Single Author Collections

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

Selected Poems

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Robert Frost


These are poems selected by the publisher, Henry Holt & Company reprinted from "Mountain Interval" "North of Boston"…

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 …

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…

Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare - version 2

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E. Nesbit and William Shakespeare


Adaptations of Shakespearian plays for young readers. - Summary by ShrimpPhish

Supersticiones y Leyendas Mayas

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Manuel Rejón García


Compendio de leyendas cortas de los Mayas, con unos pasajes en maya. La antigua importancia de este pueblo es bien conocida; habían h…

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 …

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.…

The Wind Among the Reeds (Version 2)

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William Butler Yeats


The Wind Among the Reeds was first published in 1899 and features short, personal lyrics on subjects such as Irish legends and personal rela…

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…

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…

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…

The Inn of Dreams

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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 …

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…

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

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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 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…

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…

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