Poetry audiobooks

Chicago Poems

By: Carl Sandburg

Narrated by: Robert Bethune

Length: 2 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

This was Carl Sandburg's breakthrough book. It is easy to see how it draws directly on Sandburg's life in Chicago, as it speaks powerfully of the specific character of that city and begins with his famous poem that names Chicago as the "City of the Broad Shoulders". His poetry is deeply aware of the inner life of the city, from a homeless woman... Read more

L'art d'être grand-père

By: Victor Hugo

Narrated by: Michaël Lonsdale

Length: 3 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

À 75 ans, Victor Hugo a perdu sa femme, sa fille Léopoldine et ses deux fils. Il se retrouve seul avec ses deux petits enfants, Jeanne et Georges. Alors que la vieillesse lui apparaît, elle s'entoure de la plus petite jeunesse, et l'art d'être grand-père s'impose à l'auteur : c'est obéir aux plus petits. Sa démarche littéraire se fond avec son... Read more

Drum-Taps and Memoranda During the War

By: Walt Whitman

Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot

Length: 6 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Walt Whitman experienced first-hand the ravages of the Civil War as a volunteer nurse in the hospitals of Washington DC. During that time, he filled notebooks with "impromptu jottings" that became the basis of two works: Drum-Taps, a collection of seventy-one poems, and Memoranda during the War, an intimate diary of his experience tending to the... Read more

Iliade

By: Omero

Narrated by: Silvia Cecchini

Length: 15 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

L'opera originale nella versione del grande grecista Ettore Romagnoli. Read more

Slabs of the Sunburnt West

By: Carl Sandburg

Narrated by: Robert Bethune

Length: 1 hour 20 minutes

Abridged: No

This is Carl Sandburg's fourth collection of poetry. His signature style, a rough-and-ready free verse that often transforms into poetic prose, is in full view. Like Whitman before him and like Masters and Frost in his own time, he puts his focus directly on life as he sees it around him, life in the rough-and-tumble Chicago of the early 20th... Read more

Santa's Computer the Story, Other Love Stories, and a Poem

By: Marc Steven Berkoff

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: No

No information available at this time. Author will provide once available. Read more

Don Juan

By: Lord Byron

Narrated by: Robert Bethune

Length: 13 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

The best way to appreciate this long and fascinating poem, really a novel in verse, is to just let it wash over you. Don't try to get caught up in the story, for Byron won't let you do that; don't try to figure it out, for Byron doesn't want you to do that either. Just listen to the man converse with you and enjoy his playful talk - that's why... Read more

Poesie: Antologia di 24 canti

By: Giacomo Leopardi

Narrated by: Silvia Cecchini

Length: 1 hour 43 minutes

Abridged: No

Una selezione dei 24 canti più famosi di Giacomo Leopardi, con musiche originali di Ivan Genesio. All'Italia; Ultimo Canto di Saffo; Il Primo Amore; Il Passero Solitario; L'Infinito; La Sera del Dì di Festa; Alla Luna; Il Sogno; La Vita solitaria; Alla sua donna; A Silvia; Le Ricordanze; Canto notturno di un pastore errante dell'Asia; La quiete... Read more

Willst Du Dein Herz mir schenken? - Abridged

By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Friedrich Gottlieb ...

Narrated by: Sven Görtz

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Willst Du Dein Herz mir schenken?" Diese Frage stellt man besonders gern am Valentinstag. Die schönsten Liebesgedichte aller Zeiten von Goethe bis Shakespeare sind hier vereint. Zum einen die perfekte Zitatsammlung für die Valentinskarte, zum anderen ein perfektes Geschenk - anstelle der Karte! Einfühlsam vorgetragen von Sven... Read more

Galgenlieder - Abridged

By: Christoph Morgenroth

Narrated by: Sven Görtz

Length: 1 hour 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Die Galgenlieder von Christian Morgenstern… Zuerst wurden sie von der Kritik als "Unsinnslyrik" eingestuft; bald aber bemerkte man, dass sie eine riesige Anhängerschaft gefunden hatten - und höchsten literarischen Wert besaßen! Tucholsky bemerkte: "Man lacht sich krumm - und bemerkt hinterher, dass man einen philosophischen Satz gelernt hat."... Read more

Kuttel Daddeldu - Abridged

By: Joachim Ringelnatz

Narrated by: Sven Görtz

Length: 2 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Kuttel Daddeldu - das ist der Name des Seebären, den Joachim Ringelnatz gerne auf der Bühne gab. Im frühen 20. Jahrhundert war die Figur des Matrosen, der in jedem Hafen ne Braut und mit jeder Braut mindestens 12 Kinder hat - Prostituiertenbesuche mal dezent außen vor gelassen - einer der beliebtesten Bühnencharaktere. Hier wurde richtig derb... Read more

One Thousand Gifts

By: Ann Voskamp

Narrated by: Ann Voskamp

Length: 7 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

More than 1.5 million copies sold! What if you discovered that the life you already have is the life you’ve always wanted? What if joy is possible right where you are? New York Times bestselling author Ann Voskamp invites you to embrace everyday blessings and embark on the transformative journey of chronicling God's gifts.How can you find joy in... Read more

Great African American Literary Voices

By: Langston Hughes, Arna Bontemps, Countee Cullen,...

