Poetry audiobooks

Conversations After Midnight

By: Kelvin Bueckert

Narrated by: Kelvin Bueckert

Length: 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Life sucks! How did we end up like this? What am I doing here anyway? Nothing ever changes! This is a collection of poems that explore the hard questions...this is a collection of ideas that were born in suffering. Yes, this a challenging read...yet, in the end, there is also inspiration and hope to be found here. Recommended for anyone who... Read more

Poemas a destiempo

By: Cristóbal Pera

Narrated by: Antonio Descalzo

Length: 1 hour 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Cristóbal Pera, cirujano universitario, es autor de numerosos libros sobre el cuerpo humano, escritos unos con palabras quirúrgicas, otros con palabas filosóficas y ahora, en estos Poemas a destiempo continúa su exploración de la "humana fábrica" a través de la palabra poética. Poemas a destiempo recoge su obra poética desde 2014 a 2016. Read more

Dumpty

By: John Lithgow

Narrated by: John Lithgow

Length: 1 hour 35 minutes

Abridged: No

New York Times Bestseller!

Dumpty: The Age of Trump in Verse is a satirical poetry collection from award-winning actor and bestselling author John Lithgow. Chronicling the last few raucous years in American politics, Lithgow takes readers verse by verse through the history of Donald Trump's presidency.

• Lampoons the likes of Betsy DeVos, William... Read more

Broken Graduate

By: T. R Jamison

Narrated by: T.R. Jamison

Length: 2 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Broken Graduate is an illuminating book of poetry that explains and illustrates the true realities of what it's like being a college graduate. This book captures how the exciting life of dreams, success, and wealth isn't exactly how it was depicted by parents and professors.Author, T.R Jamison, takes his readers along his two-year transitional... Read more

Felon

By: Reginald Dwayne Betts

Narrated by: Reginald Dwayne Betts

Length: 1 hour 21 minutes

Abridged: No

A searing volume by a poet whose work conveys “the visceral effect that prison has on identity” (New York Times).

Felon tells the story of one man in fierce, dazzling poems― canvassing his wide range of emotions and experiences through homelessness, underemployment, love, drug abuse, domestic violence, fatherhood, and grace― and, in doing so,... Read more

The Poetry Remedy

By: William Sieghart

Narrated by: William Sieghart

Length: 4 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

The US edition of the bestselling The Poetry Pharmacy

A beautiful collection of curated poems each individually selected to provide hope, comfort, and inspiration—for all of life's most difficult moments

Sometimes only a poem will do. These poetic prescriptions and wise words of advice are tailored to those moments in life when we need them... Read more

The Rose That Blooms in the Night

By: Allie Michelle

Narrated by: Allie Michelle

Length: 2 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

The Rose That Blooms in the Night is a collection of poems from spoken word poet, yoga instructor, podcaster, and Instagram influencer Allie Michelle. The collection is meant to be a mirror reflecting the love inside of those who read it. It tells the tale of transformational cycles we experience throughout our lives. Falling in and out of love.... Read more

Dreams from Many Rivers

By: Margarita Engle

Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon & Frankie Corzo

Length: 1 hour 44 minutes

Abridged: No

From Juana Briones and Juan Ponce de León to eighteenth-century slaves and modern-day sixth graders, the many and varied people depicted here speak to the experiences and contributions of Latinos throughout the history of the United States, from the earliest known stories up to the present day. A portrait of a great, enormously varied, and... Read more

Dass sie mich liebt, das sagt sie nicht - Abridged

By: Peter Hacks

Narrated by: Christian Steyer

Length: 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Die schönsten Liebesgedichte von Peter Hacks als Hörbuch Hier wird die Liebe gefeiert, die Sinnlichkeit, der Genuss. Vom "Glückbereiten / im Wechselspiel der Gleichbeschaffenheiten", von der "heitren Täuschung gutgemeinter Lügen", von der Bedingungslosigkeit des Gefühls geht die poetische Rede: "Frage nicht, ob Liebe lohnet, / frage alles, nur... Read more

Pratinidhi Kavitayein: Parveen Shakir

By: Parveen Shakir

Narrated by: Ila Joshi

Length: 2 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

पाकिस्तान की नयी उर्दू शायरी में परवीन शाकिर की गणना प्रेम की नाजुक मूर्ति के रूप में होती हैं. परवीन का प्रेम अपने अद्वितीय अंदाज में 'नर्म सुखन' बनकर फूटा है और अपनी 'खुशबू' से उसने उर्दू शायरी की दुनिया को सराबोर कर दिया है. पाकिस्तान की ही प्रसिद्ध कवयित्राी फहमीदा रियाज के अनुसार, 'परवीन के शेरों में लोकगीतों की सी सादगी और लय भी है और... Read more

Teoría de los cuerpos

By: Zahara

Narrated by: Zahara

Length: 1 hour 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Teoría de los cuerpos es un análisis poético de las maneras de relacionarnos que tenemos los seres humanos: cuerpos que se mueven, se repelen y se imantan con sus iguales por razones a veces difíciles de comprender. «Intenté entender qué nos sucedía desde todos los ángulos posibles. Observé el ansia, la espera, el deseo, la tristeza, el vacío.... Read more

