Poetry audiobooks

Life is a Dance

By: Tom Stodulka

Narrated by: Tom Stodulka

Length: 2 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Life, love and work intertwine with nature and a unique series of poems, in Tom's revised edition of his successful book of poetry. No matter what the day-to-day challenges are, as life unfolds, Tom shows us – through his poetry – that life is about enjoying what we can in every single moment.

Journey with Tom through tales of Australian life,... Read more

Тайный гонец

By: Марина Бородицкая

Narrated by: Марина Бородицкая

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: No

"Стихи и для трёхлетних, и для девяностолетних пишутся одним и тем же веществом поэзии" — считает Марина Бородицкая. Творчество для детей и для взрослых она не различает принципиально. Наверное, в том числе и поэтому дети вот уже несколько десятилетий так любят ее стихи — они всегда чувствуют, когда к ним относятся серьезно. В эту аудиокнигу... Read more

DRAGONFLY... And Other Songs of Mourning

By: Michelle Scalise

Narrated by: Danielle Bryn

Length: 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Dragonfly and Other Songs of Mourning contains the collected poetry works of Michelle Scalise, dedicated to her husband and author, Tom Piccirilli. Cover art donated by CANIGLIA and cover design by Kealan Patrick Burke. Read more

We Are The Winter People

By: Jenny Rowbory

Narrated by: Angharad Price

Length: 1 hour 29 minutes

Abridged: No

We Are The Winter People is the collected works of Jenny Rowbory. The diverse range of poetry deals with love, loss and the poet's ever-changing relationship with faith. Despite the struggles depicted within the work, it is an ultimately empowering collection, filled with strength, determination and hope.

We Are The Winter People contains poems... Read more

Libretto dla pustyni

By: Sona Van

Narrated by: Beata Pozniak

Length: 3 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Sona Van (wlasciwie: Ter-Howhannisjan) to znana ormianska poetka i podrózniczka. Urodzila sie w Erywaniu, Armienii. Jej dziadek, szanowany ormianski duchowny z wschodnioanatolijskiego miasta Wan (stad – pseudonim literacki poetki) w straszliwym 1915 roku przebywal w Istambule wraz z duza czescia swej rodziny. Wszyscy oni byli naocznymi swiadkami... Read more

I Smile When It Hurts & Other Poems

By: Denise Moyo

Narrated by: Denise Moyo

Length: 2 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

This is a collection of 61 poems that were selected from poetry books written by Denise Moyo. The poems read are from books titled This Love is Like the Gitmo: Poems from My Spirit, No Longer Prodigal: A Collection Of Poetry, Pregnant with Words; A Collection of Poetry and Out of the Water: A Collection of Poetry. The audiobook is divided into... Read more

Gibberrishi’s Profound Rhymes

By: Paul W Naragon

Narrated by: Henrietta Meire

Length: 2 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Wishing for a different perspective on life? Whether new or ancient that’s hidden from you behind the curtain of conditioning? Looking for the sacred the underlies the irreverence or contempt for life as it is? Demonstrates reverence or respect for all? Explains your true nature? Provides insight into the changes that are occurring across the... Read more

O lavrador de palavras (Integral)

By: Mano Melo

Narrated by: Mano Melo

Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Abridged: No

MANO MELO é poeta, ator, romancista e roteirista, com vários livros publicados. Interpreta seus poemas em teatros, tevês, rádios, bares, centros culturais, ciclos de poesia e congressos literários, universidades, escolas, no Rio de Janeiro e outras cidades do Brasil. Com sua poesia, Mano Melo é aclamado do Rio Grande do Sul à Amazônia. Read more

Giacomo Leopardi

By: Boris Bertolini

Narrated by: Corrado Niro

Length: 1 hour 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Giacomo Leopardi è una figura chiave della letteratura italiana e internazionale. La sua visione pessimistica della vita, che ha in qualche modo anticipato la corrente dell'Esistenzialismo sviluppatasi poi nel secolo successivo, lo ha reso celebre agli occhi dei lettori di tutto il mondo. Animo eternamente tormentato, il poeta ha espresso le sue... Read more

A Bear in There

By: Francois Keyser

Narrated by: Francois Keyser

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Rick finds a bear in his home after dark and is terrified. His parents can't find the bear and think he is having nightmares. But the bear is real.The question is though…..Is the bear a friend or a foe?"A Bear in There" is the story many children live every night.It is about children's fear of the dark and the monsters they imagine come out of... Read more

Acrobat

By: Nabaneeta Dev Sen

Narrated by: Nandana Sen

Length: 2 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

A deeply humane new collection by a luminary of Bengali literature

A radiant collection of poetry about womanhood, intimacy, and the body politic that together evokes the arc of an ordinary life. Nabaneeta Dev Sen's rhythmic lines explore the joys and agonies of first love, childbirth, and decay with a restless, tactile imagination, both... Read more

Stereo(TYPE)

By: Jonah Mixon-Webster

Narrated by: Jonah Mixon-Webster, Angie Fisher, Danny Boy St...

