Poetry audiobooks

Talking Down The Clock

By: Seamus Cashman

Narrated by: Seamus Cashman

Length: 1 hour 44 minutes

Abridged: No

Talking Down The Clock is Seamus Cashman's fifth volume of poetry. It follows his 2015 ekphrastic book-length poem, The Sistine Gaze, from which this following quotation is taken:"We are lovers of the earth, not its spouses bound or bought. We are siblings of the stars, sating history's well. Lovers live in beauty's orbit, bypassing time. We... Read more

Clowns & Acrobats - Abridged

By: Seamus Cashman

Narrated by: Seamus Cashman

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

How close are we to myth, race memory? Do they infiltrate our minds?Seamus Cashman's new collection, Clowns & Acrobats, swerves headily into a modern world of questionings, parenthood, relationships, conscience and death, while eyeing the poet;s close personal sense of history and celebratory myth. The exercise of power, the eccentricity of... Read more

Cold Swimming

By: Mike Blake

Narrated by: Mike Blake

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Cold Swimming: Gently, rub me down.
This Poem is about the art of cold swimming, and it is an art.
You need eventually to be able to breath properly, and pace yourself in cold water, timing is all important, observing the seasons as to how much your 'own' body may take.
We're all built differently, some of us have seal skin ;) others paper.
But we... Read more

Leaves of Grass

By: Walt Whitman

Narrated by: Ethan Reynolds

Length: 14 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

Leaves of Grass is a groundbreaking collection of poems by Walt Whitman, often hailed as the most influential American poet of the 19th century. Known for its unconventional themes and free verse style, the work challenged traditional poetic conventions and established Whitman as a revolutionary figure in American literature.At the heart of... Read more

Conjure Volume 1

By: Rena Aliston

Narrated by: Skye Alley

Length: 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Conjure Volume 1 explores the allure of love tainted by darkness—relationships that straddle the line between pleasure and pain. Passion and enmity collide in this dark poetry collection, blurring the line between devotion and despair. Read more

New is Winter

By: Mike Blake

Narrated by: Mike Blake

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW IS WINTER - *****
Its a poem about the first few months of a childs life,
when it encounters the Winter snows for the first time in its new life.
The initial joy of Winter which we all share as Adults - snowballs, snowmen,
the sheer beauty of a Winters day across a landscape.
But as the young child starts to experience a little more....
*To see... Read more

Modern Poetry

By: Diane Seuss

Narrated by: Diane Seuss

Length: 2 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

Diane Seuss's signature voice—audacious in its honesty, virtuosic in its artistry, outsider in its attitude—has become one of the most original in contemporary poetry. Her latest collection takes its title, Modern Poetry, from the first textbook Seuss encountered as a child and the first poetry course she took in college, as an enrapt but... Read more

MÄNNERROSA

By: Alexander Ewert

Narrated by: Alexander Ewert

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: No

ICH BIN DIE LIEBE – DAS GEDICHTE HÖRBUCH Lyrik war schon immer eine der ansprechendsten Formen, um über die Liebe zu sprechen und ihr wahren Ausdruck zu verleihen. Heute scheint es mehr denn je eine wunderbare Wahl zu sein. Intensiv und kurzweilig - genau im Trend der so schnelllebigen Social-Media Zeit. Alexander stellt das erste Mal seine... Read more

Geographical Locations

By: Mike Blake

Narrated by: Mike Blake

Length: 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Geographical Locations: Sand Grains
A medium short poem.
Apart from the obvious location of where you find yourself in the World,
also the location you are seeking to find.
*****MORE POEMS BY THE AUTHOR: **
To see more Poems by the same Author please follow the link below: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00SG40RM8
To contact the Author: Please add me Mike... Read more

Before the Storm

By: Ozgur Gunes

Narrated by: Ozgur Gunes

Length: 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Christmas Lights Few more steps and I'll be entering my school.The school where things started to be uptight.Students go to learn and socializeI just can't find a reason and then just realize. One last look at it and I read,St. Delphi AcademyWhere young adults learn from the best. If I were to describe our school,I'd say it's a place full of... Read more

I Love Hearing Your Dreams

By: Matthew Zapruder

Narrated by: Matthew Zapruder

Length: 1 hour 21 minutes

Abridged: No

From one of contemporary poetry’s most playful and original minds, an enchanting and harrowing journey through the landscape of dreams and twenty-first century hopes and disillusions.

