Poetry audiobooks

Saaye Mein Dhoop

By: Dushyant Kumar

Narrated by: Prashant Divedi

Length: 1 hour 57 minutes

Abridged: No

जिंदगी में कभी-कभी ऐसा दौर आता है जब तकलीफ गुनगुनाहट के रास्ते बाहर आना चाहती है ! उसमे फंसकर गेम-जाना और गेम-दौरां तक एक हो जाते हैं ! ये गजलें दरअसल ऐसे ही एक दौर की देन हैं ! यहाँ मैं साफ़ कर दूँ कि गजल मुझ पर नाजिल नहीं हुई ! मैं पिछले पच्चीस वर्षों से इसे सुनता और पसंद करता आया हूँ और मैंने कभी चोरी-छिपे इसमें हाथ भी आजमाया है ! लेकिन गजल... Read more

Hymn to Proserpine

By: Algernon Charles Swinburne

Narrated by: Roy Macready

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837 – 1909) was a poet, critic, novelist and playwright. He was born in London and educated at Eton and Oxford and was a contemporary of the Pre-Raphaelites. “Hymn to Proserpine” was published in 1866 in “Poems and Ballads,” Swinburne's first collection of poems which was a great success but which contained subjects... Read more

Poem Criticizing the Avignon Papacy

By: Raimon de Cornet & J.H. Robinson

Narrated by: George Keller

Length: 3 minutes

Abridged: No

The period known as the Avignon Papacy began in 1309, when Pope Clement V relocated the seat of papal power to Avignon, France. The French monarchy slowly gained control over the papacy during this time, and as they did, corruption and greed grew in the church. The troubadour and priest Raimon de Cornet staunchly opposed the Avignon Papacy for... Read more

Rhyme and Reason of a 21St Century Grandpa

By: B.C.A. Mager

Narrated by: Adam Croasdell

Length: 1 hour 15 minutes

Abridged: No

The great thing about a long life like Barry Mager’s is that there’s plenty to write about. A 1940 war baby born in Reading, he met his father only after losing his mother at the end of the war. His unique perspective on the quirks, tragedies, and mundanities of life kept him going through the hard times. Holding an honor’s degree in English... Read more

Tropic of Squalor

By: Mary Karr

Narrated by: Mary Karr

Length: 1 hour 7 minutes

Abridged: No

A new volume of poetry from the New York Times bestselling and esteemed author of The Liar’s Club and Lit.Long before she earned accolades for her genre-defining memoirs, Mary Karr was winning poetry prizes. Now the beloved author returns with a collection of bracing poems as visceral and deeply felt and hilarious as her memoirs. In Tropic of... Read more

Please Don't Go Before I Get Better

By: Madisen Kuhn

Narrated by: Madisen Kuhn

Length: 1 hour 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover this exquisite poetry and prose collection about the pains of growing up from the popular millennial Instagram poet, perfect for fans of Amanda Lovelace and Rupi Kaur.

Following her breakout debut Eighteen Years, poet Madisen Kuhn is thrilled to share this intimate portrait of a young woman navigating early adulthood and leaving her... Read more

Dust On The Mountain

By: Ruskin Bond

Narrated by: Dev J. Haldar

Length: 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Bisnu finds how dangerous and lonely life can be for a boy who has to leave his home to earn money for his family. As he sets to work on the limestone quarries with the choking dust enveloping the beautiful mountain air, he longs for home more than ever. Read more

Poesía para los que leen prosa

By: Miguel Munárriz

Narrated by: Marta Pérez & Luis Alberto Casado

Length: 3 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Encontrar un libro de poesía que proporcione el mismo placer que uno de prosa, es ardua tarea para muchos lectores que piensan que la poesía es complicada y, en muchos casos, no apta para los no iniciados. Este libro quiere facilitarnos ese trabajo. El periodista y poeta Miguel Munárriz se dirige en esta obra estos lectores incrédulos,... Read more

all of it is you.

By: Nico Tortorella

Narrated by: Nico Tortorella

Length: 3 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

A debut poetry collection from actor Nico Tortorella exploring “all of it,” from the smallest cells in our bodies to the outer limits of our universe. 
 
Nico Tortorella's debut poetry collection presents a singular voice honed through years as an actor, podcaster, and advocate, one colored with love, wonder, and endless curiosity. But it is also... Read more

Android Poems

By: Elliott Parker

Narrated by: Patty Nieman

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

"Everyone’s trying to outsmart the androids these days. I saw on the news that some kid discovered how to unlock another one percent of the brain. Now he claims to understand the secrets of the universe, and he’s got the equations to prove it." What if a poetry collection took place in the year 2300 with human and android narrators? What does it... Read more

The Flowers of Evil

By: Charles Baudelaire

Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble

Length: 4 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Sensual, macabre, joyous and liberating, The Flowers of Evil, or, Les Fleurs du Mal, is a beautifully debauched reflection on dreams, sin, life and death. With subjects ranging from travel to drugs, sex to faith, sleep to contemplation, Baudelaire finds new beauty in the most sinister and corrupt of situations. His morbid and nightmarish... Read more

