Poetry
Short Poetry Collection 001
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Various
LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 001: a collection of 29 public-domain poems.
The Psalms and Odes of Solomon
Read by Sam Stinson
Unknowntranslated Byj. Rendel Harris and Translated Byj. Rendel Harris
One of the Pseudepigrapha, the Psalms of Solomon is a group of eighteen psalms (religious songs or poems) that are not part of any scriptura…
Shakespeare's Sonnets (version 3)
Read by Sam Stinson
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s Sonnets, or simply The Sonnets, comprise a collection of 154 poems in sonnet form written by William Shakespeare that deal wit…
Gawayne and the Green Knight (Lewis Translation Version 2)
Read by Jerome Lawsen
The Gawain Poet, Charlton Miner Lewis and The Gawain Poettranslated Bycharlton Miner Lewis
Published in 1903, Gawayne and the Green Knight is a modern-language retelling of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a 14th-century verse roma…
Poems from the Divan of Hafiz
Read by Kevin W. Davidson
Hafiz and Hafez
Hafiz was a Persian poet. His collected works (Divan) are regarded as a pinnacle of Persian literature. While influenced by Islam, his mysti…
The Freedmen's Book
Read by Rhonda Federman
Lydia Maria Child
Lydia Maria Child, an American abolitionist, compiled this collection of short stories and poems by former slaves and noted activists as an …
Spanish Poetry Collection 002
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Various
LibriVox’s Spanish Poetry Collection 002: a collection of 10 Spanish language public-domain poems.
Komische Lyrik von Busch und Morgenstern
Read by bettine
Christian Morgenstern
Dies ist eine Auswahl von deutschen Gedichten komischer Lyrik von Wilhelm Busch und Christian Morgenstern. This is a selection of German com…
The Song Against Songs
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
G. K. Chesterton
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of The Song Against Songs by G. K. Chesterton. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for Octobe…
Fabeln und Erzählungen
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Christian Fürchtegott Gellert
Dies ist ein Gedichtband von Christian Fürchtegott Gellert. Die Gedichte haben gemein, dass sie alle eine kurze Geschichte erzähle…
The Lovers
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Emily Dickinson
LibriVox volunteers bring you 27 recordings of The Lovers by Emily Dickinson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for May 27, 2012.The verses…
The Ramayan, Book 4
Read by om123
Valmiki
The Ramayan is an ancient Sanskrit epic. It is attributed to the Hindu sage Valmiki and forms an important part of the Hindu canon (smṛti). …
Poems: Series Two
Read by Laura Atkinson
Emily Dickinson
"The eagerness with which the first volume of Emily Dickinson's poems has been read shows very clearly that all our alleged modern arti…
Tender Buttons
Read by Cori Samuel
Gertrude Stein
"The time came when there was a birthday. Every day was no excitement and a birthday was added, it was added on Monday, this made the m…
Peer Gynt
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Henrik Ibsen
Peer is a dreamer, liar, excellent storyteller and an irresponsible person who avoids all problems. He uses and discards women and looks tow…
Adventskalender 2012
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Various
Diese Sammlung ist ein Adventskalender und enthält für jeden Tag vom 1. - 24. Dezember eine Aufnahme. (Zusammenfassung von Elli)&q…
Caedmon's Hymn
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Caedmon
Cædmon was an Anglo-Saxon herdsman attached to the double monastery of Streonæshalch (657–681). Originally ignorant of the art o…
Short Poetry Collection 122
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Robert Frost
This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for July 2013.
The World’s Story Volume II: India, Persia, Mesopotamia and Palestine
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Eva March Tappan
This is the second volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March T…
Astrophil and Stella
Read by Elizabeth Klett
Sir Philip Sidney
Astrophil and Stella is a sonnet sequence written by Philip Sidney, an Elizabethan poet and courtier. It details the frustrated love of Astr…