Poetry audiobooks

Any Man

By: Amber Tamblyn

Narrated by: Glenn Davis, Ben Foster, Marc Maron, Jason Ritt...

Length: 4 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

In this electric and provocative debut novel, Tamblyn blends genres of poetry, prose, and elements of suspense to give shape to the shocking narratives of victims of sexual violence, mapping the destructive ways in which our society perpetuates rape culture, brilliantly brought to life through a multi-voice performance featuring Glenn Davis, Ben... Read more

Purgatorio

By: Dante Alighieri

Narrated by: Charles Armstrong

Length: 3 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Purgatorio is the second part of The Divine Comedy, Dante's epic poem describing man's progress from hell to paradise. Having escaped the Inferno, Dante and his guide, the classical Roman poet Virgil, ascend out of the underworld to the Mountain of Purgatory on an island on the far side of the world. The mountain has nine terraces, seven of... Read more

The Divine Comedy

By: Dante Alighieri

Narrated by: Charles Armstrong

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Paradiso is the third and final part of The Divine Comedy, Dante's epic poem describing man's progress from hell to salvation. In it, the author progresses through nine concentric spheres of heaven. Corresponding with medieval astronomy, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn deal with the four cardinal virtues Prudence,... Read more

The Song Shoots Out of My Mouth

By: Jaime Adoff

Narrated by: Jaime Adoff

Length: 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Each word running fast across lips./A direct line to my hips, twist and shake./My voice another arm, another leg./My throat the Cape Canaveral of my soul.

This rockin' collection of twenty-four dynamic, original poems vividly captures a variety of musical experiences from the teen perspective. From playing in the school band to playing air... Read more

After the Love (O.L.D. & M.A.T.U.R.E.)

By: Jeffrey V. Perry

Narrated by: Barry Schwam

Length: 1 hour 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Finding one’s self is not a product of age or time. But, learning to love and accept ourselves can be. Every day we learn that we cannot deceive our self until we must face our truth. You need no mirror nor any outside help. You will only have you.This poetry is written in various styles and on different subjects. It is inspired writing on... Read more

Dear Universe

By: Pierra Calasanz-Labrador

Narrated by: Joyce Pring

Length: 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Dear Universe … can you hear me?If Pierra Calasanz-Labrador’s debut poetry collection The Heartbreak Diaries was equivalent to an “ugly cry,” this second volume is an introspective journey, a quiet voice longing to be heard. Like stumbling upon an introvert’s secret diary, these fifty poems chronicle fervent wishes, hidden fears, and everyday... Read more

To Hear the Birds Sing

By: Eugene St Martin Jr

Narrated by: Tom Bauer

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: No

The journey continues in EC’s life. These are ideas and reflections that come through EC’s life as he goes about his rounds going to church, going to work, visiting friends, teaching tennis, and playing tennis. He is a secretary that notes his reflections as he goes about his life. He keeps exploring ways to play and to learn the game of tennis.... Read more

Surkh Aur Syah

By: Stendhal

Narrated by: Avdhesh Tondak

Length: 24 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

इस उपन्यास की शुरुआत में स्तान्धाल ने दांतों की इस उक्ति को आदर्शवाक्य के रूप में दिया है, ''सच; बस तल अपने पूरे तीखेपन के साथ: और फिर पूरा उपन्यास मानो इस पुरालेख का औचित्य सिद्ध करने में लगा दिया है । किसानी धूर्तता से भरा हुआ, नायक जुलिएं सोरेल का लालची बाप, भरे-पेट और चैन-भरे जीवन की चाहत रखनेवाले मठवासी, अपने ही देश पर हमले का षड्‌यंत्र रच... Read more

Saaye Mein Dhoop

By: Dushyant Kumar

Narrated by: Prashant Divedi

Length: 1 hour 57 minutes

Abridged: No

जिंदगी में कभी-कभी ऐसा दौर आता है जब तकलीफ गुनगुनाहट के रास्ते बाहर आना चाहती है ! उसमे फंसकर गेम-जाना और गेम-दौरां तक एक हो जाते हैं ! ये गजलें दरअसल ऐसे ही एक दौर की देन हैं ! यहाँ मैं साफ़ कर दूँ कि गजल मुझ पर नाजिल नहीं हुई ! मैं पिछले पच्चीस वर्षों से इसे सुनता और पसंद करता आया हूँ और मैंने कभी चोरी-छिपे इसमें हाथ भी आजमाया है ! लेकिन गजल... Read more

Hymn to Proserpine

By: Algernon Charles Swinburne

Narrated by: Roy Macready

Length: 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837 – 1909) was a poet, critic, novelist and playwright. He was born in London and educated at Eton and Oxford and was a contemporary of the Pre-Raphaelites. “Hymn to Proserpine” was published in 1866 in “Poems and Ballads,” Swinburne's first collection of poems which was a great success but which contained subjects... Read more

