Poetry Audiobooks

Milk and Honey

By: Rupi Kaur
Narrated by: Rupi Kaur
Length: 1 hour 6 minutes
Abridged: No

Now on audio! Rupi Kaur reads milk and honey, her New York Times bestselling collection of poetry and prose about survival, the experience of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity.

The book is divided into four chapters, and each chapter serves a different purpose. Deals with a different pain. Heals a different heartache. milk and honey... Read More »

The Divine Comedy

By: Dante Alighieri, John Aitken Carlyle, Thomas Okey & Philip H. Wicksteed
Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
Length: 13 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No

Blackstone Audio presents a new recording of this classic masterpiece, originally published in 1320, read by award-winning narrator Ralph Cosham. No words can describe the greatness of this work, a greatness both of theme and of artistry. Dante's theme is universal; it involves the greatest concepts that man has ever attained. Only a genius... Read More »

Paradise Lost

By: John Milton
Narrated by: Ralph Cosham
Length: 9 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No

Often considered the greatest epic in any modern language, Paradise Lost tells the story of the revolt of Satan, his banishment from Heaven, and the ensuing fall of Man with his expulsion from Eden. It is a tale of immense drama and excitement, of innocence pitted against corruption, of rebellion and treachery, in which God and Satan fight a... Read More »

At Blackwater Pond

By: Mary Oliver
Narrated by: Mary Oliver
Length: 1 hour
Abridged: No

Mary Oliver has published twenty-one volumes of poetry and six books of prose in the span of five decades, but she rarely performs her poetry in live readings. With At Blackwater Pond, Mary Oliver gives her audience what they've longed to hear: the poet's voice reading her own work. In this audio, she has recorded forty of her favorite poems,... Read More »

Many Miles

By: Mary Oliver
Narrated by: Mary Oliver
Length: 41 minutes
Abridged: No

Following the success of At Blackwater Pond, this second audio reccording from bestselling poet Mary Oliver contains a selection of thirty-seven previously published poems and four new, read by the poet in her steady, magnetic voice. Oliver recites from the full range of her poetry—from her classic nature writing to her verses for her... Read More »

The Classic Hundred Poems - Abridged

By: William Harmon & Various
Narrated by: Ensemble Cast
Length: 6 hours
Abridged: Yes

An anthology every poetry lover should have: 100 carefully selected and beautifully read poems. Read More »

The Aeneid

By: Virgil & W. F. Jackson Knight
Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
Length: 14 hours
Abridged: No

This enduring masterpiece tells of the epic quest of Aenas, who flees the ashes of Troy to found a new civilization: Rome. A unique hero, Aenas struggles and fights not for personal gain but for a civilization that will exist in the far future. Caught between passion and fate, his vision would change the course of the Western world. Virgil,... Read More »

William Blake

By: William Blake
Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
Length: 1 hour 59 minutes
Abridged: No

"To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour." -from "Auguries of Innocence" At the end of his life, William Blake gave up hope of being widely understood, but the twentieth century brought his work a new and intense interest and acclaim. A poet, artist, and... Read More »

John Donne

By: John Donne
Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
Length: 3 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No

Although the poet John Donne lived so long ago, some phrases from his writing still linger with us today, such as "no man is an island," "death be not proud," and "for whom the bell tolls," which provided the title for one of Ernest Hemingway's novels. John Donne used poems as a means of metaphysical inquiry and meditation as well as for very... Read More »

The Death of King Arthur

By: Simon Armitage
Narrated by: Bill Wallis
Length: 10 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No

First appearing around 1400, The Alliterative Morte Arthur, or The Death of King Arthur, is one of the most widely beloved and spectacularly alliterative poems ever penned in Middle English. Now, from the internationally acclaimed translator of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, comes this magisterial new presentation of the Arthurian tale,... Read More »

Metamorphoses

By: Ovid & Frank Justus Miller
Narrated by: Barry Kraft
Length: 15 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No

Ovid's sensuous and witty poem brings together a dazzling array of mythological tales ingeniously linked by the idea of transformation, often as a result of love or lust, in which men and women find themselves magically changed into new and sometimes extraordinary beings. Beginning with the creation of the world and ending with the deification... Read More »

Home: Where Everyone Is Welcome

By: Deepak Chopra, Kabir Sehgal & Paul Avgerinos
Narrated by: Deepak Chopra
Length: 2 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

The United States is composed of and built by immigrants, and it has been a beacon to those in search of a new life for hundreds of years.

