Poetry audiobooks

Rumi-Nations on Desire

By: Edward A. Vinson

Narrated by: Tom Bauer

Length: 2 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

This is a celebration of falling in love and partaking of the Wine of the Beloved. It is both a meditation on the Song of Solomon, the Song of Songs and a celebration, a rumination on the love of the ancient Persian poet and Sufi mystic Rumi for the Divine in ways that bridge divides between faiths as the realization of the “desire of nations”. Read more

The Iliad

By: Homer

Narrated by: Jeff Harding

Length: 20 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

The Iliad is an epic Greek poem written by philosopher Homer, and is considered one of the oldest pieces of western literature still in existence. The story takes place during the last weeks of the ten year Trojan War, with a focus on the quarrels between King Agamemnon and the legendary warrior Achilles. However, this tale's most famous scene... Read more

The Odyssey

By: Homer

Narrated by: Gordon Griffin

Length: 15 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

The Odyssey is an epic poem, written by the ancient Greek Philosopher Homer, and is considered to be the second oldest piece of western literature still in existence. Scholars believe it was written at the end of the 8th century BC. Still heavily used in schools because of its unique literary makeup and historical value, the poems follow Greek... Read more

The Raven

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by: Roy Macready

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

The narrator is in deep sorrow, mourning his lost love and is slowly sinking into despair when he is visited by a talking raven from whom he seeks comfort and hope but whose only utterance is a single portentous word - “nevermore.” Read more

Emotions and Thoughts

By: George McKinney

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

The poem “Me” says: I am me to feel free to live as I see, not what others believe! When you get to this point in your life, you need to learn who and what you are so you can live a full life and accept who you are! Read more

Beauty of Morality

By: Pierre Edens Sully

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

This is a book to begin with a variety of poetries, some letters, and a stage setting or mise en scène. It tries to make the main ideas of the subjects available with little exposure of philosophy. It tends to make clear how the enlightened Beauty of Morality carries with a long list of enlightened perspicacity and ingenuity. The author is as an... Read more

Deutsche Balladen 5 - Abridged

By: Various Artists

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

20 der schönsten deutschen Balladen aus dem 19. Jahrhundert! Mit dabei: Walpurgisnacht (Alexis), der Mäuseturm, Die Heinzelmännchen, Der Fischer von Gotin (alle Kopisch), Das Orakel (Gaudy), Der Organist aus dem Grabe (von Württemberg), Frau Hitt (von Ebert), Die drei Indianer, Warnung im Traume, Die Drei (alle Lenau), Der Meistertrunk (Vogl),... Read more

Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience

By: William Blake

Narrated by: Roy Macready

Length: 47 minutes

Abridged: No

The “Songs of Innocence” were published in 1789 and republished in 1794 together with the “Songs of Experience”. They represent Blake's two perspectives on the world, that of the child (innocence) and that of the adult (experience). Blake's poetical works were largely neglected in their own time but are today considered some of the most... Read more

Favourite Classic Poems

By: Various

Narrated by: Roy Macready

Length: 2 hours

Abridged: No

A collection of favourite classic poems by some of our best loved poets including Robert Browning, Rudyard Kipling, Thomas Hardy, John Keats, William Butler Yeats, Thomas Love Peacock, Alfred Lord Tennyson, William Shakespeare, Algernon Charles Swinburne and others. Read more

Bibliothek der Klassiker: Deutsche Balladen 4 - Abridged

By: Various Artists & Wilhelm Müller

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 1 hour 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

20 der schönsten deutschen Balladen aus dem 19. Jahrhundert! Mit dabei: Lützows wilde Jagd (Körner), Der Glockenguss zu Breslau, Der Lindenbaum, Das Hünengrab (alle Müller), Das versunkene Dorf, Barbarossa, Parabel (alle Rückert), Incubus (Grillparzer), Die Erscheinung (Prätzel), Der Reiter und der Bodensee, Das Gewitter (beide Schwab), Der... Read more

The Type

By: Sarah Kay

Narrated by: Sarah Kay

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Sarah Kay's powerful spoken word poetry performances have gone viral, with more than 10 million online views and thousands more in global live audiences. In her second single-poem volume, Kay takes readers along a lyrical road toward empowerment, exploring the promise and complicated reality of being a woman.

During her spoken word poetry... Read more

No Matter the Wreckage

By: Sarah Kay

Narrated by: Sarah Kay

Length: 2 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Following the success of her breakout poem, "B,"Sarah Kay releases her debut collection of poetry featuring work from the first decade of her career. No Matter the Wreckage presents listeners with new and beloved poetry that showcases Kay's talent for celebrating family, love, travel, and unlikely romance between inanimate objects ("The... Read more

West Mountain Epilogue - Abridged

By: Jay Parini

Narrated by: Jay Parini

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A reading by Jay Parini of thirty-three of his most celebrated poems.

