Poetry
War Is Kind
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Stephen Crane
This weekly poem commemorated the anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, with “War is Kind” by Stephen Crane. The tit…
Short Poetry Collection 042
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Various
LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 042: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.
Short Poetry Collection 044
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Various and Walter de la Mare
LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 044: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.
On the Late Massacre in the Piedmont
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John Milton
On the Late Massacre in the Piedmont was written by John Milton in 1655. It was the weekly poem for the week of Feb 21-Feb 28, 2016. - Summa…
The Village and The Library
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George Crabbe
The Village is Crabbe’s corrective to the rosy-tinted view of English village and rural working class life. He was a stark realist, as a pri…
Charmides, and Other Poems
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Oscar Wilde
This is a volume of poetry by Oscar Wilde, containing some of his rather famous longer poetry in the first part, and a section of sonnets in…
Rivers to the Sea
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Sara Teasdale
This is Sara Teasdale's third published collection of poetry. The collection was published in 1915, and contains the famous poem "I Sha…
When I heard the Learn’d Astronomer
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Walt Whitman
Whitman claimed that after years of competing for "the usual rewards", he determined to become a poet. He first experimented with …
Sammlung deutscher Gedichte 032
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Various
Eine Sammlung von 20 deutschen Gedichten für LibriVox. Eine Liste weiterer kurzer Aufnahmen (Erzählungen, Gedichte, Märchen, …
Short Poetry Collection 205
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Various
This is a collection of 69 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for June 2020.
Song (Donne version)
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John Donne
LibriVox volunteers bring you seven different readings of the short poem Song by John Donne, a weekly poetry project. Song is a bitter littl…
To Lesbia
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Gaius Valerius Catullus
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 different recordings of To Lesbia by Caius Valerius Catullus (translation by Richard Burton.) This was the …
The Keepsake
Read by Sam Stinson
William James McGlothlin
"The Keepsake, or, Poems and Pictures For Childhood and Youth", is a collection of twenty pastoral poems published as one collecti…
Ballads of Lost Haven: A Book of the Sea
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Bliss Carman
This collection of lyric poems evokes the sea in every line, from birth (A Son of the Sea) to death (Outbound). The smells, sights and sound…
Short Poetry Collection 090
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Walt Whitman
This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for the month of August 2010.
Siberia
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James Clarence Mangan
LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 recordings of Siberia by James Clarence Mangan. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for September 2, 20…
Love not me for comely grace
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John Wilbye
LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of Love not me for comely grace by John Wilbye. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for Sept…
Short Poetry Collection 130
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Various
This is a collection of 17 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for March 2014.
Deep In The Quiet Wood
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James Weldon Johnson
James Weldon Johnson was an American author, educator, lawyer, diplomat, songwriter, and civil rights activist. Johnson is best remembered f…
Poems of Sentiment
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
This is a volume of poems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. This time, the topic is "Sentiment". - Summary by Carolin