Poetry audiobooks

First 30

By: Margaret Chideme

Narrated by: Margaret Chideme, Zkit aka Lampy, Albert Nyathi...

Length: 1 hour 1 minute

Abridged: No

First Thirty is a raw, sensual and uncensored collection of poetry about love and lust, pain and abuse, womanhood, divorce, searching and rediscovery. It is a peek into the beautiful recital of a woman persona's internal dialogue and memories about the joys and struggles through the different phases in her life.
The anthology splits these phases... Read more

Jeda

By: Bayu Permana

Narrated by: Dewi Anggraini

Length: 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Aku senang meminta. Bahagia tanpa luka, kalimat pereda lara, dan lagu-lagu cinta. Kamu pun ada di antaranya. Walau aku tahu, kamu tak bisa jadi pengakhir jeda, sebab kamu sepenuhnya miliknya. Jeda merupakan fiksi berisi kutipan kata manis dan galau tentang kisah cinta yang sulit untuk menyatu karena mencintai pacar sahabat sendiri. Ditulis oleh... Read more

These Are the Words

By: Nikita Gill

Narrated by: Nikita Gill

Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

From international poetry sensation Nikita Gill comes her highly anticipated YA debut These Are the Words: an empowering, feminist and beautiful poetry collection exploring all the things Nikita wished someone had told her when she was younger.

Reclaim your agency. Discover your power. Find the words.

Taking you on a journey through the seasons of... Read more

Skies and Chasms

By: James Richard Hansen

Narrated by: Jason Vande Brake

Length: 29 minutes

Abridged: No

In Skies and Chasms, poet James Hansen reaches new heights and depths of his veneration of nature and his passionate feelings of being a part of it. Sunsets, sunrises, the moon and stars, forests and meadows, flowers and seasons, all are the creative elements of Hansen’s sense of himself. His sensitivity to language is remarkable, as the words... Read more

Nomenclature: New and Collected Poems

By: Dionne Brand

Narrated by: Dionne Brand & Christina Sharpe

Length: 13 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

An immense achievement, comprising a decades-long career—new and collected poetry from one of Canada’s most honoured and significant poets.

Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Poetry, Winner
Toronto Book Award, Shortlist

Spanning almost four decades, Dionne Brand’s poetry has given rise to whole new grammars and vocabularies. With a profound alertness... Read more

My Grandma Is the Best!

By: D.J. Steinberg

Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

From the best-selling author of the Here I Come! series, this collection of poems makes a perfect gift for grandmas, abuelas, and bubbes everywhere.
 
"A mirror that captures love and reflects it back to its source—a devoted grandmother."—Kirkus Reviews

Children can celebrate their grandma with this collection of short poems that honors the... Read more

My Grandpa Is the Best!

By: D.J. Steinberg

Narrated by: Zoleka Vundla

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

From the best-selling author of the Here I Come! series, this collection of poems makes a perfect gift for grandpas, abuelos, and zaydes everywhere.



Children can celebrate their grandpa with this collection of short poems that honors the memories and experiences with the man they know and love. From planting seeds in the garden with Grandpa to... Read more

Nyårsklockan

By: Alfred Tennyson

Narrated by: Klassiska Dikter

Length: 3 minutes

Abridged: No

NYÅRSKLOCKAN | ALFRED TENNYSONNyårsklockan (engelska: Ring Out, Wild Bells) är en dikt av den engelske poeten Alfred Tennyson från 1850. Den svenska översättningen, som innehåller versraden "Ring, klocka, ring" är skriven av Edvard Fredin och publicerades i flera dagstidningar i januari 1889, samma år som Fredin avled bara 32 år gammal. I... Read more

Aber bei dir ist Licht

By: Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Narrated by: Hanno Herzler

Length: 4 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Dietrich Bonhoeffers Gebete, Gedichte und andere Texte, die er in der Zeit von 1943-1945 im Gefängnis in Berlin-Tegel verfasst hat, sind nicht nur wichtige Zeugnisse des Widerstands gegen das NS Regime, sie geben dem Leser vor allem Anteil am Geistlichen Leben des Christen Dietrich Bonhoeffer und sind vielleicht die bekanntesten und... Read more

speculation, n.

By: Shayla Lawz

Narrated by: Author

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Shayla Lawz’s debut collection, speculation, n., brings together poetry, sound, and performance to challenge our spectatorship and the reproduction of the Black body. It revolves around a central question: what does it mean—in the digital age, amidst an inundation of media—to be a witness? Calling attention to the images we see in the news and... Read more

Psaltare och lyra | Snabbt jagar stormen våra år

By: Erik Axel Karlfeldt

Narrated by: Klassiska Dikter

Length: 2 minutes

Abridged: No

PSALTARE OCH LYRA (SNABBT JAGAR STORMEN VÅRA ÅR) | ERIK AXEL KARLFELDTDikten 'Psaltare och lyra' är skriven av Erik Axel Karlfeldt och trycktes första gången i Dagens Nyheter den 21 december 1929. 'Snabbt jagar stormen våra år' kallas psalmen, skapad av dikten. I en komposition av David Grufman framfördes psalmen vid Svenska Akademiens... Read more

Here and There

By: Roderick MacDonald

Narrated by: Roderick MacDonald

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

In this song-like collection of 50 short poems inspired by rural Prince Edward Island, Canada, Roderick MacDonald elevates the commonplace and simple in entertaining and thoughtful verse.Through his poetry MacDonald invites the listener to accompany him on a gentle walk through the changing seasons on his beloved island. His words evoke the... Read more

Walking Gentry Home

By: Alora Young

Narrated by: Alora Young

Length: 2 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

An “extraordinary” (Laurie Halse Anderson) young poet traces the lives of her foremothers in West Tennessee, from those enslaved centuries ago to her grandmother, her mother, and finally herself, in this stunning debut celebrating Black girlhood and womanhood throughout American history.