Tell Me Another Story

By: Emmy Marucci

Narrated by: Emmy Marucci

Length: 1 hour 32 minutes

Abridged: No

In Tell Me Another Story, Marucci examines those closest to her—her grandfather, nephew, and husband—as well as those she hardly knows—the women sitting at the next table in the diner; the roofer she meets on the train. Part 1: Me, is comprised of Emmy's own story—raw and personal—while Part 2: You tells the stories of others. With genuine... Read more

The Chaos of Longing

By: K.Y. Robinson

Narrated by: K.Y. Robinson

Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Organized in four sections – Inception, Longing, Chaos, and Epiphany – K.Y. Robinson's debut poetry collection explores what it is to want in spite of trauma, shame, injustice, and mental illness. It is one survivor's powerful testimony, and a love letter "to those who lie awake burning." Read more

Submerge

By: K.Y. Robinson

Narrated by: K.Y. Robinson

Length: 1 hour 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Organized in three sections, Submerge explores immersion in and release from trauma, mental illness, and loss. Part one, “Immerse,” reflects on birth and beginnings while exploring themes of love, self-discovery, and cultural history. Part two, “Drown,” examines mental illness, trauma, and loss. Part three, “Emerge,” takes lessons from water and... Read more

The Poetry of K.Y. Robinson: The Chaos of Longing and Submerge

By: K.Y. Robinson

Narrated by: K.Y. Robinson

Length: 2 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

The Poetry of K.Y. Robinson: The Chaos of Longing and Submerge is an audio collection of K.Y. Robinson’s work, including unabridged narration of her first two books, interwoven with author commentary and musical accompaniment. This bundled audiobook allows readers to access all of Robinson’s poetry in one place, and to gain insight into her... Read more

The Tradition

By: Jericho Brown

Narrated by: JD Jackson

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Jericho Brown's daring new book The Tradition details the normalization of evil and its history at the intersection of the past and the personal. Brown's poetic concerns are both broad and intimate, and at their very core a distillation of the incredibly human: What is safety? Who is this nation? Where does freedom truly lie? Brown makes... Read more

Where to Begin

By: Cleo Wade

Narrated by: Cleo Wade

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

“Author and poet Cleo Wade will make your day with her inspiring and uplifting outlook on life” (People) and she returns with another moving collection of poems, mantras, and illustrations encouraging you to remain hopeful and harness your inner power and create change through self-care and social justice.

If you are ready to be a part of... Read more

Najwa Zebian: The Collected Poems

By: Najwa Zebian

Narrated by: Najwa Zebian

Length: 9 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Najwa Zebian: The Collected Poems is an audio collection of Zebian's bestselling poetry, including the full text of Mind Platter, The Nectar of Pain, and Sparks of Phoenix. This bundled audiobook allows readers to access all of Zebian’s moving work in one place, in the author’s own voice. Read more

Selected Poems

By: Denise Riley

Narrated by: Denise Riley

Length: 3 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Denise Riley has pursued her singular path with a determined disregard for poetic fashion: a poet of immense musical gifts and formal skill, as happy in traditional forms as experimental, her non-alignment with any ‘tribe’ has led to a rich and various poetry that, while densely allusive and intellectually uncompromising, remains emotionally... Read more

Validate Me

By: Charly Cox

Narrated by: Charly Cox & Elizabeth Day

Length: 1 hour 31 minutes

Abridged: No

‘Charly is social media’s answer to Carol Ann Duffy’ Sunday Times STYLE [Charly] is turning a new generation on to poetry’ The Telegraph From the bestselling author of She Must Be Mad comes the second book of poetry and prose from Charly Cox. ... Read more

Poems to Fall in Love With

By: Chris Riddell

Narrated by: David Rintoul & Juliet Stevenson

Length: 1 hour 7 minutes

Abridged: No

A celebration of love from the author of Ottoline, Poems to Fall in Love With sees Chris Riddell select his very favourite classic and modern poems about love.

This beautiful collection explores love in all its guises, from silent admiration through passion to tearful resignation. These poems speak of the universal experiences of the heart.

Poems... Read more

soft magic

By: Upile Chisala

Narrated by: Upile Chisala

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

From Malawian storyteller Upile Chisala comes a collection of poetry and prose exploring the self, joy, blackness, gender, matters of the heart, spirituality, the experience of Diaspora, and above all, how we survive.

Told in five parts, soft magic is a shared healing journey. Read more

nectar

By: Upile Chisala

Narrated by: Upile Chisala

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

From beloved Malawian storyteller Upile Chisala comes the revised and expanded edition of her second collection of poetry.
In nectar, Chisala guides readers through a beautiful process of growth and renewal. These poems celebrate our always complex, sometimes troubled roots while encouraging us to grow through and beyond them toward a passionate... Read more

Meister Eckhart’s Book of Secrets

By: Jon M. Sweeney & Mark S. Burrows

Narrated by: Axel Bosley

Length: 2 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

An elegant rendering of the great mystic’s thoughts on the mysteries of the authentic lifeThis is a little book about soul freedom. It is a book about discovering the secret to all the things we most desire: contentment, meaning, peace of mind, and true freedom. This skillfully edited translation of selections from the writings of Meister... Read more