - Abridged

By: Dieter Schneider

Narrated by: Dieter Schneider

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Goethes Faust und weitere seiner Gedichte hat Dieter Schneider in seine hessische Mundart übertragen. Beim Hören dieser CD könnte man meinen Faust erst auf hessisch ist der wahre Pudels Kern. Read more

Рубаи

By: Омар Хайям

Narrated by: Илья Прудовский

Length: 2 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Омар Хайям – выдающийся персидский математик и астроном, поэт и философ XI века. Его мудрые, полные юмора, лукавства и дерзости четверостишия – рубаи – философские размышления о смысле жизни, о незащищенности человека перед беспощадным роком и быстротечным временем, о вечном очаровании бытия и всего необъятного мира, поэтические раздумья о любви... Read more

Beowulf

By: Francis Barton Gummere

Narrated by: Bruce Lieberman

Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

The great drinking hall, Heorot, provides merriment for warriors and wenches alike. But it provokes only avenging rage from swamp creature Grendel. Now, in sixth-century Denmark’s darkest hour, a light of hope comes in the warrior Beowulf of the Geats. With his quest to defeat Grendel and his vengeful demon mother, Beowulf embarks on a journey... Read more

Поэзия. Гёте как человек и деятель

By: Иоганн Вольфганг Гете, Николай Холодковский & А...

Narrated by: Илья Прудовский

Length: 3 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Иоганн Вольфганг Гёте – величайший немецкий поэт и мыслитель, автор бессмертного "Фауста". Его творчество занимает особое место в мировой литературе. А переводы стихов Гёте, выполненные В. А. Жуковским, М. Ю. Лермонтовым, Ф. И. Тютчевым, А. А. Фетом, А. К. Толстым, сами являются блестящими образцами поэзии. Среди самых знаменитых, знакомых нам с... Read more

Я пришел к тебе с приветом…

By: Афанасий Фет

Narrated by: Владимир Самойлов

Length: 1 hour 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Поэзия Афанасия Афанасиевича Фета – необыкновенно выразительная, образная и мелодичная – это поэзия природы и любви, тонких и благородных чувств. Она пленяет свежестью и непосредственностью, чувственным, эмоциональным восприятием мира. Смутные ощущения, тающие эмоции, зародыши и отблески чувств, трудноуловимые впечатления звуков, запахов,... Read more

WAKE UP HUMANITY

By: Elsa Mendoza

Narrated by: Susan Fouche

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

WAKE UP HUMANITY is a silver medalist in the Poetry-Inspirational category of the 2019 International Book Awards. It is not your ordinary book of poems with rhymes and stanzas that only touches a specific topic. It talks about all of us, the entire humanity, about our reason for existence, and the results of our conscious and unconscious actions... Read more

Поэзия

By: Фридрих Шиллер

Narrated by: Илья Прудовский

Length: 4 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Иоганн Вольфганг Гёте – величайший немецкий поэт и мыслитель, автор бессмертного "Фауста". Его творчество занимает особое место в мировой литературе. А переводы стихов Гёте, выполненные В. А. Жуковским, М. Ю. Лермонтовым, Ф. И. Тютчевым, А. А. Фетом, А. К. Толстым, сами являются блестящими образцами поэзии. Среди самых знаменитых, знакомых нам с... Read more

Нам не дано предугадать…

By: Федор Тютчев

Narrated by: Владимир Самойлов

Length: 1 hour 54 minutes

Abridged: No

В поэзии Федора Ивановича Тютчева тесно переплетены пейзажная, философская и любовная лирика. Многие его стихи, напевные и гармоничные, положены на музыку, потому что уже изначально полны ею. Тютчев - тонкий психолог, проникновенный выразитель человеческих чувств и одновременно прекрасный мастер стихотворного пейзажа. Природа для него - живое,... Read more

거듭나기 : a Comeback

By: Seongchung Gim

Narrated by: Nanhee Kim

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

A story that everyone must have experienced in love at least once. 
In the recitation book, resolutions and wills for the loved ones!It contains love for only one person.
In “a Comeback”, two poems written by poet Seongchung GimIt was recorded in the voice of reciter Nanhee Kim.
사랑하면서 누구나 한번쯤 겪었을 것 같은 이야기. 
낭송집에는 사랑하는 사람을 위한 다짐과 의지!오직 한 사람을 향한 사랑이... Read more

Till The Ink Is Done

By: Ely J. Rodriguez

Narrated by: Acapellapoet

Length: 17 minutes

Abridged: No

A true poet or singing artist may experience writers block or may stop writing due to a tragic event, however, their soul has such a great amount of passion or fiery for their craft; they cannot cease. Till The Ink Is Done is a book with collections of influential poems and quotes that speak messages that touch our lives as humans everyday, from... Read more