Poetry audiobooks

House Fires

By: Connor Franta

Narrated by: Connor Franta

Length: 3 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times bestselling author of A Work in Progress and Note to Self moves fully into adulthood with his illuminating, soulful, bleeding collection of narrative, poetry, and original film photography.

Humanitarian, entrepreneur, and content creator Connor Franta first captivated readers with A Work In Progress, ruminating on his... Read more

I Love You, Call Me Back

By: Sabrina Benaim

Narrated by: Sabrina Benaim

Length: 1 hour 31 minutes

Abridged: No

From one of the most-viewed spoken word poets of all time, a collection exploring loneliness, anxiety, and longing—and finding peace, and even joy, in unexpected places

Sabrina Benaim, author of Depression & Other Magic Tricks, has connected deeply with readers and reached millions of viewers through her poetry, breaking down the stigma... Read more

Premonition

By: Plamen Sivov

Narrated by: Plamen Sivov

Length: 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Plamen Sivov was born in Bulgaria in 1970. He is a recognised singer-songwriter, poet and journalist, holding a number of national poetry awards and recognitions. His poetry has been translated in English, Russian and Polish. This book presents 17 of his poems, translated by Diana Stefanova.Sivov manages to convey the singularity of an... Read more

The Prophet

By: Kahlil Gibran

Narrated by: Sumit Kaul

Length: 1 hour 34 minutes

Abridged: No

The Prophet is a book of prose poetry that made its Lebanese-American author Kahlil Gibran famous. Originally published in 1923, the book begins with a man named Almustafa living on an island called Orphalese. Locals consider him something of a sage, but he is from elsewhere and has waited twelve years for the right ship to take him home. From a... Read more

Machete

By: Tomás Q. Morín

Narrated by: Tomás Q. Morín

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: No

This fresh voice in American poetry wields lyric pleasure and well-honed insight against a cruel century that would kill us with a thousand cuts.
 
"Morín's writing uses the mundane details of everyday life...as a jumping-off point for creating fascinating and philosophical worlds." —LitHub

"Dios aprieta, pero no ahorca" ("God squeezes, but He... Read more

Into the Storyverse

By: George Johnston

Narrated by: George Johnston

Length: 1 hour 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Alan is wrenched from this life by suicide. Dusty, haunted by the loss of the man he thought he knew, must deal with his own regrets before accepting one final task for his friend. Every step takes Dusty further from the friend he remembers and closer to the man he is becoming. Dusty's outer and inner worlds collide as apathy and depression are... Read more

Dancing By The Light of The Moon

By: Gyles Brandreth

Narrated by: Gyles Brandreth

Length: 7 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

Dancing by the Light of the Moon, a collection of poetry to last you a lifetime - poems that will bring you joy, solace, celebration and love for every occasion

Includes an updated chapter of poems to bring you hope and happiness this year

A POEM CAN . . .
Comfort · Challenge · Be a friend
Stretch your vocabulary
Help you... Read more

Schmetterling im Winter (Ungekürzte Lesung)

By: Tobias Bamborschke

Narrated by: Tobias Bamborschke

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Tobias Bamborschke, 1988 in Köln geboren und in Berlin aufgewachsen, ist Sänger und Texter der Band Isolation Berlin. Bamborschke beherrscht die Kunst, seine Leser und Zuhörer in den Bann zu ziehen und hat bereits als Lyriker für Aufsehen gesorgt. 2017 erschien sein viel beachteter erster Gedichtband "Mir platzt der Kotzkragen". Lakonisch und... Read more

Every Good Boy Does Fine

By: Calvin Arsenia

Narrated by: Calvin Arsenia

Length: 1 hour 10 minutes

Abridged: No

“Glowing with warmth, vulnerability, and a heavy heart, Arsenia’s intimate reflections depict the past and present wrestling within the individual as he endeavors to chart his own course in the world.”—Atwood Magazine

Both a journey of individual healing and a call for action, these poems show that, with a little love and acceptance, anyone can... Read more

Borderline Fortune

By: Teresa K. Miller

Narrated by: Teresa K. Miller

Length: 42 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection that explores inherited trauma on an individual and communal level, from a National Poetry Series–winning poet who “refus[es] the mind’s limits” (Carol Muske-Dukes)

Borderline Fortune is a meditation on intangible family inheritance—of unresolved intergenerational conflicts and traumas in particular—set against the backdrop of our... Read more

Murmuration

By: Blake Auden

Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Murmuration is a year's worth of emotions, anxious thoughts, and panic attacks, each one a beating wing in the mind of the author.



