Free Verse

The Iliad of Homer, Rendered into English Blank Verse

Read by Michael Armenta


Homer


"It must equally be considered a splendid performance; and for the present we have no hesitation in saying that it is by far the best r…

The Prophet

Read by Mark F. Smith


Kahlil Gibran


The prophet Al Mustafa, before leaving the city where he has been living twelve years, stops to address the people. They call out for his wo…

Prosas Profanas Y Otros Poemas

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Rubén Darío


Prosas profanas, es una serie se poemas escrita por el gran Ruben Darío, estas prosas se encuentran entre sus obras mas conocidas.

Drake

Read by Cynthia Moyer


Alfred Noyes


Alfred Noyes, in the blank-verse epic "Drake", fictionalizes the historical Francis Drake, who, during the reign of Elizabeth I of…

The Black Riders and Other Lines

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Stephen Crane


A collection of enigmatic poems

純情小曲集 (Junjyoshokyokusyu)

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Sakutarō Hagiwara


萩原朔太郎の第４詩集です。文語調自由詩２８編が収録されています。愛憐詩篇の１８編は、作者が自由詩を始めた初期の作品です。郷土望景詩の１０編は作者３０代の時の作品で、前橋の風物を詠じています。口語自由詩を確立した作者の文語自由詩をお楽しみ下さい。The author's fourt…

Prufrock and Other Observations

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T. S. Eliot


Prufrock and Other Observations was published in 1917 in a print run of only 500 copies by Egoist Press in London. It features The Love Song…

Paulicea Desvairada

Read by Rachel Moraes


Mario De Andrade and Mário De Andrade


Paulicea Desvairada – livro de Mário de Andrade, publicado em julho de 1922. A leitura de trechos deste livro foi um dos pontos altos…

Poems

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T. S. Eliot


This collection of 24 contains some of T. S. Eliot's earlier work. This collection contains poems in English as well as some completely in …

Semana de Arte Moderna de 1922 - Coletânea Centenário

Read by Rachel Moraes


Mario De Andrade and Mário De Andrade


Esta “Semana de Arte Moderna 1922 - Coletânea Centenário” dá uma noção geral do que foi este “aconteciment…

My Little Book of Prayer

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Muriel Strode


A number of what we might call epigrams concerning one's will, determination, spirituality, and other foci of interest. - Summary by KevinS

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…

Candle-Lightin' Time

Read by Denise Ray


Paul Laurence Dunbar


Poetry about African American Southern life - Summary by Denise Ray

Poems of Emile Verhaeren

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Emile Verhaeren


A selection of poems from Belgian symbolist poet Émile Verhaeren, translated from French by Alma Strettell. Most of the poems selecte…

Sour Grapes

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William Carlos Williams


A collection of poems largely collected from previous magazine and journal publications. (Summary by KevinS)

The Black Riders and Other Lines (Version 2)

Read by Chuck Williamson


Stephen Crane


Written in a purgative frenzy of pure imagination (“They came, and I wrote them, that’s all”), Stephen Crane’s The Black Riders and Other Li…

Whispers of Heavenly Death

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Walt Whitman


"Whispers of Heavenly Death" is a short collection of poems within Walt Whitman's major work "Leaves of Grass".In these …

Poetry: A Magazine of Verse: Vol. 20, No. 6, Sep., 1922

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Various


Poetry: A Magazine of Verse was founded by poet and columnist Harriet Monroe in 1912. This journal is regarded as one of the major poetry jo…

Portugiesische Sonette, übertragen durch Hans Böhm

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Elizabeth Barrett Browning


Die Gedichte sind mehrfach ins Deutsche übertragen worden, stets in Sonettform. Aber ist es möglich, diese Form beizubehalten, ohn…