Poetry

Rainer Maria Rilke

by Rainer Maria Rilke Read by Peter Tucker 4.8
A selection of poems by this renowned German poet. - Summary by Peter Tucker

Balder Dead

by Matthew Arnold Read by Thomas A. Copeland 4.5
The poem begins with the beloved god Balder, thought to be invulnerable, dead at the hands of the inoffensive blind god Hoder, in a game. L…

A Chesterton Calendar

by G. K. Chesterton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Go through the year, day by day, with the wit and wisdom of G.K. Chesterton! Compiled from the writings of 'G.K.C', both in verse and in pro…

The Courtship of Miles Standish

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024) 4.4
During the late nineteenth century and until the middle of the twentieth, many elementary classrooms in America featured (along with a Gilbe…

American Civil War Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.9
Explore the profound impact of the American Civil War through a curated collection of poems and short literary works. This anthology brings …

Poems and Prose for the Departed

by Various Read by Ruth Golding 4.7
Poems and Prose for the Departed is a thoughtful anthology that explores the profound themes of death and bereavement through a diverse coll…

Maude

by Christina Rossetti Read by Elizabeth Klett 4.4
Maude is a novella by Christina Rossetti, written in 1850 but published posthumously in 1897. Considered by scholars to be semi-autobiograph…

American Poems

by Various Read by Bellona Times 4.8
American Poems is a curated anthology that showcases the rich tapestry of American poetry from the mid-17th to the early 20th centuries. Thi…

Hero and Leander

by Christopher Marlowe Read by Martin Geeson 4.6
“Who ever lov’d, that lov’d not at first sight?”The wonder-decade of the English drama was suddenly interrupted in 1592, when serious plague…

Cathay

by Ezra Pound Read by Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010) 4.5
The Cathay poems appeared in a slim volume in 1915. They are, in effect, Ezra Pound’s English translations/interpretations from notebooks wr…

Christmas on Old-Time Radio

4.3
Experience the magic of Christmas through the voices of Old-Time Radio. This collection features Norman Corwin's legendary Christmas verse, …

Paradise Regain'd

by John Milton Read by Thomas A. Copeland 4.7
Having been publicly acknowledged as God's "beloved Son," Jesus retires to the desert to meditate upon what it means to be the Mes…

Astrophil and Stella

by Sir Philip Sidney Read by Elizabeth Klett 4.5
Astrophil and Stella is a sonnet sequence written by Philip Sidney, an Elizabethan poet and courtier. It details the frustrated love of Astr…

The Prelude

by William Wordsworth Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.6
Among monuments of narrative poetry, The Prelude; or, Growth of a Poet's Mind, by William Wordsworth, occupies a unique place. Wordsworth pu…

The Diary of a Dead Officer

by Arthur Graeme West Read by Ruth Golding 3.7
Published posthumously in 1919, this collection of diary entries presents a scathing picture of army life and is said to be one of the most …

Vintage Verse Rhapsody

by Various Read by Bob Gonzalez 4.9
A collection of poetry selected and performed by Bob Gonzalez, rhapsode. Rhapsodes of Ancient Greece were “song-stitchers,” performing selec…

The Rape of Lucrece

by William Shakespeare Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
The Rape of Lucrece (1594) is a narrative poem by William Shakespeare about the legendary Lucretia. Lucrece draws on the story described in …

Don Juan

by George Gordon, Lord Byron Read by Peter Gallagher 4.9
These are the last four Cantos of his mock epic that Byron completed in the year before his death at the age of 36 in Messolonghi, Greece, w…

Poems

by Emily Dickinson Read by Shurtagal 4.2
Renowned poet Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886) wrote many many poems. This collection, "Poems: Series One", presents the first instal…

How the World Works

by Vic Zarley Read by Vic Zarley 4.7
A multi-media presentation utilizing appropriate mood-setting music to enhance many short illustrations of how the world works with Jesus at…

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