Poetry audiobooks

Here Is New York

By: E. B. White

Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner

Length: 1 hour 1 minute

Abridged: No

Perceptive, funny, and nostalgic, E. B. White’s stroll around Manhattan remains the quintessential love letter to the city, written by one of America’s foremost literary figures. The New York Times named Here Is New York one of the ten best books ever written about the metropolis, and the New Yorker called it “the wittiest essay, and one of the... Read more

Poems

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by: Roy Macready

Length: 1 hour 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Although Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) is known mainly for his tales of the macabre and the supernatural and is an acknowledged master of these genres, he thought of himself primarily as a poet. Here is a collection of over thirty of his poems including two of the best known “The Raven” and “Annabel Lee.” Read more

Deutsche Gedichte 3 - Abridged

By: Various Artists

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 38 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Gedichte aus der Zeit des Barock und der Aufklärung. Mit dabei: Das Leben ist ein Kürbis, Lobgesang der Blumenkönigin, Morgenlied, Ein solcher, Der Mensch ist ein Schaum, Der Wein macht, dass einer anschaut, Mit essen und trinken, Nachtmusikanten, Der Lobende, Auf die wunderbaren Wirkungen des Gemüts und des Glücks, Spuren der... Read more

Deutsche Gedichte 2: 17. Jahrhundert

By: Various Artists

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Gedichte aus der Zeit des Barock. Mit dabei: An sich, Auf den Tod eines Kindes, Wie er wolle geküsset sein, In allen meinen Taten, Ein getreues Herz wissen, An sich selbst, Menschliches Elende, Tränen des Vaterlandes, Schluss des 1648sten Jahres, Über die Geburt Jesu, Abend, Tränen in schwerer Krankheit, Verleugnung der Welt, Vanitas! Vanitatum... Read more

Deutsche Gedichte 1: 15. - 17. Jahrhundert

By: Various Artists

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Gedichte aus der Zeit des Humanismus und Barock. Mit dabei: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, Komm heiliger Geist, Herre Gott, O Welt, ich muss dich lassen, Das Schlaraffenland, Gloria in excelsis deo, Auf die liederlichen Versverderber, Schönheit nicht wehrhaft, An die Teutschen, Sprachverderbnis, Abgedankte... Read more

Sonette an Orpheus (Ungekürzte Lesung)

By: Rainer Maria Rilke

Narrated by: Alexander Khuon

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

In der berühmten Versdichtung "Sonette an Orpheus" zeichnet Rainer Maria Rilke die Lebensgeschichte des mythischen Sängers Orpheus nach. Eindringlich, poetisch, leidenschaftlich: Die Gedichte haben bis heute nichts von ihrem großen Reiz und ihrer intensiven Wirkung verloren. Read more

Sonette (Ungekürzte Lesung)

By: William Shakespeare

Narrated by: Michael Rotschopf

Length: 1 hour 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Insgesamt 154 Sonette schreibt man Shakespeare zu. Kein Werk der Weltliteratur - außer der Bibel - wurde häufiger ins Deutsche übersetzt. Shakespeare besingt in seinen Sonetten das Begehren, die Angst vor dem Altern und die Folgen krankhafter Eifersucht. Er schuf damit eine moderne Form der Liebeslyrik, die bis heute nichts von ihrer... Read more

The Poems of Charlotte Brontë

By: Charlotte Brontë

Narrated by: Jan Hartley

Length: 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Charlotte Brontë (21 April 1816 – 31 March 1855) was a British novelist, the eldest of the three famous Brontë sisters whose novels have become standards of English literature. Charlotte Brontë, who used the pen name Currer Bell, is best known for Jane Eyre, one of the most famous of English novels.

This audiobook collects together ten of her... Read more

A Quartet of Tennyson

By: Alfred Tennyson

Narrated by: Helen Elizabeth G

Length: 1 hour 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom and remains one of the most popular poets in the English language. He was born in Somersby, Lincolnshire, a rector's son and fourth of 12 children and reportedly a descendant of King Edward III of England.

This audiobook collects together... Read more

Alfred Tennyson

By: Alfred Tennyson

Narrated by: Philip Bird & Jan Hartley

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom and remains one of the most popular poets in the English language. He was born in Somersby, Lincolnshire, a rector's son and fourth of 12 children and reportedly a descendant of King Edward III of England.

This audiobook collects together... Read more

In Beauty with Thee, God

By: Eugene St. Martin, Jr.

Narrated by: Larry Herron

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

E.C. has been a groundskeeper for tennis courts, especially the green clay courts. He teaches tennis in the evenings in the parks. This book is about his prayers and reflections on his life and the game of tennis as he goes about working, teaching, playing, visiting friends, and going to church. Read more

Streams in the Desert

By: L. B. E. Cowman

Narrated by: Diana Batarseh

Length: 15 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Refresh your weary soul with living water from God's Word.Everyone goes through difficult seasons, tough losses, and moments that feel unbearable. In today's world, people thirst more than ever for reassurance and guidance. Streams in the Desert provides a river of wisdom, encouragement, and inspiration to weary travelers.ABC's Good Morning... Read more

Letters to a Young Poet

By: Rainer Maria Rilke

Narrated by: Dan Stevens & Max Deacon

Length: 1 hour 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke, read by Max Deacon and Dan Stevens.

