Poetry
The Frost Spirit
LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of The Frost Spirit by John Greenleaf Whittier. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for Octo…
Days
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Days by Ralph Waldo Emerson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for June 10, 2012.As a lectur…
The Voice of the Ancient Bard
LibriVox volunteers bring you six different readings of The Voice of the Ancient Bard, by William Blake. This is a weekly poetry project. (…
Sonnet 073
To celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday, LibriVox volunteers bring you ten different recordings of Sonnet 73. This was the weekly poetry project…
The Feast of Lights
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of The Feast of Lights by Emma Lazarus. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December 18, 2011.…
The Defence of the Bride and Other Poems
Anna Katharine Green is now best-known for her popular mystery and detective stories, but she also wrote some excellent poetry. - Summary b…
The Dream
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of The Dream by John Donne. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for July 17, 2011.John Donne…
The White Man's Burden
Rudyard Kipling was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist.Kipling was one of the most popular writers in the United …
The Higher Pantheism
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of The Higher Pantheism by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for Septemb…
Jerusalem
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of Jerusalem by William Blake. This was the fortnightly poetry project for November 30th, 2008.
Strophes of Omar Khayyám
One of the earliest versions of Omar Khayyám's quatrains by an American translator is John Leslie Garner's collection, published in 1…
The Palimpsest of Human Rights
The Palimpsest of Human Rights is an experimental spoken word production which combines verse interpretations of the prose writings of Marti…
Death Be Not Proud
This week we’re marking the American Memorial Day with eleven readings of a John Donne poem. Memorial Day was conceived as a time to remembe…
A Valentine
A Valentine is a whimsical poem by Lewis Carroll, known for his playful use of language and clever wordplay. In this lighthearted piece, Car…
The Haunted Palace
"The Haunted Palace" originally issued in the Baltimore American Museum for April, 1888, was subsequently embodied in that much ad…
Shakespeare's Sonnets
Shakespeare's Sonnets is a profound exploration of the human experience, encapsulated in 154 masterful poems. These sonnets delve into timel…
When You Are Old
LibriVox volunteers bring you 29 recordings of When You Are Old by William Butler Yeats. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 3rd,…
Peter Piper's Practical Principles of Plain and Perfect Pronunciation
LibriVox volunteers bring you 7 recordings of A Selection from Peter Piper's Practical Principles of Plain and Perfect Pronunciation by Anon…
The Village Blacksmith
LibriVox volunteers bring you eleven different recordings of The Village Blacksmith, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This was the weekly poet…
Right Off The Bat
A Book of Baseball Ballads covering all aspects of our wonderful pastime. The ballads may seem out of date given some reference to drinking,…