HOME is a collection of thirty-four poems and twelve songs inspired by a diverse group of immigrants who have made significant contributions to the United States. From Yo-Yo Ma to... Read More »

The Canterbury Tales

By: Geoffrey Chaucer & J. U. Nicolson
Narrated by: a full cast & Martin Jarvis
Length: 20 hours 49 minutes
Abridged: No

At the Tabard Inn, thirty travelers of widely varying classes and occupations are gathering to make the annual pilgrimage to Becket's shrine at Canterbury. It is agreed that each traveler will tell four tales to help pass the time and that the host of the inn will judge the tales and reward the best storyteller with a free supper upon their... Read More »

The Iliad - Abridged

By: Homer, Robert Fagles & Bernard Knox
Narrated by: Derek Jacobi & Maria Tucci
Length: 8 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: Yes

Dating to the ninth century BC, Homer’s timeless poem still vividly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods wrestling with towering emotions and battling amidst devastation and destruction, as it moves inexorably to the wrenching, tragic conclusion of the Trojan War. Renowned classicist Bernard Knox observes in his superb Introduction... Read More »

The Odyssey

By: Homer
Narrated by: Ian McKellen
Length: 13 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No

The Odyssey is literature's grandest evocation of every man's journey through life. In the myths and legends that are retold here, the energy and poetry of Homer's original is captured in a bold, contemporary idiom, giving us an edition of The Odyssey that is a joy to listen to, worth savoring treasuring for its sheer lyrical mastery. This... Read More »

The Terrible

By: Yrsa Daley-Ward
Narrated by: Yrsa Daley-Ward & Howard Daley-Ward
Length: 3 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No

From the celebrated poet behind bone, a lyrical memoir--part prose, part verse--about coming-of-age, uncovering the cruelty and the beauty of the wider world, and redemption through self-discovery and the bonds of family

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"My little brother and I saw a unicorn in the garden in the late nineties.
I'm telling you. Neither one of us made it up; it... Read More »

Allen Ginsberg Poetry Collection

By: Allen Ginsberg
Narrated by: Allen Ginsberg
Length: 3 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No

A collection of poems by one of the greatest literary and cultural figures of the 20th century

Upon the release of his first published work, Howl and Other Poems, in 1956, Allen Ginsberg became the unlikely force of a movement that would change a generation. Literature, art, sex, love, family, politics; nothing would ever be the same. The Beat... Read More »

The Iliad

By: Homer & Caroline Alexander
Narrated by: Dominic Keating
Length: 19 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No

With her virtuoso translation, classicist and bestselling author Caroline Alexander brings to life Homer’s timeless epic of the Trojan War

Composed around 730 B.C., Homer’s Iliad recounts the events of a few momentous weeks in the protracted ten-year war between the invading Achaeans, or Greeks, and the Trojans in their besieged city of Ilion.... Read More »

all of it is you.

By: Nico Tortorella
Narrated by: Nico Tortorella
Length: 3 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No

A debut poetry collection from actor Nico Tortorella exploring “all of it,” from the smallest cells in our bodies to the outer limits of our universe.

Nico Tortorella's debut poetry collection presents a singular voice honed through years as an actor, podcaster, and advocate, one colored with love, wonder, and endless curiosity. But it is... Read More »

Adultolescence

By: Gabbie Hanna
Narrated by: Gabbie Hanna
Length: 1 hour 18 minutes
Abridged: No

Comedian Gabbie Hanna brings levity to the twists and turns of modern adulthood in this exhilarating debut collection of illustrated poetry.

In poems ranging from the singsong rhythms of children’s verses to a sophisticated confessional style, Gabbie explores what it means to feel like a kid and an adult all at once, revealing her own longings,... Read More »

Love Her Wild

By: Atticus
Narrated by: Atticus
Length: 40 minutes
Abridged: No

The first collection of poetry by Instagram sensation Atticus.

Love Her Wild is a collection of new and beloved poems from the poet Atticus, who has captured the hearts and minds of hundreds of thousands of avid followers on his Instagram account @atticuspoetry, including superstars like Karlie Kloss and Shay Mitchell. Dubbed the “#1 poet to... Read More »

Nikki Giovanni: Love Poems & A Good Cry

By: Nikki Giovanni
Narrated by: Nikki Giovanni
Length: 2 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No

The poetry of Nikki Giovanni has spurred movements, turned hearts and informed generations. She’s been hailed as a firebrand, a radical, a healer, and a sage; a wise and courageous voice who has spoken out on the sensitive issues, including race and gender, that touch our national consciousness.

Love Poems: Nikki reads a stunning collection of... Read More »

81 Famous Poems

By: various authors
Narrated by: Alexander Scourby, Nancy Wickwire & Bramwell Fletcher
Length: 2 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No

Listen to the sound of English as it was meant to be heard. The only authorized audio companion to the widely respected Norton Anthology of Poetry, Third Edition, this audio collection includes the greatest poems of the English language, ranging from the writings of Shakespeare, Milton, Blake, and Wordsworth, to the best-loved verse of Whitman,... Read More »

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

By: Anonymous & Simon Armitage
Narrated by: Bill Wallis
Length: 5 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No

The famous Middle English poem by an anonymous English poet is beautifully translated by fellow poet Simon Armitage in this edition. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight narrates in crystalline verse the strange tale of a green knight who rudely interrupts the Round Table festivities one Yuletide, casting a pall of unease over the company and... Read More »