Poetry
A Few Figs from Thistles
Read by Kristin Hughes (1974-2021)
Edna St. Vincent Millay
A collection of 23 poems by Edna St. Vincent Millay.
Short Poetry Collection 003
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Various
LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 003: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.
The Ships that Won't Go Down
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Henry Lawson
Henry Lawson was an Australian writer and poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets …
The Wind and the Moon
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George MacDonald
LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 readings of The Wind and the Moon by George Macdonald. This is the fortnightly poetry project for September…
The Hag
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Robert Herrick
A poem for Halloween by the 17th century English author Robert Herrick. His poems were not widely popular at the time they were published. …
Short Poetry Collection 170
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Various
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…
Auld Lang Syne
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Robert Burns
LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Auld Lang Syne by Robert Burns. This was the weekly poetry project in honor of Gung Haggis Fa…
Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum
Read by Elizabeth Klett
Aemilia Lanyer
Aemilia Lanyer's 1611 poem is far more than a retelling of The Passion. It comprises a spirited defense of Eve (and, by extension, all wome…
The One-Hoss Shay
Read by Laurie Anne Walden
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
This is a small collection of whimsical poems by the American physician and author Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. "The Deacon's Masterpiec…
Vairagya Shatakam
Read by Uday Sagar
Bhartṛhari
Vairagya Shatakam is one of the best books that gives the true picture of Renunciation. The book talks on how a common man gets lured by the…
The Haunted Palace
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Edgar Allan Poe
"The Haunted Palace" originally issued in the Baltimore American Museum for April, 1888, was subsequently embodied in that much ad…
Anyhow Stories: Moral and otherwise
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Lucy Clifford
A collection of stories and poems for children by British novelist, journalist, and playwright Lucy Lane Clifford, better known during her l…
A Soup of Alphabets from A-Z
Read by Sam Stinson
Various
A collection of children's alphabet rhymes including Footsteps On the Road to Learning - a short text from 1850 which teaches children the …
The Miller's Daughter
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson
LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 different recordings of The Miller's Daughter by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. This was the weekly poetry project …
Liber Amoris
Read by Nick Duncan
William Hazlitt
Liber Amoris is unlike anything Hazlitt wrote and probably like nothing you've come across before. On the face of it it tells the story of H…
Life: Poem XXI A Book
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Emily Dickinson
Poem XXI: "A Book", read by the wonderful podcasters at the Podcasters Across Borders 2006 conference, in Kingston, Ontario, June …
A Song from the Suds
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Louisa May Alcott
LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 readings of A Song from the Suds, by Louisa May Alcott, author of novels like Little Women. This was the fo…
Columbus
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Joaquin Miller
This week, to celebrate Columbus Day, LibriVox volunteers bring you six recordings of Columbus by Joaquin Miller. This was the weekly poetr…
A Valentine
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Lewis Carroll
This poem is taken from Phantasmagoria and Other Poems by Lewis Carroll. (Summary by David Lawrence)
The Bab Ballads
Read by Graham Redman
W. S. Gilbert
The Bab Ballads are a collection of light verse by W. S. Gilbert, illustrated with his own comic drawings. Gilbert wrote the Ballads before …