Walt Whitman

Leaves of Grass


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American poet Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass, is a collection of poems notable for its frank delight in and praise of the senses, during a t…

O Captain! My Captain!


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In honor of President’s Day, LibriVox brings you thirteen versions of O Captain! My Captain! by Walt Whitman. This classic poem was written…

The Wound Dresser


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The Wound Dresser is a series of letters written from the hospitals in Washington by Walt Whitman during the War of the Rebellion to The New…

Short Poetry Collection 001


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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 001: a collection of 29 public-domain poems.

30 American Poems


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This is a sequel of sorts to 37 American Poems, one of my first solos. Concentration here is on late 19th to early 20th Century works by US …

An Old Man's Thought of School


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LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 recordings of An Old Man's Thought of School by Walt Whitman. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for F…

James Joyce in Context, Vol. 1: Telemachus


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This is a project invented and created by LibriVox volunteers. It collects various works which James Joyce quotes and refers to in his epic…

A Prairie Sunset


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LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of A Prairie Sunset by Walt Whitman. This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 28, 2011.Walt…

Vintage Verse Rhapsody: A Poetry Collection


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A collection of poetry selected and performed by Bob Gonzalez, rhapsode. Rhapsodes of Ancient Greece were “song-stitchers,” performing selec…

Leaves of Grass (version 2)


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In honour of Walt Whitman's 200th birthday (31 May 2019) we bring you a solo recording of his seminal work Leaves of Grass.Originally publis…

O Captain! My Captain!


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LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of "O Captain! My Captain!" This was the Weekly Poetry for the week of August 17, 2014…

Romantic Poetry Collection 001


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A collection of romantic poems for St Valentine's day.

Old Ireland


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LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Old Ireland by Walt Whitman. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for August 1st, 2010.

Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books


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Charles W. Eliot, 21st President of Harvard University, edited this volume of prefaces ... authored by a Who's Who of World Literature: Baco…

Old Chants


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LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Old Chants by Walt Whitman. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 15, 2011.Walter &…

Longings for Home


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LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of Longings for Home by Walt Whitman. This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 26, 2012.Bor…

37 American Poems


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Here are 37 distinctively American poems, covering the mid-17th - early 20th Centuries, from Anne Bradstreet to Dorothy Parker's sole PD wor…

Specimen Days


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Specimen Days is essentially the great American poet Walt Whitman's scrap book. It documents most of his life's adventures, especially his e…

The Wit and Humor of America, Vol 08


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The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the eighth volume, 40 short stories and poems have been gathered from 35 author…

Miracles


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LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 different recordings of Miracles, by Walt Whitman. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of March…

Long Poems Collection 005


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Long Poems Collection 005: a collection of 10 public-domain poems longer than 5 minutes in length.

The World's Best Poetry, Volume 6: Fancy and Sentiment (Part 1)


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The sixth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, inclu…

Short Poetry Collection 139


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This is a collection of 24 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for December 2014.

A Noiseless Patient Spider


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LibriVox volunteers bring you eight different readings of Walt Whitman’s A Noiseless Patient Spider, a weekly poetry project. (Summary by An…

Drum-Taps


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Drum Taps is the next collection of poems published by Walt Whitman after his famous Leaves of Grass. This collection is a direct response …

Life and Adventures of Jack Engle: An AutoBiography


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This story ran as a serial in 1852 in the New York Sunday Dispatch, and for more than 160 years was buried in obscurity, unknown to the worl…

The Half-Breed: A Tale of the Western Frontier


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Published anonymously in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (with an earlier draft also appearing as “Arrow-Tip” in The Aristidean), The Half-Breed: A…

Short Poetry Collection 170


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This is a collection of 34 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for July 2017. It includes a longer poem, Parliament of the Birds by Farid ud-D…

Abraham Lincoln: A Commemoration – 15 April 2015


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April 14-15th, 2015, is the 150th year anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. This is a collection of pieces to mark that…

Del canto de mí mismo


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Me celebro y me canto. Lo que me atribuyo también quiero que os lo atribuyáis, Pues cada át…

Long Poems Collection 006


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LibriVox’s Long Poems Collection 006: a collection of 17 public-domain poems longer than 5 minutes in length.

Coffee Break Collection 010 - War and Conflict


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This is the tenth collection of our "coffee break" series, involving public domain works that are between 3 and 15 minutes in leng…

Aspects Of Love - An Anthology


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Aspects Of Love is an anthology of poetic explorations on the theme of erotic love - though one of the "poets" represented here is…

Short Poetry Collection 109


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This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for June 2012.

LibriVox 7th Anniversary Collection


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To celebrate the 7 years of LibriVox , readers from all around the world have recorded 77 works they have selected, all of which have 7 in …

Sea Poems: An Idiosyncratic Selection


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Seventeen poems about the sea or in which the sea plays an important role. - Summary by david wales

What Think You I Take my Pen in Hand?


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LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 different recordings of What think you I take my pen in hand? by Walt Whitman. This was the weekly poetry p…

Compilation de poèmes - 013


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Cette compilation comprend une série de poèmes lus, en langue française, pour LibriVox. - Summary by Ezwa

Short Poetry Collection 063


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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 063: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 119


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This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for April 2013.

