Poetry
Wedding Poems
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Various
In honor of Kristin and Corey’s wedding (April 2006) we’ve recorded a selection of wedding-themed poems. Congratulations, you two!
After Music
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Josephine Preston Peabody
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of After Music by Josephine Preston Peabody. This was the Weekly Poetry project for April 10, 20…
The Meeting of the Waters
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Thomas Moore
LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of The Meeting of the Waters by Thomas Moore. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for Novemb…
The Wreck of the Hesperus
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
LibriVox volunteers bring you ten recordings of "The Wreck of the Hesperus” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the Fortnightly Poem for Aug…
The Retired Cat
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William Cowper
William Cowper was an English poet and hymnodist. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the direction of 18th century na…
Poems from the Inner Life
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Lizzie Doten
Collection of reflective poetry by celebrated medium and clairvoyant, Lizzie Doten. She claims these poems were sent by her 'inner heaven', …
Rhymes of Childhood
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Edgar A. Guest
Not nursery rhymes, but poems about different scenes of childhood. Poems about Grandpa, Grandma, story time, castor oil, “Wait till your pa …
Hey man, I've heard you sold your dreams
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Benjamin G. Dubel
"Hey Man, I’ve Heard You Sold Your Dreams" is a collection of literary works by Benjamin G. Dubel. It is a treasure trove of poems…
Elegiac Sonnets and Other Poems
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Charlotte Turner Smith
Charlotte Turner Smith (1749 – 1806) was an English poet and novelist. She initiated a revival of the English sonnet, helped establish the c…
Moth Terror
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Benjamin De Casseres
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Moth Terror by Benjamin De Casseres . This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for February 13…
The Indian Corn Planter
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E. Pauline Johnson
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of The Indian Corn Planter by E. Pauline Johnson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for April 2…
Three Sunsets and Other Poems
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Lewis Carroll
Lewis Carroll's most enduring works are the Adventures of Alice in Wonderland, but he also wrote some very interesting poetry. The poems in …
Selected Poems of Yone Noguchi
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Yone Noguchi
"Yone Noguchi was an influential Japanese writer of poetry, fiction, essays, and literary criticism in both English and Japanese. Criti…
Struwwelpeter (version 2)
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Heinrich Hoffmann
Struwwelpeter (Slovenly Peter) is an illustrated collection of humorous children’s poems describing ludicrous and usually violent punishment…
A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea
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Allan Cunningham
LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 recordings of A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea by Allan Cunningham. This was the Weekly Poetry project for Mar…
Birds and All Nature, Vol. IV, No 1, July 1898
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Various
"Birds and All Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and a…
Will ye go to the Indies, my Mary?
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Robert Burns
A LibriVox' Weekly Poetry tribute to Robbie Burns on the upcoming Robbie Burns Day. (January 25)Robert Burns (also known as Robbie Burns, Ra…
Poems of Optimism
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
This is a volume of Poems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. The topic of this volume is "optimism". - Summary by Carolin
Love Songs
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Sara Teasdale
"Sara Teasdale sings about love better than any other contemporary American poet."—'The Boston Transcript', 1918.As the title alre…
In the Days When the World Was Wide, and Other Verses
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Henry Lawson
This is a volume of poetry by Henry Lawson, the well-known Australian poet. Some of the poems in this collection are still widely taught in …