Poetry
The Kalevala
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Elias Lönnrot
This is the epic of Finland. It is the combined folk tales of the Finnish nation starting with the birth of the world from the egg of a seab…
The Lusiads
Read by Leni
Luís Vaz de Camões
The Lusiads (Os Lusíadas) is a Portuguese epic poem, written in the 16th century by Luis Vaz de Camões. The poem tells the tal…
Three Classic Chinese Texts
Read by J. C. Guan
Various
中國傳統書籍三本: 百家姓, 千字文, 三字經. This is a collection of three classic Chinese texts: the Hundred Surnames (百家姓), the Thousand Character Classic (千…
Meditations from the Pen of Mrs. Maria W. Stewart
Read by James K. White
Maria W. Stewart
Maria W. Stewart was America's first black woman political writer. Between 1831 and 1833, she gave four speeches on the topics of slavery a…
The Raven
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Edgar Allan Poe
The Raven, by Edgar Alan Poe, is one of the most famous poems ever written. First published in 1845, it was soon reprinted, illustrated, emu…
Don Juan
Read by Peter Gallagher
George Gordon, Lord Byron
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…
The Ramayan
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). …
Romantic Poetry Collection
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Various
A collection of romantic poems for St Valentine's day.
The Chaos
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Gerald Nolst Trenité
"The Chaos" is a poem which demonstrates the irregularity of English spelling and pronunciation, written by Gerard Nolst Trenit&ea…
Psalms
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World English Bible
To celebrate Easter, LibriVox volunteers bring you nine different recordings of various psalms from the World English Bible. This was the w…
From The Temple
Read by Kirsten Ferreri
George Herbert
George Herbert was a country minister and a protégé of the great metaphysical poet John Donne. In From The Temple, Herbert com…
The Vagabond
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Robert Louis Stevenson
LibriVox volunteers bring you 22 recordings of The Vagabond by Robert Louis Stevenson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 22, 20…
20 Poemas Para Ser Leídos En El Tranvía
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Oliverio Girondo
Después de viajar por España, Francia, Italia, el norte de África y Brasil, Oliverio Giraldo escribió "20 p…
Cathay
Read by Alan Davis Drake (1945-2010)
Ezra Pound
The Cathay poems appeared in a slim volume in 1915. They are, in effect, Ezra Pound’s English translations/interpretations from notebooks wr…
The Sleeper
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Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his ta…
小倉百人一首
Read by kaseumin
Teika No Fujiwara
Hyakunin isshu (百人一首) is a traditional style of compiling Japanese waka poetry where each contributor writes one poem for the anthology.(Sum…
Symphony in Yellow
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Oscar Wilde
LibriVox volunteers bring you 21 recordings of Symphony in Yellow by Oscar Wilde. This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 18, 2012.Osca…
To Autumn
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John Keats
LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of To Autumn by John Keats. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for November 21st, 2010.To Au…
Robert Burns
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Various
Robert Burns, the national bard (poet) of Scotland was born on the 25th January, 1759. Scotland and all Burns fans the world over, including…