Out of the Closet: A Collection of Early LGBTQ+ Fiction


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This is a collection of 22 LGBTQ+ stories published between 1841-1923, covering a wide span of authors, genres, and literary traditions. Som…

Short Poetry Collection 141


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This is a collection of 27 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for February 2015.

Dirge for Two Veterans


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In celebration of Memorial Day in the United States, 2007, LibriVox volunteers bring you twelve different recordings of Dirge for Two Vetera…

I Saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak Growing


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LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of I Saw in Louisiana a Live-Oak Growing by Walt Whitman. This was the Weekly Poetry project for…

Lavender Lit 101 - International LGB Literature up to 1923


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International LGB Literature up to 1923This is a collection of 30 American and European gay, lesbian, & bisexual writers from the 16th t…

Warble for Lilac-Time


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LibriVox volunteers bring you 6 different recordings of Warble for Lilac-Time by Walt Whitman.

Short Story Collection Vol. 101


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[quote]Here we present another diverse collection of short stories. We bring you classics such as Romeo and Juliet and Volodya, a little bit…

Short Poetry Collection 113


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This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for October 2012.

Short Poetry Collection 140


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This is a collection of 32 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for January 2015.

Poetry Miscellany 02


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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…

Sammlung deutscher Gedichte 016


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Eine Sammlung von 20 deutschen Gedichten für LibriVox.Der Kapitän von Walt Whitman wurde übersetzt von Wilhelm Schöler…

Short Poetry Collection 196


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This is a collection of 54 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for September 2019.

Short Poetry Collection 023


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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 023: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 067


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LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 067: a collection of 20 public-domain poems, chosen and read by Librivox volunteers.

Short Poetry Collection 128


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This is a collection of 29 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for January 2014.

Short Poetry Collection 104


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This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for January 2012.

Short Poetry Collection 114


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This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for November 2012.

Short Poetry Collection 194


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This is a collection of 51 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for July 2019.

La duda terrible de las apariencias


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Pienso en la duda terrible de las apariencias, En la incertidumbre en que nos hallamos, pienso que quizá somos juguete de una ilusi&…

Short Poetry Collection 087


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This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for the month of March 2010.

Long I Thought that Knowledge


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LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Long I Thought that Knowledge by Walt Whitman.This was the Weekly Poetry project for June 30,…

Short Poetry Collection 126


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This is a collection of 20 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for November 2013.

LibriVox 10th Anniversary Collection


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This year is the 10th anniversary of our beloved LibriVox and to celebrate, readers have found and recorded 100 items with a connection to t…

Reconciliación


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¡Oh palabra, superior a todas las palabras, mágica como el firmamento! Bello es que la guerra y todas sus carnicerías se…

Una hoja de hierba


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Creo que una hoja de hierba, no es menos que el día de trabajo de las estrellas, y que una hormiga es perfect…

When I heard the Learn’d Astronomer


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Whitman claimed that after years of competing for "the usual rewards", he determined to become a poet. He first experimented with …

Short Poetry Collection 042


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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 042: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 107


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This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for April 2012.

Short Poetry Collection 070


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This is a collection of poems for the month of August 2008.

Short Poetry Collection 090


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This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for the month of August 2010.

Short Poetry Collection 169


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This is a collection of 34 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for June 2017.

Short Poetry Collection 031


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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 031: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 028


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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 028: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Roots and Leaves Themselves Alone


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Walter "Walt" Whitman was an American poet, essayist, and journalist, in addition to publishing his poetry—was a volunteer nurse d…

Short Poetry Collection 049


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LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 049: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 111


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This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for August 2012.

Short Poetry Collection 082


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This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers during the month of August 2009.

Short Poetry Collection 176


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This is a collection of 27 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for January 2018

Short Poetry Collection 182


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This is a collection of 41 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for July 2018.

Short Poetry Collection 093


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This is a collection of poems recorded by LibriVox volunteers for the month of December 2010.

Short Poetry Collection 143


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This is a collection of 29 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for April 2015.

Song of the Broad-Axe - stanza 4


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This Weekly Poem is an excerpt from Song of the Broad-axe (4th Stanza) by Walt Whitman, who was an American poet, essayist and journalist. …

Microphone Showdown 3


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This is a project which will allow readers and listeners to compare the recording quality of a wide variety of recording devices. It is a se…

Short Poetry Collection 068


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LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 068: a collection of 20 public-domain poems, chosen and read by Librivox volunteers.

Short Poetry Collection 030


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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 030: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 032


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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 032: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Me celebro y me canto a mí mismo


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Me celebro y me canto a mí mismo. Y lo que yo asuma tú también habrás de asumir, Pues ca…

Short Poetry Collection 048


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LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 048: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 108


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This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for May 2012.

Short Poetry Collection 041


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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 041: a collection of 20 public-domain poems

Short Poetry Collection 175


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This is a collection of 34 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for December 2017.

Short Poetry Collection 065


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LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 065: a collection of 20 public-domain poems, chosen and read by Librivox volunteers.

