Poetry

The Real Mother Goose

Read by Allyson Hester


Anonymous


A heartwarming collection of nursery rhymes that will take you back to your childhood! (Summary by Allyson Hester)

The Argonautica

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Apollonius Rhodius


The story of how Jason and a group of famous heroes of Greece took to sea in the Argos has been told many times, before and after Apollonius…

The Tiger

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William Blake


LibriVox volunteers bring you twelve different recordings of The Tiger, by William Blake. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of…

Poems

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G. K. Chesterton


Originally published in 1916, this book of poetry by G.K. Chesterton includes 59 poems on a variety of subjects. Included in this are war po…

The Apology

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Ralph Waldo Emerson


LibriVox volunteers bring you 28 different recordings of The Apology by Ralph Waldo Emerson. This was the weekly poetry project for the week…

Viviane

Read by Ezwa


Paul Duval


« Comment, Viviane, la fille onduleuse aux crins d'or, courtisane galloise experte en félonie, des douze preux d'Arthur ayant &…

The Farmer's Bride

Read by Elizabeth Klett


Charlotte Mew


The Farmer's Bride is a collection of 28 poems by British modernist writer Charlotte Mew. The original edition was published in 1916; this e…

Les Misérables pour rire

Read by Ezwa


A. Vémar and A. Vémarandgustave Marx


Vous n'avez jamais eu le temps de lire Les Misérables ? Eh bien, en voici l'occasion. Ces misérables-ci sont très conci…

Christmas Short Works Collection 2007

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Various


LibriVox’s 2007 Christmas Short Works Collection containing public domain short stories, essays, poems, and scripture passages recorded by a…

Manfred

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George Gordon, Lord Byron


Manfred is a dramatic poem in three acts by Lord Byron, and possibly a self confessional work. A noble, Manfred, is haunted by the memory of…

Through the Looking-Glass (Version 6)

Read by Craig Franklin


Lewis Carroll


Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There (also known as Alice Through the Looking-Glass or simply Through the Looking-Glass) is…

Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson

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Sæmund Sigfusson and Snorri Sturleson


The most complete set of the epic Norse eddas, or poems. It contains in beautiful verse the pagan beliefs of the Old Norse. Luckily in this …

The Psalms and Odes of Solomon

Read by Sam Stinson


Unknowntranslated Byj. Rendel Harris and Translated Byj. Rendel Harris


One of the Pseudepigrapha, the Psalms of Solomon is a group of eighteen psalms (religious songs or poems) that are not part of any scriptura…

IF

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Rudyard Kipling


This poem is considered one of the most inspirational guidelines on how to live and act with integrity and develop a winning strategy throug…

Gawayne and the Green Knight (Lewis Translation Version 2)

Read by Jerome Lawsen


The Gawain Poet, Charlton Miner Lewis and The Gawain Poettranslated Bycharlton Miner Lewis


Published in 1903, Gawayne and the Green Knight is a modern-language retelling of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a 14th-century verse roma…

Short Poetry Collection 001

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Various


LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 001: a collection of 29 public-domain poems.

Poems from the Divan of Hafiz

Read by Kevin W. Davidson


Hafiz and Hafez


Hafiz was a Persian poet. His collected works (Divan) are regarded as a pinnacle of Persian literature. While influenced by Islam, his mysti…

Shakespeare's Sonnets (version 3)

Read by Sam Stinson


William Shakespeare


Shakespeare’s Sonnets, or simply The Sonnets, comprise a collection of 154 poems in sonnet form written by William Shakespeare that deal wit…

Komische Lyrik von Busch und Morgenstern

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Christian Morgenstern


Dies ist eine Auswahl von deutschen Gedichten komischer Lyrik von Wilhelm Busch und Christian Morgenstern. This is a selection of German com…

The Freedmen's Book

Read by Rhonda Federman


Lydia Maria Child


Lydia Maria Child, an American abolitionist, compiled this collection of short stories and poems by former slaves and noted activists as an …

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