Poem Criticizing the Avignon Papacy

By: Raimon de Cornet & J.H. Robinson

Narrated by: George Keller

Length: 3 minutes

Abridged: No

The period known as the Avignon Papacy began in 1309, when Pope Clement V relocated the seat of papal power to Avignon, France. The French monarchy slowly gained control over the papacy during this time, and as they did, corruption and greed grew in the church. The troubadour and priest Raimon de Cornet staunchly opposed the Avignon Papacy for... Read more

Rhyme and Reason of a 21St Century Grandpa

By: B.C.A. Mager

Narrated by: Adam Croasdell

Length: 1 hour 15 minutes

Abridged: No

The great thing about a long life like Barry Mager’s is that there’s plenty to write about. A 1940 war baby born in Reading, he met his father only after losing his mother at the end of the war. His unique perspective on the quirks, tragedies, and mundanities of life kept him going through the hard times. Holding an honor’s degree in English... Read more

Tropic of Squalor

By: Mary Karr

Narrated by: Mary Karr

Length: 1 hour 7 minutes

Abridged: No

A new volume of poetry from the New York Times bestselling and esteemed author of The Liar’s Club and Lit.Long before she earned accolades for her genre-defining memoirs, Mary Karr was winning poetry prizes. Now the beloved author returns with a collection of bracing poems as visceral and deeply felt and hilarious as her memoirs. In Tropic of... Read more

Please Don't Go Before I Get Better

By: Madisen Kuhn

Narrated by: Madisen Kuhn

Length: 1 hour 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover this exquisite poetry and prose collection about the pains of growing up from the popular millennial Instagram poet, perfect for fans of Amanda Lovelace and Rupi Kaur.

Following her breakout debut Eighteen Years, poet Madisen Kuhn is thrilled to share this intimate portrait of a young woman navigating early adulthood and leaving her... Read more

Dust On The Mountain

By: Ruskin Bond

Narrated by: Dev J. Haldar

Length: 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Bisnu finds how dangerous and lonely life can be for a boy who has to leave his home to earn money for his family. As he sets to work on the limestone quarries with the choking dust enveloping the beautiful mountain air, he longs for home more than ever. Read more

Poesía para los que leen prosa

By: Miguel Munárriz

Narrated by: Marta Pérez & Luis Alberto Casado

Length: 3 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Encontrar un libro de poesía que proporcione el mismo placer que uno de prosa, es ardua tarea para muchos lectores que piensan que la poesía es complicada y, en muchos casos, no apta para los no iniciados. Este libro quiere facilitarnos ese trabajo. El periodista y poeta Miguel Munárriz se dirige en esta obra estos lectores incrédulos,... Read more

Android Poems

By: Elliott Parker

Narrated by: Patty Nieman

Length: 39 minutes

Abridged: No

"Everyone’s trying to outsmart the androids these days. I saw on the news that some kid discovered how to unlock another one percent of the brain. Now he claims to understand the secrets of the universe, and he’s got the equations to prove it." What if a poetry collection took place in the year 2300 with human and android narrators? What does it... 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 also... Read more

Ludwig Uhland: Das Lied der Nibelungen

By: Ludwig Uhland

Narrated by: Jürgen Fritsche

Length: 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Das Nibelungen-Lied – wohl eine der berühmtesten Sagen überhaupt. Ludwig Uhland zeichnete das Epos um Siegfried und die Burgunder in kurzer, gedrängter Form auf. 36 Minuten, in denen man alles über Siegfried, Gunther, Hagen, Kriemhild und Brünhild erfährt. Read more

The Flowers of Evil

By: Charles Baudelaire

Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble

Length: 4 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Sensual, macabre, joyous and liberating, The Flowers of Evil, or, Les Fleurs du Mal, is a beautifully debauched reflection on dreams, sin, life and death. With subjects ranging from travel to drugs, sex to faith, sleep to contemplation, Baudelaire finds new beauty in the most sinister and corrupt of situations. His morbid and nightmarish... Read more

For Every One

By: Jason Reynolds

Narrated by: Jason Reynolds

Length: 25 minutes

Abridged: No

“A lyrical masterpiece.” —School Library Journal (starred review)

Originally performed at the Kennedy Center for the unveiling of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, and later as a tribute to Walter Dean Myers, this stirring and inspirational poem is New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist Jason Reynolds’s rallying... Read more

Wade in the Water

By: Tracy K. Smith

Narrated by: Tracy K. Smith

Length: 1 hour 18 minutes

Abridged: No

In Wade in the Water, Tracy K. Smith boldly ties America's contemporary moment both to our nation's fraught founding history and to a sense of the spirit, the everlasting. These are poems of sliding scale: some capture a flicker of song or memory; some collage an array of documents and voices; and some push past the known world into the haunted,... Read more

Poesía (in)completa

By: Ramón Pernas

Narrated by: David Lorenzo

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: No

El gallego Ramón Pernas, autor de media docena de novelas y varias narraciones breves, reúne en estos cuarenta poemas, escritos en castellano y en gallego, un poemario muy personal que nos muestra su viaje hacía su propia experiencia vital, hacía propia intimidad. Un recorrido por sus viajes, sus mudanzas, por ciudades y paisajes. Paisajes sobre... Read more

How to Read Poetry Like a Professor

By: Thomas C. Foster

Narrated by: TBD

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

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