Poetry audiobooks

Great African American Literary Voices

By: Langston Hughes, Arna Bontemps, Countee Cullen,...

Narrated by: Langston Hughes, Arna Bontemps, Countee Cullen,...

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Hear rare recordings from five of the most-respected African American poets reading their own works: Langston Hughes, The Negro Speaks of Rivers; Arna Bontemps, Nocturne At Bethesda; Countee Cullen, Heritage; Gwendolyn Brooks, The Vacant Lot; and Sonia Sanchez, Black Magic. Recording obtained and published by Rick Sheridan. Read more

Heartland Inspirations

By: Ronald Franklin Saia

Narrated by: Ronald Franklin Saia

Length: 2 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Heartland Inspirations, a compilation of 147 poems written and read by Ronald Franklin Saia, is divided into five sections, including Country Cruzin (inspirations from travels, experiences, and observations), He Speaks to Me (inspirations born out of faith and living), It’s Amore (inspirations born out of real life and hope for sharing of true... Read more

Kentucky Wonder

By: Ronald Franklin Saia

Narrated by: Ronald Franklin Saia

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Kentucky Wonder is a compilation of 70 poems written and read by Ronald Franklin Saia about love, family experiences, and the wonders of God. Some poems will bring tears, some poems will make you laugh, and some will draw you closer to our Lord. Most of all, this audiobook will bring you joy. Read more

The Beatitudes In Poems

By: Ron E. Hignite

Narrated by: Ron E. Hignite

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

"The Beatitudes In Poems" reflects the message of Jesus Christ from His Sermon on the Mount found in the Bible in the Book of Matthew. These poems will inspire their listeners through greater meaning and understanding of the Beatitudes. They describe how the human heart should be and how man should live his life. Read more

Voices of Poetry - Volume 1

By: J.R.R. Tolkien, ee cummings, Archibald Macleish...

Narrated by: J.R.R. Tolkien, ee cummings, Archibald Macleish...

Length: 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Hear rare recordings from some of the world's most-respected poets reading their own works: J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hoard; ee cummings, Prose Jottings; Archibald Macleish, The Old Man To The Lizard; Ted Hughes, Six Young Men; May Swenson, Naked In Borneo; Marilyn Hacker, The Dark Twin; Kenneth Patchen, 23rd Street Runs Into Heaven; Edith Sitwell, An... Read more

Voices of Poetry - Volume 2

By: Ezra Pound, William Butler Yeats, Robert Graves...

Narrated by: Ezra Pound, William Butler Yeats, Robert Graves...

Length: 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Hear rare recordings from some of the world's most-respected poets reading their own works: Ezra Pound, Old Men With Beautiful Manners; William Butler Yeats, The Lake Isle Of Innisfree; Robert Graves, A Last Poem; Edna St. Vincent Millay, The Harp-Weaver; Richard Eberhart, The Groundhog; Philip Levine, Blasting From Heaven; Marianne Moore, The... Read more

The Ballad of Reading Gaol

By: Oscar Wilde

Narrated by: David Moore

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The poem written by Wilde while in exile about his time in Reading Prison and the hanging of Charles Thomas Wooldridge. Read more

The Metaphysical Poets - Abridged

By: Various Authors

Narrated by: Various Narrators

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The metaphysical poets were a loose group of British lyric poets of the 17th century. In this collection read by Sir Cedric Harwicke, Robert Newton and David Moore are poems by John Donne, Robert Southwell, Richard Crawshaw, George Herbert, Henry Vaughan and Andrew Marvell. Read more

Poems of Passion - Abridged

By: Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Narrated by: Emma Topping

Length: 1 hour 5 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Ella Wheeler Wilcox's best-known work Poems of Passion read here by Emma Topping. Read more

The Poetry of A. E. Housman - Abridged

By: A. E. Housman

Narrated by: Various Narrators

Length: 24 minutes

Abridged: Yes

One of the foremost classicists of his age this collection of Housman's poetry is read by V.C. Clinton-Baddeley, C. Day Lewis, Robert Donat and David Moore Read more

The Poetry of Lewis Carroll - Abridged

By: Lewis Carroll

Narrated by: Various Narrators

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Beatrice Lillie, Boris Karloff and Cyril Ritchard amongst others read Lewis Carroll's finest poetry including Jabberwocky, The Hunting of the Snark and The Mock Turtle's Song Read more

The Poetry of Thomas Hardy - Abridged

By: Thomas Hardy

Narrated by: Various Narrators

Length: 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A collection of Thomas Hardy's finest poetry read by Carleton Hobbs, John Glen, Richard Burton and Edith Evans Read more

