Poetry
The Farmer's Bride
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…
The First Book of Urizen
The Book of Urizen is one of the major prophetic books of the English poet William Blake, illustrated by Blake's own plates. It was original…
The Wit and Humor of America
The Wit and Humor of America is a 10 volume series. In this, the second volume, 44 short stories and poems have been gathered from 31 author…
Psalm 133
LibriVox volunteers bring you eight different recordings of Psalm 133, to celebrate United Nations Day. This was the weekly poetry project f…
The Faerie Queene
"The Third Book of the Faerie Queene contayning the Legende of Britomartis or of Chastitie."The Faerie Queene was never completed,…
The Ballad of St. Barbara
The Ballad of St. Barbara is a collection of 35 poems by G. K. Chesterton, showcasing his unique blend of wit, imagination, and deep philoso…
Ode to Autumn
LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 different recordings of Ode to Autumn by John Keats. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of Nov…
The Unstruck Drum of Eternity
Continuing in the grand tradition of Rumi and Kahlil Gibran, explore the light within your own sensuality in the company of Kabir, the incom…
The One-Hoss Shay
This is a small collection of whimsical poems by the American physician and author Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. "The Deacon's Masterpiec…
Pamphilia to Amphilanthus
Pamphilia to Amphilanthus is the first sonnet sequence written by an Englishwoman. Published in 1621, the poems invert the usual format of s…
Shakespeare's Sonnets
Shakespeare's Sonnets is a profound collection of 154 poems that explore the complexities of love, beauty, and the passage of time. Written …
Baby's Own Aesop
"Baby's Own Aesop" presents the fables as one-stanza limericks, each "pictorially pointed" by Walter Crane, the noted pa…
Selected Riley Child-Rhymes
Riley was an American writer known as the "Hoosier poet", and made a start writing newspaper verse in Hoosier dialect for the Indi…
Gawayne and the Green Knight
Charlton Miner Lewis' version of Gawayne and the Green Knight, a late 14th century alliterative romance, is written in modern language telli…
Hymns of the Christian Church
Hymns of the Christian Church brings together Christian hymns from different periods, presenting them as both poetry and devotional song. Th…
Shakespeare Monologues Collection
LibriVox readers present the second collection of monologues from Shakespeare’s plays. Containing 15 parts. William Shakespeare (April 26, …
The Apology
LibriVox volunteers bring you 28 different recordings of The Apology by Ralph Waldo Emerson. This was the weekly poetry project for the week…
Casey at the Bat
Casey at the Bat is a celebrated poem that captures the spirit of baseball and the drama of a pivotal moment in a game. Set in a small town,…
Grandma Janice's Poems and Stories
The poems and stories in this collection were selected with the reader’s grandchildren in mind. “The Raggedy Man” and “Little Orphant Annie,…
A Selection of Poems
Sir Walter Raleigh (c. 1552 – 29 October 1618) was an English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, courtier, spy, and explorer. He is also wel…