“Your dreams
have no hidden
agenda to be wise
they are made
to be forgotten
so something
can be known”

I Love Hearing Your Dreams is a book of reveries, of failed... Read more

Amounting to Nothing

By: Paul Quenon

Narrated by: Paul Quenon

Length: 1 hour 29 minutes

Abridged: No

After 60 years at Gethsemani Abbey, Br. Paul follows up his recent memoir, In Praise of the Useless Life, with a poetic collection that shows how to do just that – by writing poetry. Amounting to Nothing is both practical and metaphysical, a puzzling over the ultimate things of life, and a descending on the Benedictine... Read more

150 Most Famous Poems

By: Poetry House

Narrated by: Samuel Casey

Length: 6 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

150 Most Famous Poems: Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman and Many More" is a timeless anthology that brings together some of the most celebrated and influential poems in the English language. This collection features a wide range of poetic styles, from the introspective musings of Emily Dickinson... Read more

The Huntress and Her Muse

By: Abby O'Keefe

Narrated by: Abby O'Keefe

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

This first collection of poems is a celebration of the human experience and the complex relationship between the body and mind. With themes of anxiety, gratitude, womanhood, motherhood, outer expectations, and internal dialogue, I hope you find words that make you feel less alone. Read more

Into the Rhubarb

By: Carla Coles

Narrated by: Bobbi-Jaye

Length: 1 hour 6 minutes

Abridged: No

"Into the rhubarb: headed off the road; to get into trouble; a brawl, argument, or squabble."
In her fifth volume of poetry, Carla Coles once again brings us into her inimitable inner world. This time, along with her odes to the pleasures of coffee and cake and writing, she delves into the darker emotions of betrayal, endings, and coming through... Read more

Gentle Dew

By: Kingsley D. Amooh

Narrated by: Kingsley D. Amooh

Length: 35 minutes

Abridged: No

This is a 24-poem collection that provides solace, comfort, and inspiration. This collection was designed to serve as balm to the heart, anchor for the soul and food for the mind. You will be teleported to deeper places of your own self. Your reviews will help send this special package to many more and will help me in my upcoming full poetry... Read more

The Raven

By: Edgar Allan Poe

Narrated by: Myron Hieronymous Thomas

Length: 13 minutes

Abridged: No

"The Raven" is a narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. First published in January 1845, the poem is often noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere. It tells of a distraught lover who is paid a mysterious visit by a talking raven. The lover, often identified as a student is lamenting the loss of his... Read more

Short Poetry

By: Corri Jermaine Irving

Narrated by: Marcus Mulenga

Length: 4 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

From the battlefield to everyday life, Corri covers it all in his book filled with poems. The poet, Corri Jermain Irving, allows us to see the world from a perspective that's his. Through powerful words and vivid imagination, Corri delves deep into the daily bits of life in the form of poetry. A unique perspective into different themes of life.... Read more

Bucolica

By: Vergil

Narrated by: Volker Braumann

Length: 2 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Nur wenige Dichter haben einen ähnlich großen Ruhm erlangt wie Vergil. Mit seinem Werk nahm Vergil nicht nur maßgeblichen Einfluss auf die Poesie und Prosa der römischen Kaiserzeit, sondern er stellte damit zugleich auch ihren Höhepunkt dar. Früher Teil und erster Glanzpunkt dieses herausragenden Werkes sind die "Bucolica", die zwischen den... Read more

If Lost

By: Clint Bowman

Narrated by: Clint Bowman

Length: 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Inspired by the mountains, forests, animals, and people of Appalachia, If Lost is Clint Bowman's exhilarating debut about how these elements collide and struggle to co-exist in an ever-changing landscape. Bowman's poems are a guide through this beautiful, brutal, and often misunderstood world where threats to the region come from all sides.... Read more

Channels of Delight

By: Daniel L. French

Narrated by: Dale Rich

Length: 2 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Imagine the concept of tuning a radio to different stations. As the reader flips through the dial (turns the page), one frequency is a light whimsical poem, and the turning of the nob brings a sad and thought-provoking analogy of growing old, and next, the warm special enjoyment of holding someone's hand. The reader will enjoy turning the dial... Read more

Your Dazzling Death

By: Cass Donish

Narrated by: Cass Donish

Length: 1 hour 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Written in the devastating aftermath of a partner’s suicide, this unprecedented collection is a restorative memorial act, an exploration of queer time, and a powerful expression of nonbinary and trans love in the wake of traumatic loss.

“suddenly a brilliant red-tailed star / flew across the sky, a sun reversing time, / I crossed one world to... Read more

Poems of Emily Dickinson – Series 1

By: Emily Dickinson

Narrated by: Anthony St. Pierre, Amy Soakes, Stephanie Német...

Length: 1 hour 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Emily Dickinson was one of the most reclusive of all poets. She spent much of her life in seclusion in her father’s house in Amherst, and only a handful of her 1800 poems were published in her lifetime. Credit for the posthumous publication of her work must be given to her editor and friend Thomas W. Higginson, who reported that, in spite of the... Read more

Here to Stay

By: Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, Janine Joseph & Est...

Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi, Emana Rachelle, Sura Siu, Ras...

Length: 5 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

A lush tapestry of poetry and prose, Here to Stay is an invitation to engage with a new field of contemporary American poetry. “I cannot separate my work from my undocumented identity.” —Aline MelloFrom the indomitable writers and activists Janine Joseph, Esther Lin, and Marcelo Hernandez Castillo comes an anthology gathering some of the best... Read more