Poetry
Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 3)
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
William Blake
The short, simple lines of these delicate poems resemble song lyrics, emphasizing the concrete but hinting at transcendent realities, althou…
To His Coy Mistress
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Andrew Marvell
LibriVox volunteers bring you eleven different recordings of To His Coy Mistress, by Andrew Marvell, one of the greatest seduction speeches …
The Dawn and the Day
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Henry Thayer Niles
The Dawn and the Day, or, The Buddha and the Christ, Part 1 is a text similar to the epic poetry of Homer or, more accurately, classic Hindu…
Do You Fear the Wind?
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Hamlin Garland
LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of Do You Fear the Wind? by Hamlin Garland. This was the Weekly Poetry project for February 3, 2…
A Chant of Mystics, and Other Poems
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Ameen Rihani
This is a volume of poetry by the influential Lebanese American author Ameen Rihani. In these poems, the author playfully introduces the Ame…
Said and Did
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George MacDonald
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of Said and Did by George MacDonald..This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 2, 2018. …
The Prophet (version 4)
Read by Phil Chenevert
Kahlil Gibran
This famous work is a collection of poetic essays that are philosophical, spiritual, and inspirational. They delve deep into our condition a…
Everlasting Flowers
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D. H. Lawrence
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 different recordings of Everlasting Flowers by D. H. Lawrence.
Short Poetry Collection 113
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G. K. Chesterton and Walt Whitman
This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for October 2012.
Humorous Poems
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Ignatius Brennan
This is a collection of fun poems by West Virginia poet M. Ignatius Brennan. In his poems, the poet makes fun of the people in his surroundi…
Songs from Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass
Read by Evan Smith
Lewis Carroll
This is a compilation of the poems in Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. As noted in the title, the poems are transformed i…
Short Poetry Collection 004
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Various
LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 004: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.
Short Poetry Collection 043
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Various
LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 043: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.
When Stars Are in the Quiet Skies
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Edward Bulwer-Lytton
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 different recordings of When Stars Are in the Quiet Sky by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. This was the weekly poetry…
Poetry Miscellany 02
Read by Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010)
Various
As we get older, many of us return to youthful memories of poems once significant to us. Outside their association with our youth, we may wo…
Soup of Alphabets, Volume 003
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Various
This third "stove-top" full of Alphabet Soups --again-- runs the fullest gamut! It ranges from country scenes (Alphabets of Fruits…
The Christmas Tree
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Anonymousandalice Maude Kellogg, Anonymous And Alice Maude Kellogg and William James McGlothlin
LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of The Christmas Tree by Anonymous. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 19, 2010This…
Song of the Soldiers' Wives
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Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy is regarded as one of the best English novelists. His novels are heartbreaking, unconventional, sad and lyrical. He also wrote …
Short Poetry Collection 140
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Various
This is a collection of 32 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for January 2015.
A Calendar of Sonnets
Read by Fox in the Stars
Helen Hunt Jackson
Helen Hunt Jackson is probably most famous for her work on behalf of Native Americans’ rights. However, this short volume presents a sonnet …