Poetry for Inspiration - Abridged

By: Various Authors

Narrated by: John Gielgud

Length: 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A wonderful collection of poetry to inspire including Tennyson's "Ulysses", Kipling's "If" and Julia Ward Howe's "Battle Hymn of the Republic" Read more

The Poetry of John Milton

By: John Milton

Narrated by: Stephen Murray

Length: 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Stephen Murray and Hilton Edwards read a collection of Milton's finest work. Read more

Poems for Funerals

By: Various Authors

Narrated by: Emma Topping

Length: 23 minutes

Abridged: No

A selection of beautiful poetry for funeral services or ceremonies. Including Leisure by W.H. Davies, If by Rudyard Kipling and Death Is Nothing At All by Henry Scott-Holland. Read more

The Prophet

By: Kahlil Gibran

Narrated by: Emma Topping

Length: 25 minutes

Abridged: No

The Prophet is a book of 26 poetic essays about Al-Mustafa who has lived in the foreign city of Orphalese for 12 years is about to board a ship which will carry him home. He is stopped by a group of people, with whom he discusses many issues of life and the human condition. It is one of the most popular set of poems of all time. Read more

Mother's Whispers

By: Erlor E. Dean

Length: 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Mother's Whispers had its poetic impetus in the beautiful island of Bermuda. With the ocean as its surroundings, the poem called "The Ocean", was the first poetic piece penned for the book. Another poem entitled, "A Poem Saluting Mothers", is self-explanatory and is attributed to her mother's total support of her writing. This book infuses... Read more

The Prisoner of Chillon and Other Poems

By: Lord Byron

Narrated by: Robert Bethune

Length: 5 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

This volume of The Poetry of Lord Byron is focused on work in which Byron dealt with certain themes that recurred throughout his career, especially personal integrity in the search for freedom and for love, and the suffering that can go with that search. The Prisoner of Chillon, the keynote piece of this volume, is one of Byron’s most riveting... Read more

Hebrew Melodies and Other Poems

By: Lord Byron

Narrated by: Robert Bethune

Length: 4 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

This volume of Lord Byron’s poetry contains four sets of his poems, starting with his famous book of poetry, Hebrew Melodies, and continuing with the Poems of the Separation, poetry he wrote in the period 1816-1823, his Jeux d’Esprit, and a group of poems written in homage to the great poets of Italy. Hebrew Melodies is a collection of lyrics... Read more

All for Mj

By: Barbara Hagen

Narrated by: Mandy Kaplan

Length: 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Inspired by an interview with the late great Michael Jackson, Barbara Hagen wanted to give back to the entertainer the love that her favorite singer, dancer, and performer gave to the world through the use of his God given talents. Included in this book are poems which, in one way or another, express the love and admiration that the author has... Read more

Стрихотворения и Поэмы

By: Mihail Lermontov

Narrated by: Aleksandr Horlin

Length: 11 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

В стихотворном творчестве М.Ю. Лермонтова, как раннем , так и более зрелом , преобладают темы лирического и философского размышления о жизни и глубокий самоанализ, тонкий психологизм, обостренное чувствование. Перед нами предстает обнаженная душа поэта, остро переживающего жизненные коллизии. В поэмах Лермонтова выделяются две тематические... Read more

Turkish Tales

By: Lord Byron

Narrated by: Robert Bethune

Length: 5 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

We hope you will enjoy these fine, old-fashioned stories that Lord Byron wrote in an old-fashioned way. He tells these tales in rhyming verse and heroic couplets, and he makes them dashing, romantic, and even melodramatic in a way that has become foreign to us with the passing of time. These are tales of the Ottoman Empire, the Turkish empire... Read more

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

By: Lord Byron

Narrated by: Robert Bethune

Length: 2 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

With Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, cantos III and IV, Byron comes to the high point of his work and to clear and definite mastery of his art as a poet. Though he himself doubts his powers - he says his visions no longer swim so palpably before his eyes as once they did - his visions are far more palpable to us, expressed as they are with the full... Read more

Occasional Pieces

By: Lord Byron

Narrated by: Robert Bethune

Length: 1 hour 40 minutes

Abridged: No

This volume of the Freshwater Seas Lord Byron set consists of 54 poems written during the years 1809-1816. Many were included in various editions of longer works, particularly the 1812 and later editions of Childe Harold; others were published in various newspapers and periodicals, especially the Morning Chronicle; a few were not published until... Read more