“A masterpiece that beautifully captures the heartbreak... Read more

Tomten

By: Viktor Rydberg

Narrated by: Klassiska Dikter

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

TOMTEN | VIKTOR RYDBERGTomten, med inledningsorden: "Midvinternattens köld är hård", är en dikt av Viktor Rydberg. Den publicerades ursprungligen i Ny Illustrerad Tidning 1881. I dikten ställs metafysiska frågor, alltmedan den följer titelfiguren runt i midvinternatten. Dikten och Jenny Nyströms illustrationer vid den första publiceringen bidrog... Read more

Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey

By: Homer

Narrated by: John Lescault

Length: 28 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

"Ah how shameless – the way these mortals blame the gods. From us alone they say come all their miseries yes but they themselves with their own reckless ways compound their pains beyond their proper share.” – The OdysseyExperience the stunning Greek poetry of Homer in this collection of his two major works: The Iliad and The Odyssey. These epic... Read more

JUAN RAMON JIMENEZ

By: Juan Ramón Jiménez

Narrated by: Francisco Valladares

Length: 1 hour

Abridged: No

This is volume 5 of the Spanish poets collection. Juan Ramón Jiménez, 1956 Nobel prize winner , a selection of his best poems in the voice of the graetest Spanish rapsoda of our time: Francisco Valladares. Read more

FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA

By: Federico Garcia Lorca

Narrated by: Francisco Valladares

Length: 1 hour 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Spanish poet Federico García Lorca doesn't need any introduction, here, in volume 4 of our Spanish poets collection you will find a marvellous selection of his best poems. Narrated by the greatest Spanish rapsoda : Francisco Valladares. Read more

ANTONIO MACHADO

By: Antonio Machado

Narrated by: Francisco Valladares

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Our volume 3 of Spanish poets collection is dedicated to the great Antonio Machado, a comprehensive selection of his best poems in the unique voice and performance of Francisco Valladares. Read more

MIGUEL HERNANDEZ

By: Miguel Hernandez

Narrated by: Francisco Valladares

Length: 37 minutes

Abridged: No

One of the most relevant Spanish poets from the 1927 generation, Miguel Hernández features in volume 1 of our Spanish poets collection. The voice of Francisco Valladares gives life to some of the most beautiful poems in Spanish like the famous "Elegia". Read more

AfriCANthology

By: A. Gregory Frankson

Narrated by: A. Gregory Frankson, Coriolan, Alicia Cox, Chlo...

Length: 7 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Truth spoken plainly and powerfully is difficult to dismiss and impossible to ignore. Edited with purpose by A. Gregory Frankson, AfriCANthology: Perspectives of Black Canadian Poets brings together some of Canada's most influential dub, page, and spoken word poetic voices and gives them space to speak freely about their personal journeys in... Read more

Tangled Yet Coiled

By: Tom Burgess

Narrated by: Ash Caton

Length: 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Tangled Yet Coiled is a collection of 22 poems exploring the climate emergency, the unifying potential of nature, and experiences of wilderness that vault the ego, that captivate and sustain. It is written with the hope of turning powerlessness into small acts of courage and championing the natural beauty found in humans and all living things. Read more

A Misguided Thought

By: Jaelyn Jordan

Narrated by: Christian Neil

Length: 1 hour 1 minute

Abridged: No

A Misguided Thought is a collection of poetry written in Diary entry format Supporting and Highlighting the need of Mental Health. with pure emotion written behind every-page , A Misguided Thought becomes Thought provoking as you take a journey down memory lane not through his eyes but through the eyes of your own as he transforms you to deal... Read more

Nur Wasser und CD

By: Christian Rook

Narrated by: Christian Rook

Length: 1 hour 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Wenn die erfolgreichen Kämpfe und schmerzhaften Niederlagen des Lebens (im Alter so um die 50 - drei links, drei rechts, drei fallen lassen) auf- einander treffen, Scheidungen abgeschlossen wurden, große und kleine Kinder aus frühen oder mittleren Beziehungen ihre eigenen Wege gehen, mehrere Karrieren bereits weggearbeitet worden sind, und es... Read more

Die klingende Königin

By: Wolf Bergelt

Narrated by: Wolf Bergelt

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Eine poesievolle Traumreise zur Orgel, mit zahlreichen Klangbeispielen von einem der schönsten historischen Instrumente Deutschlands. Das anspruchsvolle Hörbuch für Kinder von 9 bis 99 Jahren. Read more