Poetry

Bible (WEB) 19: Psalms - Selections

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World English Bible


To celebrate Easter, LibriVox volunteers bring you nine different recordings of various psalms from the World English Bible. This was the w…

The Lusiads

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Luís Vaz de Camões


The Lusiads (Os Lusíadas) is a Portuguese epic poem, written in the 16th century by Luis Vaz de Camões. The poem tells the tal…

The Ramayan, Book 6

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Valmiki


The Ramayan is an ancient Sanskrit epic. It is attributed to the Hindu sage Valmiki and forms an important part of the Hindu canon (smṛti). …

From The Temple

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George Herbert


George Herbert was a country minister and a protégé of the great metaphysical poet John Donne. In From The Temple, Herbert com…

Cathay

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Ezra Pound


The Cathay poems appeared in a slim volume in 1915. They are, in effect, Ezra Pound’s English translations/interpretations from notebooks wr…

Romantic Poetry Collection 001

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Various


A collection of romantic poems for St Valentine's day.

The Vagabond

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Robert Louis Stevenson


LibriVox volunteers bring you 22 recordings of The Vagabond by Robert Louis Stevenson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 22, 20…

小倉百人一首 (Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)

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Teika No Fujiwara


Hyakunin isshu (百人一首) is a traditional style of compiling Japanese waka poetry where each contributor writes one poem for the anthology.(Sum…

To Autumn

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John Keats


LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of To Autumn by John Keats. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for November 21st, 2010.To Au…

Symphony in Yellow

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Oscar Wilde


LibriVox volunteers bring you 21 recordings of Symphony in Yellow by Oscar Wilde. This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 18, 2012.Osca…

Chamber Music

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James Joyce


Chamber Music is a collection of poems by James Joyce, first published in May of 1907. The collection originally comprised thirty-four love …

The Sleeper

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Edgar Allan Poe


Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his ta…

20 Poemas Para Ser Leídos En El Tranvía

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Oliverio Girondo


Después de viajar por España, Francia, Italia, el norte de África y Brasil, Oliverio Giraldo escribió "20 p…

North of Boston

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Robert Frost


One of the first collections of poetry by Robert Frost, published in 1914.(Summary written by Gesine)Contents (with beginning time):Part 1Me…

Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins

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Robert Bridges


Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–89) was an English poet, educated at Oxford. Entering the Roman Catholic Church in 1866 and the Jesuit novitiate…

Jazz Fantasia

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Carl Sandburg


As our weekly poem of 30-July-2006, “Jazz Fantasia” was a special challenge because it isn’t just about jazz, it IS jazz. The rhythm is cent…

If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking

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Emily Dickinson


LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking by Emily Dickinson. This was the Weekly Poetry project …

The Garden of Love

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William Blake


William Blake was an English poet, painter and printmaker. Largely unrecognized during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figur…

Robert Burns 250th Anniversary

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Various


Robert Burns, the national bard (poet) of Scotland was born on the 25th January, 1759. Scotland and all Burns fans the world over, including…

The Watchman and Other Poems

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Lucy Maud Montgomery


While L. M. Montgomery is better known for her novels, such as Anne of Green Gables and Emily of New Moon, she also wrote hundreds of poems.…

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