Short Poetry Collection 201


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This is a collection of 49 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for February 2020.

Short Poetry Collection 091


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This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for the month of September and October 2010.

Short Poetry Collection 033


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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 033: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 188


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This is a collection of 35 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for January 2019.

Short Poetry Collection 195


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This is a collection of 44 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for August 2019.

Short Poetry Collection 183


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This is a collection of 35 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for August 2018.

LibriVox 12th Anniversary Collection


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"LibriVox is a hope, an experiment, and a question: can the net harness a bunch of volunteers to bring books in the public domain to li…

Short Poetry Collection 208


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This is a collection of 67 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for September 2020.

Short Poetry Collection 204


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This is a collection of 54 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for May 2020.

Short Poetry Collection 069


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LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 069: a collection of 20 public-domain poems, chosen and read by Librivox volunteers.

Short Poetry Collection 086


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This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for the month of February 2010.

Short Poetry Collection 021


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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 021: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 026


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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 026: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 029


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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 029: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 052


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LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 052: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 054


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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 054: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 053


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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 053: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 138


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This is a collection of 25 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for November 2014.

Short Poetry Collection 047


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LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 047: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 186


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This is a collection of 34 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for November 2018.

Short Poetry Collection 144


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This is a collection of 31 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for May 2015.

Canto de la vida pública


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A pie, con el corazón ligero, huello la vía pública; Franco y salubre el mundo se dilata ante mí; …

Short Poetry Collection 056


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LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 056: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Song of Myself


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Walt Whitman's best known poem - a vast and multitudinous celebration of American life in which the 'myself' of the title becomes at one wit…

Short Poetry Collection 145


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This is a collection of 30 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for June 2015.

Short Poetry Collection 132


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This is a collection of 19 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for May 2014.

Short Poetry Collection 135


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This is a collection of 13 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for August 2014.

Short Poetry Collection 203


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This is a collection of 63 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for April 2020.

Short Poetry Collection 207


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This is a collection of 70 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for August 2020.

Short Poetry Collection 224


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This is a collection of 54 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for January 2022.

Short Poetry Collection 146


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This is a collection of 29 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for July 2015.

Short Poetry Collection 057


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LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 057: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 078


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This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers during the month of April 2009.

Love & Its Historical Shades: Poetic Expressions of Love Based on Varying Time …


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The theme around these poems is how poets expressed their ideas of love as well as the type of language used to convey said love through poe…

Hush'd Be the Camps Today


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LibriVox readers bring you 16 readings of Hush'd Be the Camps Today by Walt Whitman, in honor of the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's…

Short Poetry Collection 217


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This is a collection of 44 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for June 2021.

Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field One Night


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LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field One Night.This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for June …

Short Poetry Collection 211


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This is a collection of 48 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for December 2020.

Short Poetry Collection 202


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This is a collection of 51 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for March 2020.

Short Poetry Collection 058


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LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 058: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 040


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LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 040: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.

Short Poetry Collection 210


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This is a collection of 46 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for November 2020.

Song of Myself, section 51


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LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Song of Myself, Section 51 by Walt Whitman.This was the Weekly Poetry project for February 20…

Short Poetry Collection 230


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This is a collection of 47 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for July 2022.

Whispers of Heavenly Death


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"Whispers of Heavenly Death" is a short collection of poems within Walt Whitman's major work "Leaves of Grass".In these …

LibriVox 15th Anniversary Collection


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This year is the 15th anniversary of our beloved LibriVox. The readings in this collection celebrate that "bunch of volunteers" wh…

LibriVox 14th Anniversary Collection


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Works in the Public Domain that have in their titles (or subtitles) the numeral 14 or the words fourteen or fourteenth. This collection is b…

Short Poetry Collection 226


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This is a collection of 50 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for March 2022.

Short Poetry Collection 248


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This is a collection of 52 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers during January 2024.

Sea Drift from Leaves of Grass


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Sea Drift is a set of 11 poems which make up part of Walt Whitman's larger collection Leaves of Grass.The poems were inspired by Whitman's m…

Coffee Break Collection 037 - More Birds


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This is the 37th Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifte…

Short Poetry Collection 232


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This is a collection of 42 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for September 2022.

Birds of Passage from Leaves of Grass


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Birds of Passage is a set of seven poems which are part of Walt Whitman's collection Leaves of Grass. The poems are full of idealism and hop…

Short Poetry Collection 229


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This is a collection of 31 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for June 2022.

Short Poetry Collection 244


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This is a collection of 43 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for September 2023.

Short Poetry Collection 242


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This is a collection of 42 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for July 2023.

Short Poetry Collection 243


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This is a collection of 37 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for August 2023.

LibriVox 19th Anniversary Collection


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"LibriVox is a hope, an experiment, and a question: can the net harness a bunch of volunteers to bring books in the public domain to li…

Short Poetry Collection 237


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This is a collection of 34 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for February 2023.

Short Poetry Collection 240


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This is a collection of 36 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for May 2023.

LibriVox 18th Anniversary Collection


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"LibriVox is a hope, an experiment, and a question: can the net harness a bunch of volunteers to bring books in the public domain to li…