Single Author Collections
The City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems
Read by MoonLylith
James Thomson
While primarily known for being pessimistic, the poetry of James Thomson (1834-1882) is also beautiful and psychologically complex. This 190…
Song of Myself
Read by Phil Benson
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman's best known poem - a vast and multitudinous celebration of American life in which the 'myself' of the title becomes at one wit…
Selections from Harris's Cabinet
Read by Phil Benson
William Roscoe
In the early 1800s, London publisher John Harris began producing small books for children that were designed not to instruct, but to enterta…
Slabs of the Sunburnt West
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Carl Sandburg
Thirty-two poems about life in the American Midwest, focusing on the city of Chicago, Illinois. Summary by Matt Pierard
The Sonnets of John Keats
Read by Bruce Kachuk
John Keats
The superb poetic skill and exquisite sensitivity of John Keats is brilliantly illustrated in this collection of meticulously selected sonne…
Cuentos de ciencia ficcion: Imaginando pasados y futuros
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Nilo María Fabra
Recopilación de los mejores cuentos de ciencia ficcion de Nilo Maria Fabra, politico y escritor precursor de género en Espa&nt…
The Man with the Hoe and Other Poems
Read by Larry Wilson
Edwin Markham
Edwin Markham was an American poet whose poems often drew attention to the laborers of the world and frequently expressed elements of faith.…
Short Stories in Prose and Verse
Read by Chris Greaves
Henry Lawson
Short Stories in Prose and Verse” is Henry Lawson’s first published book (1894); his first published poem appeared in 1887. The volume is a …
A Scrawl
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James Whitcomb Riley
James Whitcomb Riley was an American writer, poet, and best selling author, born in the town of Greenfield, Indiana. During his lifetime he …
A Father of Women and Other Poems
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Alice Meynell
Alice Meynell was an English essayist, critic, and poet who was also a leading suffragist, serving as vice-president of the Women Writers' S…
Bay: A Book of Poems
Read by Bruce Kachuk
D. H. Lawrence
The superb skill and dexterity of D.H. Lawrence, a writer who profoundly influenced the literature of the twentieth century, is very evident…
Lullaby-Land: Songs of Childhood
Read by SweetHome
Eugene Field
Lullaby-Land: Songs of Childhood is a book of children’s poetry by Eugene Field. Within the poems in this volume you will find some of his …
The Sunny Side (Version 2)
Read by Kirsten Wever
A. A. Milne
A. A. Milne is best known for his creation of the perennially popular Winnie the Pooh, though he was and is highly acclaimed for hundreds of…
Light Freights
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W. W. Jacobs
A collection of weird and humorous short stories known for their good twists featuring a trio attempting some get-rich-quick schemes, the go…
The Winnowing Fan: Poems On The Great War
Read by David Wales
Robert Laurence Binyon
This little gem of a book contains twelve poems about World War I. There is more to it than its intrinsic value as verse. Edward Elgar (18…
Most Blessed For Ever
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Frances Ridley Havergal
LibriVox readers bring you 9 readings of Most Blessed For Ever, by Frances Ridley Havergal. This was the weekly poem for January 11 to 18, 2…
Drifting Flowers of the Sea and Other Poems
Read by Nemo
Sadakichi Hartmann
Sadakichi Hartmann was born in Nagasaki Harbor, to a German businessman and a Japanese mother. His mother died during childbirth and Sadakic…
On a Grey Thread
Read by Newgatenovelist
Elsa Gidlow
On a Grey Thread was first published in 1923, one of the first books of openly lesbian love poetry to be published in the United States. Her…
The Inn of Dreams
Read by Nemo
Olive Custance
At age 16, London blueblood Olive Custance already figured in literary circles shared by Oscar Wilde and John Gray. She later wrote for the …
Chants for Socialists
Read by Newgatenovelist
William Morris
As well as being influential in the Arts and Crafts Movement and writing numerous poems and novels, William Morris was deeply involved in po…