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Read by mleigh
Harry Graham
In Verse and Worse
A collection of dark and humorous verse from "Col D. Streamer". This collection includes poems from The Baby's Baedeker, Perverted…
Suzy
Read by Roger Melin
Watson Parker
In Short Science Fiction Collection 044
Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…
Valedictory
Read by Arthur Krolman
Aldous Huxley
In The Defeat of Youth and Other Poems
Though later known for his essays and novels, Aldous Huxley started his writing career as a poet. Published in 1918, The Defeat of Youth and…
The Mystery
Read by mleigh
William Wilfred Campbell
In Sagas of Vaster Britain
A collection of poems by the Canadian poet William Wilfred Campbell addressing themes of National Identity, Imperialism and the Divinity of …
Queer
Read by ML Cohen
Sherwood Anderson
In Winesburg, Ohio
Published in 1919, and listed on the Modern Library roster of the 20th century's 100 greatest novels in English, Winesburg, Ohio presents a …
Watching
Read by mleigh
Marie E. J. Pitt
In The Horses of the Hills and other Verses
Marie Elizabeth Josephine Pitt (1869–1948) was an Australian poet and socialist activist. Pitt wrote very highly coloured nature poetry, onc…
I Understand
Read by Newgatenovelist
Edythe Mae Gordon
In Selected Poems (Gordon)
Edythe Mae Gordon was a poet and short story author who published in The Saturday Evening Quill. These poems were published in 1929. (Summar…
Laddie by Katharine Lee Bates
Read by Jananiram
Various
In To Your Dog and To My Dog
A collection of verse dedicated to dogs. (Summary by mleigh)
The Watson Touch
Read by Kirsten Wever
A. A. Milne
In If I May (Version 2)
A. A. Milne, best known as the creator of Winnie the Pooh, was a prolific author of books, plays, essays and articles. He also spent a numbe…
Part 3 - Within the Nebula Chapter 4
Read by Mark Nelson
Edmond Hamilton
In Red Alert for the Interstellar Patrol!
Red alert for the Interstellar Patrol! A team of trans-species patrol officers protect the Council of Suns from alien threats in these five …
Books and Thoughts
Read by Tanner Bayles
Aldous Huxley
In The Burning Wheel
Though Aldous Huxley is best known for his later novels and essays, he started his writing career as a poet. The Burning Wheel is his first …
Beauty, Parts I-V
Read by Jack Watson Warr
Aldous Huxley
In Leda
Though he gained recognition for his later essays and novels, Aldous Huxley started his writing career as a poet. Published in 1920, Leda is…
Waterford and Blenheim
Read by Arthur Krolman
Jonathan Swift
In The Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume Two
He lived simply, loved his walks and craved the company of fellow poetical wits as they craved his company in return. With his pal Dr. Sheri…
To the Reader
Read by MaryAnn
Charlotte Elliott
In Hours of Sorrow
Poems from the author of the beloved hymn, "Just as I Am", chiefly adapted to seasons of sickness, depression and bereavement. Ell…
A Discouraging Model - Read by CB
Read by Caitlin Buckley
James Whitcomb Riley
In A Discouraging Model
LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of A Discouraging Model by James Whitcomb Riley.This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 2…
English Benedictines
Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Lord Alfred Douglas
In The Collected Poems of Lord Alfred Douglas
This is a chronologically arranged collection of poems compiled by the author in his late 40s, after he had discarded the Uranian themes of …
Lines, On Hearing That Lady Byron Was Ill, Read by PJW
Read by Patrick Wallace
George Gordon, Lord Byron
In Lines, On Hearing That Lady Byron Was Ill
Here is a bitterly sarcastic poem wherein a jilted Lord Byron spits out his distain for his estranged wife, Lady Byron, laying a curse upon …
An occasional Prologue
Read by De Anna Lee
George Gordon, Lord Byron
In Hours of Idleness
Hours of Idleness was Byron's first book of poems published when he was only 19. In it he experiments with various poetic styles and provid…
Sonnet XXI - On Reading Spenser Again
Read by Matthew Smith
James Russell Lowell
In Early Poems
This is a volume of the early poems by James Russell Lowell, including a brief biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole. - Summary by Caro…