Ludwig Uhland: Das Lied der Nibelungen

By: Ludwig Uhland

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Das Nibelungen-Lied – wohl eine der berühmtesten Sagen überhaupt. Ludwig Uhland zeichnete das Epos um Siegfried und die Burgunder in kurzer, gedrängter Form auf. 36 Minuten, in denen man alles über Siegfried, Gunther, Hagen, Kriemhild und Brünhild erfährt. Read more

For Every One

By: Jason Reynolds

Narrated by: Jason Reynolds

Length: 25 minutes

Abridged: No

“A lyrical masterpiece.” —School Library Journal (starred review)

Originally performed at the Kennedy Center for the unveiling of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, and later as a tribute to Walter Dean Myers, this stirring and inspirational poem is New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist Jason Reynolds’s rallying... Read more

The Poems of T.S. Eliot Read by Jeremy Irons

By: T. S. Eliot

Narrated by: Jeremy Irons

Length: 3 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4, Jeremy Irons's perceptive reading illuminates the poetry of T. S. Eliot in all its complexity. Major poems range from 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock', through the post-war desolation of 'The Waste Land' and the spiritual struggle of 'Ash-Wednesday', to the enduring charm of 'Old Possum's Book of... Read more

Wade in the Water

By: Tracy K. Smith

Narrated by: Tracy K. Smith

Length: 1 hour 18 minutes

Abridged: No

In Wade in the Water, Tracy K. Smith boldly ties America's contemporary moment both to our nation's fraught founding history and to a sense of the spirit, the everlasting. These are poems of sliding scale: some capture a flicker of song or memory; some collage an array of documents and voices; and some push past the known world into the haunted,... Read more

Poesía (in)completa

By: Ramón Pernas

Narrated by: David Lorenzo

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: No

El gallego Ramón Pernas, autor de media docena de novelas y varias narraciones breves, reúne en estos cuarenta poemas, escritos en castellano y en gallego, un poemario muy personal que nos muestra su viaje hacía su propia experiencia vital, hacía propia intimidad. Un recorrido por sus viajes, sus mudanzas, por ciudades y paisajes. Paisajes sobre... Read more

How to Read Poetry Like a Professor

By: Thomas C. Foster

Narrated by: TBD

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

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I'm Just No Good at Rhyming

By: Chris Harris

Narrated by: Robert Petkoff & Chris Harris

Length: 1 hour 46 minutes

Abridged: No

The instant New York Times bestseller featured on NPR's Weekend Edition with Scott Simon! B. J. Novak (bestselling author of The Book With No Pictures) described this groundbreaking poetry collection as "Smart and sweet, wild and wicked, brilliantly funny--it's everything a book for kids should be."

Lauded by critics as a worthy heir to such... Read more

Wisdom Command Handbook

By: Dr. Emmanuel Marboah

Narrated by: Yaw Agyei Danquah

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: No

 The ‘Wisdom Command Handbook’ is ideal for leaders, workers, aspiring ministers, role models and maturing believers in the Body of Christ and beyond. The ideas and quotes in this book have been carefully selected and repeatedly thought over to ensure that it is healthy and inspiring enough for any class of listeners. This book is richly... Read more

All Our Wild Wonder

By: Sarah Kay

Narrated by: Sarah Kay

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

From renowned poet Sarah Kay, a single volume poem perfect for teachers and mentors.

All Our Wild Wonder is a vibrant tribute to extraordinary educators and a celebration of learning. The perfect gift for the mentors in our lives, this charming, illustrated poem reminds us of the beauty in, and importance of, cultivating curiosity, creativity,... Read more

Writing in the Shower

By: Bonnie Weiss

Narrated by: Joanna Teljeur

Length: 1 hour 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Poet Bonnie Weiss presents a collection of stories and poems filled with vivid memories, halfway between verse and prose. Her words are honest, sensitive, and profound but also sometimes humorous, sometimes deep. The style is lyrical and deceptively simple as she presents the incredible power of love and the pain of loss. In this evocative and... Read more

Heart Talk

By: Cleo Wade

Narrated by: Cleo Wade

Length: 1 hour 34 minutes

Abridged: No

A beautifully illustrated book from Cleo Wade—the artist, poet, and speaker who has been called “the Millennial Oprah” by New York magazine—that offers creative inspiration and life lessons through poetry, mantras, and affirmations, perfect for fans of the bestseller Milk & Honey.

True to her hugely popular Instagram account, Cleo Wade brings... Read more

the witch doesn't burn in this one

By: Amanda Lovelace & ladybookmad

Narrated by: Amanda Lovelace

Length: 1 hour 17 minutes

Abridged: No

2016 Goodreads Choice Award-winning poet Amanda Lovelace returns in the witch doesn't burn in this one — the bold second book in her "women are some kind of magic" series. 

The witch: supernaturally powerful, inscrutably independent, and now—indestructible. These moving, relatable poems encourage resilience and embolden women to take control of... Read more

Die größte Gedichte und Balladen Box: 800 Meisterwerke - Abridged

By: Anonymus

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 26 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Über 800 deutsche Gedichte und Balladen aus allen Epochen, nach ihrer Entstehungszeit geordnet! Die wahrscheinlich größte Anthologie der Lyrik. Mit dabei: Ein pdf-Dokument mit Inhalt, Autor sowie dessen Lebenszeit. Read more