Length: 1 hour 26 minutes

Abridged: No

A radical, urgent collection of poems about Blackness, the self, and the dismantling of corrupt powers in the fight for freedom.
 
A PEN America Literary Award Winner


Jonah Mixon-Webster works at the intersections of space and the body, race and region, sexuality and class. Stereo(TYPE), his debut collection of poetry, is a reckoning and a force, a... Read more

Diamonds In The Sky

By: Rachel Lawson

Narrated by: Rachel Lawson

Length: 6 minutes

Abridged: No

Original poetry read by the author poet and short story writer Rachel Lawson on Allpoetry.com Read more

Poesía

By: Mario Daniel Brizuela

Narrated by: Mario Daniel Brizuela

Length: 1 hour 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Algunas veces preciso una cariciapara seguir el viaje.Un suspiro de clavel,una lágrima de viento,un reflejo de lluvia...
Otras veces me alcanza con lo puesto,apenas un tono por encima del tedio,de la gris melancolía de los domingosy la fresca ilusión de los lunes.
Casi todos los días me ilusiono con la viday mi alma se eleva, liviana como una... Read more

Somebody Else Sold the World

By: Adrian Matejka

Narrated by: Adrian Matejka

Length: 45 minutes

Abridged: No

A resonant new collection on love and persistence from the author of The Big Smoke, a finalist for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize

The poems in Adrian Matejka's newest and fifth collection, Somebody Else Sold the World, meditate on the ways we exist in an uncontrollable world: in love and its aftermaths, in families that divide... Read more

The Collection Plate

By: Kendra Allen

Narrated by: Kendra Allen

Length: 1 hour 1 minute

Abridged: No

A deeply wrought and joyful debut poetry collection from an exciting new voice Looping exultantly through the overlapping experiences of girlhood, Blackness, sex, and personhood in America, award-winning essayist and poet Kendra Allen braids together personal narrative and cultural commentary, wrestling with the beauty and brutality to be found... Read more

Alastor

By: Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Shelley & Bertram Do...

Narrated by: Denis Daly

Length: 1 hour 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Alastor


Or the Spirit of Solitude


And Other Poems


By Percy Bysshe Shelley


Narrated by Denis Daly


This meditation on artistic creativity was written during the latter months of 1815, during a sojourn on the border of Windsor Forest. Critics have concurred in the opinion that the anonymous hero of the poem is Shelley himself, who feared that he too... Read more

brainwaves

By: Ziggy Alberts

Narrated by: Ziggy Alberts

Length: 1 hour 3 minutes

Abridged: No

ABOUT THE BOOK A debut collection of poetry from platinum ARIA accredited artist Ziggy Alberts, 'brainwaves', explores life's experiences and emotions, inwards and out. Deeply personal, frank, insightful yet relatable, Alberts uncovers his introspective thoughts and lessons learned in conscious and intentional living. Differentiating from his... Read more

AMOR DE MADRE

By: José María Gabriel y Galán

Narrated by: Ildefonso Escobar

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Extraordinaria poesía del siempre genial poeta, José María Gabriel y Galán. Un poema que no te dejará indiferente, emocionante desde su primer verso, fuerte e impactante y con un final precioso, como es habitual en la obra del magnífico escritor. Read more

Murmurs of the Mad

By: Michael Eckel

Narrated by: Michael Eckel

Length: 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Turned on its head, reality’s madness becomes a comical carnival of the ridiculous with intervals of creative, contemplative verse.Within this collection of short stories and poems are the musings, struggles and cynicisms of those who see the political puppetry, the diminishing resources, the infinite greed, overconsumption, and violence that... Read more

"In the Clover Forest Collection"

By: curtis schweiger jr

Narrated by: Kevin Theis

Length: 30 minutes

Abridged: No

In the Clover Forest Collection" is a collection of poems that was written in the month of march around S.T. Patrick's Day these are some of my favorites,curtis schweiger jr Read more

The Exorcism

By: Catastrophic

Narrated by: Leah Frederick

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

The Exorcism is a book addressing the causes of my feelings of being unwanted. We all have our battles and I needed to clear my conscience which has led me to writing The Exorcism. Mental Health is a big part of my life and this world, so I feel like it is very important that we address and solve the problems we have so we don’t continue to lose... Read more

Todas mis muertes

By: Marcelo Schnock

Narrated by: Marcelo Schnock, Daniel Vera & Raúl Alonso

Length: 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Con 'Todas mis muertes', Marcelo Schnock recupera la dimensión sagrada de la poesía y su sentido órfico e iluminativo. Cada poema es una invitación a la interioridad y a la relación con el misterio de Dios.Partiendo de una obra dividida en dos partes bien diferenciadas y que podrían funcionar como dos libros independientes, 'Todas mis muertes'... Read more

Parallel Movement of the Hands

By: John Ashbery

Narrated by: Fred Sanders

Length: 4 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

A stunning collection of work from beloved poet John Ashbery, his first posthumous book 
Renowned for his inventive mind, ambitious play with language, and dexterity with a wide range of tones and styles, John Ashbery has been a major artistic figure in the cultural life of our time. Parallel Movement of the Hands gathers unpublished, book-length... Read more