Jay Parini's readings are always an event, but too rare. For the first time, Parini has recorded his best known and most recent poems in an audiobook that welcomes the listener to enter his universe, which revolves around his deep connection to nature and underlines his... Read more

An Angel’s Memorial Guide

By: Stephen Zuckerman

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

An Angel’s Memorial Guide is a book of healing. It approaches healing, beginning from the loss of a loved one and then gradually exploring the many paths leading to the departed soul. If you read, meditate, and pray after reading each of the selections, you may discover a link to the beyond. The book shares with the reader how he or she can... Read more

Bibliothek der Klassiker: Deutsche Balladen 3 - Abridged

By: Various Artists

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

20 der schönsten deutschen Balladen aus dem 18. und 19. Jahrhundert! Mit dabei: Des ersten Bergmanns ewige Jugend (Achim von Arnim), Minnedienst, Das Burgfräulein von Windeck, Die Sonne bringt es an den Tag, Das Riesen-Spielzeug (alle Adelbert von Chamisso), Die zwei Gesellen, Der stille Grund, Waldgespräch, Das zerbrochne Ringlein, Die späte... Read more

The Ballad of Reading Gaol

By: Oscar Wilde

Narrated by: Roy Macready

Length: 25 minutes

Abridged: No

“The Ballad of Reading Gaol” was written by Oscar Wilde in France where he was in exile after his release from Reading Gaol. Wilde had been imprisoned and sentenced to two years hard labour. A hanging took place while Wilde was incarcerated and the poem is the narrative of the execution. Read more

Bibliothek der Klassiker: Deutsche Balladen 2

By: Various Artists

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 1 hour 42 minutes

Abridged: No

20 der schönsten deutschen Balladen aus dem 18. und 19. Jahrhundert! Mit dabei: Edward (Johann Gottfried Herder), Die Braut von Korinth, Der getreue Eckart, Der Totentanz (alle von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe), Die Sage vom Bischof Hatto (August Langbein), Romanze (Friedrich von Matthisson), Der fremde Spielmann (Carl Philipp Conz), Die Jungfrau... Read more

Like This

By: RumiRumi

Narrated by: Coleman Barks

Length: 1 hour 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Jalaluddin Rumi, a spiritual mystic of the Islamic world, is recognized as one of the most influential poets in history. His words are charged with an unequalled blend of literary genius and spiritual wisdom. No matter how often we listen to Rumi, each time is always the first time. Like This is a compilation of more than twenty of the beloved... Read more

Bibliothek der Klassiker: Deutsche Balladen 1 - Abridged

By: Various Artists

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 1 hour 45 minutes

Abridged: Yes

20 der schönsten deutschen Balladen aus dem 18. Jahrhundert! Mit dabei: Marianne (Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim), Die Wut der Frauen (Johann Friedrich Löwen), Die Wahl (Gottlieb Konrad Pfeffel), Die Giftmörderin (Johann Heinrich Jung-Stilling), Pyreneus und die Musen (Daniel Schiebeler), Die Nonne, Der alte Landmann an seinen Sohn (beide Ludwig... Read more

The Thought-Fox and Other Poems

By: Ted Hughes

Narrated by: Ted Hughes

Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

Abridged: No

From his remarkable debut The Hawk in the Rain (1957) to his death in 1998, Ted Hughes was a colossal presence in the English literary landscape. He was also admired as a performer of his own work. In this 1994 recording, The Thought Fox and Other Poems, he reads a selection of poems from The Hawk in the Rain; Lupercal; Wodwo; Crow; Moortown;,... Read more

Autobiography of Red

By: Anne Carson

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer

Length: 3 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

The award-winning poet Anne Carson reinvents a genre in Autobiography of Red, a stunning work that is both a novel and a poem, both an unconventional recreation of an ancient Greek myth and a wholly original coming-of-age story set in the present.


Geryon, a young boy who is also a winged red monster, reveals the volcanic terrain of his fragile,... Read more

Matthias Claudius: Die schönsten Gedichte - Abridged

By: Matthias Claudius

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Die schönsten Gedichte von Matthias Claudius. Mit dabei: Abendlied, Christiane, Der Mensch, Täglich zu singen, Ein Lied vom Reifen, Ein Lied hinterm Ofen zu singen, Rheinweinlied, An einem Mai-Morgen, Ein Wiegenlied bei Mondschein zu singen, Die Sternseherin Lise, Kriegslied, Die Geschichte von Goliath und David in Reime bracht, Nach der... Read more

Poems

By: Robert Browning

Narrated by: Roy Macready

Length: 1 hour 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Robert Browning (1812-1889) playright and poet is known and admired for his dramatic monologues in blank verse of which he is a recognized master. He was not always popular in his own time but is now considered one of the foremost poets of Victorian England. This volume contains some of the best of the monologues including “Porphyria's Lover”,... Read more

Deutsche Gedichte 4 - Abridged

By: Various Artists

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 33 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Gedichte aus Klassik und Romantik. Mit dabei: Die Alster, Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur, Die Güte Gottes, Weihnachtslied, Die Katzen und der Hausherr, Die Schlange, Gesungen im Zelt, Letztes Lied, Die frühen Gräber, Das Rosenband, An sie, Der Zürcher See, Die Sommernacht, Der Tod, Das Wiedersehen, An den Schlaf, Die Sinngedichte an den Leser,... Read more