Poetry audiobooks

Be Straight with Me

By: Emily Dalton

Narrated by: Kate Rudd

Length: 2 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Be Straight with Me is an unforgettable memoir-in-verse about a love that blurs the boundaries of gender and sexuality—told from the perspective of a young, straight woman who finds herself in a serious relationship with her gay male best friend. With unabashed honesty and piercing emotional clarity, Emily Dalton brings to life this timely, true... Read more

From the Beginning until Now

By: Ann B.Rhodes

Narrated by: Ann B. Rhodes

Length: 31 minutes

Abridged: No

"From the Beginning until Now" contains a style of poetry that includes reflections on life, one's spirituality, prayer, the inspiration that one has had on a person's life as well as typical things that may occur in life. The main them of this genre of poetry is that if you have sincere faith through any trial or tribulation, you can make the... Read more

Face It

By: Cai Lonergan

Narrated by: Cai Lonergan

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: No

Fun tales to inspire and be giggled at. Whether you've ever been hit in a face with a soccer ball or not, this book has tales of bravery, whimsy and silliness(as well as plenty of illustrations). Gawk, guffaw or gasp, but have fun! Read more

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

By: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Narrated by: Samantha Novak

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Do you want to listen to The Rime of The Ancient Mariner? If so then keep reading…
The Poem relates the experiences of a sailor who has returned from a long sea voyage. The mariner stops a man who is on the way to a wedding ceremony and begins to narrate a story. The wedding-guest's reaction turns from bemusement to impatience to fear to... Read more

Riven

By: Catherine Owen

Narrated by: Catherine Owen

Length: 1 hour 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry In 2010, Catherine Owen’s 29-year-old spouse died of a drug addiction. A year later, she relocated to an apartment by the Fraser River in Vancouver, B.C. As she moved beyond the initial shock, the river became her focus: a natural, damaged space that both intensifies emotion and... Read more

...hat dersell g'sagt

By: Josef Fendl

Narrated by: Josef Fendl

Length: 1 hour 50 minutes

Abridged: No

"Das weiß-blaue Musterkofferl vom Sprüchmacher" "Josef Fendls sprachlicher Firlefanz" "Weiß-blaue Gspassettl" "Zu den 13 Aposteln" "Heiteres Ostbayern" "Das große Josef-Fendl-Lesebuch" "A frische Pris" "... waldwärts" Sprüch aus dem weiß-blauen Musterkofferl, Aller guten Dinge sind drei Bäuerische Sentenzen, Kammerfensterln mit Hindernissen... Read more

Ungrown Up

By: Cai Lonergan

Narrated by: Cai Lonergan

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of funny, weird poems looking into the intricacies of life, skydiving and candy. And trolls. Inchworms, too. And dragon-cats. Read more

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

By: William Blake

Narrated by: Jason Rosette

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell - as Featured in the Jim Jarmusch Film 'Dead Man', Starring Johnny Depp!A new and strikingly illustrated visual re-interpretation of the classic mystical poetic work by the English poet and printmaker William Blake, 'The Marriage of Heaven and Hell' is a must-read for any serious literati or poet. Narrated by... Read more

Do Not Hug Me: I Am a Bear

By: Cai Lonergan

Narrated by: Cai Lonergan

Length: 1 hour 1 minute

Abridged: No

Fun and wild poems that advise everyone to take it easy and take it crazy. The world is a wonder; these poems are its thunder. Dragons, monsters and even children thrive within these pages. They are waiting for you. Read more

FUCK'EM

By: Markeisha Darden

Narrated by: Inspire

Length: 15 minutes

Abridged: No

“I‘M NOT A BITTER BITCH I’M JUST A WOMAN WHO IS TIRED OF YOUR SHIT!”  This book is not meant to bash men but simply to empower other women as I learn to take my power back. So many times we give so much of ourselves in a relationship only to leave with nothing left. I wrote this book of poetry to inspire you as life has inspired me. We have to... Read more

Deep Roots, Dark Forests

By: Vanessa K. Eccles

Narrated by: Vanessa K. Eccles

Length: 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Deep Roots, Dark Forests explores the unseen, the unnoticed, and the uncared for in our lives. It's the simple everyday things that are the most fascinating—the flowers, the forest, the decaying architecture in an old southern town. It's the silent, quick blooms of an azalea, the big, pure magnolia blossoms, and the wide roots of a live oak that... Read more

Piers Plowman

By: William Langland

Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble

Length: 9 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Piers Plowman, William Langland’s visionary medieval work about one man’s quest for the true Christian life, is an allegorical journey through dream visions and visions within dreams. During the course of his journey, the narrator (William Langland) meets Piers Plowman, who gradually reveals himself to be the son of God. Through Piers, William... Read more

The Waste Land

By: T. S. Eliot

Narrated by: Jon Waters

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: No

“April is the cruellest month, breedingLilacs out of the dead land, mixingMemory and desire, stirringDull roots with spring rain.”
The Waste Land is a seminal work of modernist poetry by T.S. Eliot. Written in 1922, this five-part poem is a portrait of its time, a work that expresses the disillusionment of the modernist era and the desperation... Read more