This book is an attempt to create something beautiful from this chaos; to make sense of the things we dare not breathe to life. Focusing on loss, heartbreak, mental health, and the impact of isolation on a tired mind,... Read more

Flower Crowns and Fearsome Things

By: Amanda Lovelace

Narrated by: Amanda Lovelace

Length: 37 minutes

Abridged: No

in her new standalone poetry collection, flower crowns & fearsome things, bestselling & award-winning poetess amanda lovelace explores the complexity of femininity through alternating wildflower & wildfire poems.
within these pages, you will find that each of us has the ability to be both soft & fierce at the same time. there is... Read more

A Confederacy of Dumptys

By: John Lithgow

Narrated by: John Lithgow

Length: 1 hour 44 minutes

Abridged: No

The next book in John Lithgow's New York Times bestselling series

Following the success of New York Times bestsellers Dumpty and Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown, award-winning actor, author, and illustrator John Lithgow presents the third book in his runaway hit series. A Confederacy of Dumptys takes us through a history of twenty-five "American... Read more

Enoch Arden

By: Lord Alfred Tennyson

Narrated by: Denis Daly

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Enoch Arden


By Alfred Lord Tennyson


Narrated by Denis Daly


Enoch Arden is a long narrative poem which is built on a theme which has been widely explored in literature and on film. A man is separated from his family due to shipwreck, and marooned on an island. After several years of absence from his home it is assumed that he has died, and his wife... Read more

Държавата на другия живот

By: Пламен Сивов

Narrated by: Пламен Сивов

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

„Държавата на другия живот“ съдържа 70 избрани стихотворения на Пламен Сивов, писани в периода 1992-2016 г. Книгата е оформена в 4 раздела – „По стръмните пътеки на душата“, „Жената, която се връща“, „Една октава тишина“ и „Фонтан в дъжда“. 45 от стихотворенията са и песни, включени в соловите албуми на Пламен Сивов и в албумите на "Точка БГ".За... Read more

Tudo que já nadei

By: Letrux

Narrated by: Letrux

Length: 1 hour 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Textões, poemas e aforismos da maior voz da cena indie brasileira: Letícia Novaes, a Letrux
"Aos goles, salgados, doces, etílicos e brandos, as três seções de Tudo que já nadei nos vão entrando pela cabeça, revirando ou se assentando nos nossos estômagos, mas chegam, certamente, ao coração." – RITA VON HUNTY
"Letícia flutua e mergulha,... Read more

Arsène Lupin - Partie 1

By: Maurice Leblanc

Narrated by: Frédéric de Lavenne de Choulot

Length: 2 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Improve your French while listening and appreciating one of the greatest French writers: Maurice Leblanc.You can adjust the speed depending on your level in French. You can also buy the book to follow with the transcription as you are listening.The literature has been adapted into useful French words and verb tenses for conversation. With this... Read more

Vertebral

By: Jorge Fernández Granados

Narrated by: Alan Bochm

Length: 3 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

El apartado "Mañas, destrezas y estrategias o De la naturaleza y sus zoologías" trata de las formas de vida: animal y vegetal, el cuerpo humano, la vida y la muerte. "Planos del planeta o De las ciudades y sus sociedades" toca temas como la civilización y sus esplendores y contradicciones, el progreso, la guerra, la historia. "Publicidad o De la... Read more

The Conference of the Birds

By: Attar

Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi

Length: 8 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

"These lofty words are an antidote/ for anyone sickened by extremism's poison."



Considered by Rumi to be "the master" of Sufi mystic poetry, Attar is best known for this epic poem, a magnificent allegorical tale about the soul's search for meaning. He recounts the perilous journey of the world's birds to the faraway peaks of Mount Qaf in search... Read more

Stones

By: Kevin Young

Narrated by: Kevin Young

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

A book of loss, looking back, and what binds us to life, by a towering poetic talent, called "one of the poetry stars of his generation" (Los Angeles Times).

"We sleep long, / if not sound," Kevin Young writes early on in this exquisite gathering of poems, "Till the end/ we sing / into the wind." In scenes and settings that circle family and the... Read more

I Touched a Star In My Dream Last Night

By: Ellen Palestrant

Narrated by: Ellen Palestrant

Length: 28 minutes

Abridged: No

I Touched a Star in My Dream Last Night is a collection of poems to be enjoyed by all ages such as "Midnight Sleep", "TenAnts!", "Day-Not-Long-Enuffis", "Big Band", "Groom in the Moon", "Froggy Goes to Boggywood" and "Zwervland in the Sky." Written, illustrated and narrated by Ellen Palestrant, these poems are imaginative, dream-like, lyrical,... Read more

Poetry: Warm and Wet aka Coffee and Cigarettes aka Surface Tension

By: Abheek Thakur

Narrated by: Don Warrick

Length: 2 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Abheek Thakur is unquestionably one of the most exciting young poets to emerge in our Times.A semi-autobiographical epic within strict rhymes that delves into the philosophical ordeals of centered individualism; scientific resonances of the subconscious; and the metaphysical phenomena of existence; - through the use of abstract realism, where... Read more

Проза русских поэтов. Выпуск 1

By: Афанасий Фет, Валерий Брюсов, Константин Случев...

Narrated by: Татьяна Телегина & Владимир Левашев

Length: 10 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Многие известные поэты помимо великолепных стихов писали прозаические произведения – увлекательные рассказы, юмористические новеллы, изящные миниатюры, яркие зарисовки. В первом выпуске аудиокниги "Проза русских поэтов" студия АРДИС знакомит вас с необычной гранью творчества Якова Полонского, Ивана Аксакова, Семёна Надсона, Алексея Плещеева,... Read more

Amigo del perro cojo

By: Tedi López Mills

Narrated by: Carla Toledano

Length: 1 hour 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Camarada imaginario o encarnación del subconsciente, destinatario de postales que hablan de la extrañeza del mundo, el amigo al que la autora dirige estos poemas sirve de ancla incierta pero entrañable en el ir y venir de una voz: la de quien recorre el mundo en derivas vitales y literarias, a través de las rutas de la imaginación y los países... Read more