At the start of the twentieth century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, sex, suffering and the nature of advice itself; these... Read more

This Chicago program connects incarcerated youth to poetry

By: PBS NewsHour

Narrated by: PBS NewsHour

Length: 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Free Write Jail Arts and Literacy aims to help troubled youths in Chicago’s Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center address their personal issues by writing poetry about their circumstances and upbringing. Jeffrey Brown talks with poet Reginald Dwayne Betts, who turned around his life with writing and education after eight and a half... Read more

16 poems by Charles Baudelaire

By: Charles Baudelaire

Narrated by: Katie Haigh

Length: 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Great philosophy doesn't have to be boring. The deepest minds can also be the wittiest, and these 100 quotes shine a revealing light on the humor of the best philosophers. We have selected for you the most interesting quotes about philosophy, having its own greatest figures reveal its humorous side: Nietzsche, Spinoza, Socrates, Plato, and also... Read more

Poèmes de Walt Whitman

By: Walt Whitman

Narrated by: Constance Pizon

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Walt Whitman : ce poète et humaniste fut à l'origine des plus grandes pages de poésie des temps modernes. Elles eurent pour créateur un solitaire américain poussé comme un gratte-ciel dans un désert inculte de maisons à bas étages. Whitman est considéré comme un des deux piliers de la poésie américaine du XIXe siècle, avec Emily Dickinson. Sa... Read more

Poèmes de John Keats

By: John Keats

Narrated by: Constance Pizon

Length: 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Mort de tuberculose à vingt-cinq ans, John Keats eut une carrière poétique d'une fulgurante brièveté, suffisamment intense pour faire de lui un des poètes romantiques anglais les plus importants de sa génération. Nourries de la perte d'un amour premier dont Keats ne put jamais faire le deuil, ses écritures se placent sous le soleil noir de la... Read more

Poèmes de Paul Verlaine

By: Paul Verlaine

Narrated by: Constance Pizon

Length: 42 minutes

Abridged: No

Avec Baudelaire, Mallarmé et Rimbaud, avec qui il eut une relation orageuse, Paul Verlaine est un des poètes les plus influents de la fin du XIXe siècle. Archétype du poète maudit, il est vite reconnu comme un maître : son style fluide et musical, jouant avec les rythmes impairs, et la mélancolie de ses poèmes faits de clairs-obscurs révèlent... Read more

Anthologie de la poésie française

By: Du Bellay, Ronsard, La Fontaine, Lamartine, Alf...

Narrated by: Constance Pizon

Length: 1 hour 31 minutes

Abridged: No

60 plus beaux poèmes de la poésie française : 60 textes pour présenter aux plus jeunes toute la richesse de notre patrimoine, 60 oeuvres universellement applaudies pour leur faire découvrir le plaisir du texte et les introduire au bonheur de la littérature. Pour les autres, ce seront autant de retrouvailles avec les syllabes enchanteresses qui... Read more

28 poems by Victor Hugo

By: Victor Hugo

Narrated by: Katie Haigh

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Intelligence and cleverness are never boring. We have selected for you 100 quotes from the wittiest authors ever, from Oscar Wilde to Jerry Seinfeld, with the help of Woody Allen, Mark Twain, Winston Churchill, Groucho Marx and many others. Enjoy these pearls of humor to brighten your day with a good laugh, discover invaluable remarks and jokes... Read more

100 haikus, poésie japonaise

By: Anonyme

Narrated by: Elodie Huber

Length: 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Fondement de la poésie japonaise, le haiku est un petit poème extrêmement bref, qui vise à dire et célébrer l'évanescence des choses. Sa forme est codifiée : c'est un tercet de trois vers de cinq, sept et cinq syllabes. Les haïkus ne sont connus en Occident que depuis le tout début du XXe siècle. Nous avons sélectionné pour vous 100 de ces plus... Read more

Love & Misadventure

By: Lang Leav

Narrated by: Elizabeth Cottle

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the bestselling Love & Misadventure, this updated audiobook edition features a special foreword by Lang Leav and highly personal annotations interspersed throughout. Love & Misadventure will take you on a rollercoaster ride through the highly relatable themes of love—from the initial butterflies,... Read more

Great French Poems

By: Baudelaire, Hugo & Villon

Narrated by: Bill Homewood

Length: 1 hour 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Here are 35 of the greatest poems in the French language, carefully selected and read in French by Bill Homewood, the bilingual English classical actor who has spent half his life in France. To help those English speakers with just a little French to appreciate the glories of these poems, he provides his own clear English translations.

The poems... Read more

Alcools

By: Guillaume Apollinaire

Narrated by: Christian Olivier

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Et tu bois cet alcool brûlant comme ta vie Ta vie que tu bois comme une eau de vie. Premier recueil de poèmes d'Apollinaire,  Alcools  est publié en 1913, alors que certains poèmes du recueil  ont été  écrits dès 1902. Apollinaire y mêle différents motifs comme la souffrance amoureuse, la mélancolie et le passage du temps, la ville moderne, ou... Read more