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 »
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 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Recommended
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 »
Shame Is an Ocean I Swim Across: Poems by Mary Lambert
By: Mary Lambert
Narrated by: Mary Lambert
Length: 2 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
Shame Is an Ocean I Swim Across is read by Mary Lambert and includes original music exclusive to the audiobook.
Beautiful and brutally honest, Mary Lambert's poetry is a beacon to anyone who's ever been knocked down—and picked themselves up again. In verse that deals with sexual assault, mental illness, and body acceptance, Ms. Lambert emerges as... Read More »
Brown
By: Kevin Young
Narrated by: Kevin Young
Length: 1 hour 51 minutes
Abridged: No
James Brown. John Brown's raid. Brown v. the Topeka Board of Ed. The prize-winning author of Blue Laws meditates on all things "brown" in this powerful new collection.
Divided into "Home Recordings" and "Field Recordings," Brown speaks to the way personal experience is shaped by culture, while culture is forever affected by the personal,... 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 »
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 »
Dog Songs
By: Mary Oliver
Narrated by: Mary Oliver
Length: 1 hour 24 minutes
Abridged: No
A New York Times bestselling collection of new and favorite poems,
celebrating the dogs that have enriched the poet’s world
Beloved by her readers, special to the poet’s own heart, Mary Oliver’s dog poems offer a special window into her world. Dog Songs collects some of the most cherished poems together with new works, offering a portrait of... Read More »
Shakespeare's Sonnets, Retold
By: James Anthony, William Shakespeare & Stephen Fry
Narrated by: PAAPA ESSIEDU & Various
Length: 5 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
An enlightening and entertaining collection of the most esteemed love poems in the English canon, retold in contemporary language everyone can understand
James Anthony has long enjoyed poetry with a strict adherence to beat, rhythm, and rhyming patterns, which he likens to the very best pop songs. This drew him to the rewarding 14-line... Read More »
The Body's Question
By: Tracy K. Smith
Narrated by: Tracy K. Smith
Length: 1 hour 23 minutes
Abridged: No
The Body's Question by Tracy K. Smith received the 2002 Cave Canem Poetry Prize for the best first book by an African-American poet, selected by Kevin Young. Confronting loss, historical intersections with race and family, and the threshold between childhood and adulthood, Smith gathers courage and direction from the many disparate selves... Read More »
No Matter the Wreckage LIVE
By: Sarah Kay
Narrated by: Sarah Kay
Length: 32 minutes
Abridged: No
Following the success of her breakout poem, "B," Sarah Kay releases the LIVE recording of her debut collection of poetry featuring work from the first decade of her career. This live recording of Sarah Kay's reading of No Matter the Wreckage, at The Wild Project in NYC, presents listeners with the new and beloved poetry that showcases Kay's... Read More »
Aimless Love
By: Billy Collins
Narrated by: Billy Collins
Length: 1 hour 24 minutes
Abridged: No
DIGITAL EXCLUSIVE: Includes 5 additional poems only available on the digital download.
“Billy Collins puts the ‘fun’ back in ‘profundity.’ ”—Alice Fulton
From the two-term Poet Laureate of the United States Billy Collins comes his first compilation of new and selected poems in twelve years. Aimless Love combines new poems with selections from four... 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 »
Letters to a Young Poet
By: Rainer Maria Rilke, Charlie Louth & Lewis Hyde
Narrated by: Dan Stevens & Max Deacon
Length: 1 hour 50 minutes
Abridged: No
Rilke's powerfully touching letters to an aspiring young poet, now available in a beautiful hardcover Penguin edition
At the start of the twentieth century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, sex, suffering, and the nature of advice itself. These profound and lyrical letters have... Read More »
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