Goethe vs. Schiller: 1797 – Das Balladenjahr

By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe & Friedrich Schiller

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 1 hour 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Zwölf berühmte Balladen schrieben Goethe und Schiller im Balladenjahr 1797, quasi eine Art "Balladen-Battle". Und die Resultate können sich wahrlich hören lassen! Mit dabei: Der Schatzgräber, Der Ring des Polykrates, Der Zauberlehrling, Der Taucher, Der Gott und die Bajadere, Der Handschuh, Die Braut von Korinth, Die Kraniche des Ibykus, Legende... Read more

The Raven

By: Edgar Allen Poe

Narrated by: Geoffrey Giuliano

Length: 18 minutes

Abridged: No

The Raven by American writer Edgar Allan Poe was firstt published in January 1845, the poem is often noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere. It tells of a talking raven's mysterious visit to a distraught young man lamenting the loss of his love, Lenore.
Poe claimed to have written the poem with the intention to... Read more

Broken to unbreakable - 12 steps to an unbreakable mind, body and spirit

By: Krissy Regan

Narrated by: Krissy Regan, Jessica Stokes & Dave Stokes

Length: 4 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

• Do you look into the future and see a healthy person?
• Are you thinking about your bank balance or what’s left in your physical tank by the time you hang up your boots?
• Have you wondered what it would feel like to have an unbreakable mind, body and spirit, capable of weathering any storm?
This is the book for you!
This book is designed to get... Read more

Carl Spitteler - Der Wanderer

By: Carl Spitteler

Narrated by: Marco Caduff

Length: 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Eine Ballade von Carl Spitteler: Ein Wanderer ist bei Schnee und Eis unterwegs und begegnet der Schneefrau, die ihn auffordert, anzuhalten und ihrem Lied zuzuhören ... (Bild: Ausschnitt aus "Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer" von Caspar David Friedrich) Read more

A Sight to Behold

By: Ann B. Rhodes

Narrated by: Ann B. Rhodes

Length: 1 hour 2 minutes

Abridged: No

"A Sight to Behold" is a continuation of the first poetry book "From the Beginning Until Now". It contains a style of poetry that includes everlasting life, dealing with relationships, and much, much more. The main theme of this genre of poetry is that if you put God above all situations, you will always succeed. This poetry is based from some... Read more

Metamorphoses

By: Ovid

Narrated by: Martin Jarvis, John Sackville, Maya Saroya & Da...

Length: 18 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

This Penguin Classic is performed by award-winning voice actor Martin Jarvis OBE, as well as John Sackville, Maya Saroya and the translator of this edition, David Raeburn. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Denis Feeney.

Ovid's sensuous and witty poetry brings together a dazzling array of... Read more

The Iliad

By: Homer

Narrated by: Steve John Shepherd

Length: 17 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

This Penguin Classic is performed by Steve John Shepherd, whose theatre credits include Much Ado About Nothing at the Globe, The Good Canary directed by John Malkovich, Bomber's Moon and Piaf. His TV and film credits range from the iconic This Life to Silent Witness and Eastenders. This definitive recording includes an... Read more

Canción de Bruma

By: Santi Balmes

Narrated by: Santi Balmes

Length: 1 hour 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Se han dado casos de cosas inexplicables, de hombres que se bañan con sirenas, de cicatrices en la frente de hombres valientes, de abecedarios del mal, de canciones de cuna, de carreras que nada tienen que ver con distancias, de patinadoras que dejan huella, de los fantásticos años veinte, de monstruos con rutinas, de conversaciones con la... Read more

Nature Poem

By: Tommy Pico

Narrated by: Tommy Pico

Length: 1 hour 19 minutes

Abridged: No

A book-length poem about how an American Indian writer can't bring himself to write about nature, but is forced to reckon with colonial-white stereotypes, manifest destiny, and his own identity as an young, queer, urban-dwelling poet.



Nature Poem follows Teebs—a young, queer, American Indian (or NDN) poet—who can't bring himself to write a nature... Read more

Love Poems for Anxious People

By: John Kenney

Narrated by: John Kenney

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

In the spirit of his New York Times bestseller Love Poems for Married People and Love Poems for People with Children, as well as his wildly popular New Yorker pieces, Thurber Prize-winner John Kenney presents a hilarious new collection of poetry for anxious people.

With the same brilliant wit and hilarious realism that made Love Poems for Married... Read more

The sacred history of solitude and solitariness

By: Khaled Hafdhi

Narrated by: Frank Meaden

Length: 3 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Solitude offers us that other space of thinking, another modality where we can meet different ingredients of perfection. The author is letting his pen engrave what the fuel of the holy history of solitude may inspire, echoing as much lonesome voices from the past with a never ending thirst to offer the best in us.Solitude was there for us all... Read more