Narrated by: Langston Hughes, Arna Bontemps, Countee Cullen,...

Length: 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Hear rare recordings from five of the most-respected African American poets reading their own works: Langston Hughes, The Negro Speaks of Rivers; Arna Bontemps, Nocturne At Bethesda; Countee Cullen, Heritage; Gwendolyn Brooks, The Vacant Lot; and Sonia Sanchez, Black Magic. Recording obtained and published by Rick Sheridan. Read more

Voices of Poetry - Volume 2

By: Ezra Pound, William Butler Yeats, Robert Graves...

Narrated by: Ezra Pound, William Butler Yeats, Robert Graves...

Length: 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Hear rare recordings from some of the world's most-respected poets reading their own works: Ezra Pound, Old Men With Beautiful Manners; William Butler Yeats, The Lake Isle Of Innisfree; Robert Graves, A Last Poem; Edna St. Vincent Millay, The Harp-Weaver; Richard Eberhart, The Groundhog; Philip Levine, Blasting From Heaven; Marianne Moore, The... Read more

Voices of Poetry - Volume 1

By: J.R.R. Tolkien, ee cummings, Archibald Macleish...

Narrated by: J.R.R. Tolkien, ee cummings, Archibald Macleish...

Length: 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Hear rare recordings from some of the world's most-respected poets reading their own works: J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hoard; ee cummings, Prose Jottings; Archibald Macleish, The Old Man To The Lizard; Ted Hughes, Six Young Men; May Swenson, Naked In Borneo; Marilyn Hacker, The Dark Twin; Kenneth Patchen, 23rd Street Runs Into Heaven; Edith Sitwell, An... Read more

The Ten Commandments In Poems

By: Ron E. Hignite

Narrated by: Ron E. Hignite

Length: 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Ronald E. Hignite demonstrates in "The Ten Commandments In Poems" his poetic skills and provides greater understanding and meaning for God's laws for mankind. Listeners will be inspired by the manner and design by which the events at Mt. Sinai are described in poetry and rhyme. This audiobook contains twelve poems, with one on each of the ten... Read more

The Beatitudes In Poems

By: Ron E. Hignite

Narrated by: Ron E. Hignite

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

"The Beatitudes In Poems" reflects the message of Jesus Christ from His Sermon on the Mount found in the Bible in the Book of Matthew. These poems will inspire their listeners through greater meaning and understanding of the Beatitudes. They describe how the human heart should be and how man should live his life. Read more

Kentucky Wonder

By: Ronald Franklin Saia

Narrated by: Ronald Franklin Saia

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Kentucky Wonder is a compilation of 70 poems written and read by Ronald Franklin Saia about love, family experiences, and the wonders of God. Some poems will bring tears, some poems will make you laugh, and some will draw you closer to our Lord. Most of all, this audiobook will bring you joy. Read more

A Time To Live And A Time To Die

By: Ron E. Hignite

Narrated by: Ron E. Hignite

Length: 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Ronald E. Hignote demonstrates in "A Time To Live And A Time To Die" his poetic skills and gives greater understanding and meaning to God's seasons for man as revealed by Solomon in the Book of Ecclesiastes. Listeners will be inspired by the manner in which Hignite presents the contrasts of the ever-changing seasons of man in poetry and rhyme. Read more

Heartland Inspirations

By: Ronald Franklin Saia

Narrated by: Ronald Franklin Saia

Length: 2 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Heartland Inspirations, a compilation of 147 poems written and read by Ronald Franklin Saia, is divided into five sections, including Country Cruzin (inspirations from travels, experiences, and observations), He Speaks to Me (inspirations born out of faith and living), It’s Amore (inspirations born out of real life and hope for sharing of true... Read more

The Ballad of Reading Gaol

By: Oscar Wilde

Narrated by: David Moore

Length: 27 minutes

Abridged: No

The poem written by Wilde while in exile about his time in Reading Prison and the hanging of Charles Thomas Wooldridge. Read more

The Metaphysical Poets - Abridged

By: Various Authors

Narrated by: Various Narrators

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The metaphysical poets were a loose group of British lyric poets of the 17th century. In this collection read by Sir Cedric Harwicke, Robert Newton and David Moore are poems by John Donne, Robert Southwell, Richard Crawshaw, George Herbert, Henry Vaughan and Andrew Marvell. Read more

The Poetry of Thomas Hardy - Abridged

By: Thomas Hardy

Narrated by: Various Narrators

Length: 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A collection of Thomas Hardy's finest poetry read by Carleton Hobbs, John Glen, Richard Burton and Edith Evans Read more

Poetry for Inspiration - Abridged

By: Various Authors

Narrated by: John Gielgud

Length: 49 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A wonderful collection of poetry to inspire including Tennyson's "Ulysses", Kipling's "If" and Julia Ward Howe's "Battle Hymn of the Republic" Read more