Bestsellers
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The Essential Neruda
- Selected Poems
- By: Pablo Neruda, Mark Eisner - editor and translator
- Narrated by: C. S. Verdád
- Length: 1 hr and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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More than 100 years after his birth, Pablo Neruda's poetry is as vital and beloved as ever....
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I love Neruda
- By heather on 08-06-18
By: Pablo Neruda, and others
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You Get So Alone at Times That It Just Makes Sense
- By: Charles Bukowski
- Narrated by: Stephen Mendel
- Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Charles Bukowski examines cats and his childhood in You Get So Alone at Times, a book of poetry that reveals his tender side. The iconic tortured artist/everyman delves into his youth to analyze its repercussions.
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How did they let this pass?
- By M. Wall on 11-22-24
By: Charles Bukowski
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You Are Here
- Poetry in the Natural World
- By: Ada Limon - editor introduction
- Narrated by: Kim Ramirez
- Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Ada Limon challenges what we think we know about "nature poetry," illuminating the myriad ways our landscapes—both literal and literary—are changing. You Are Here features fifty previously unpublished poems from some of the nation's most accomplished poets.
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Кобзар
- By: Тарас Шевченко
- Narrated by: Руслан Драпалюк
- Length: 15 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Кобзар — збірка поетичних творів геніального українського митця Тараса Григоровича Шевченка, що увібрала в собі найбільш видатні його вірші та поеми...
By: Тарас Шевченко
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You and Yours
- By: Naomi Shihab Nye
- Narrated by: Naomi Shihab Nye
- Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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A beloved, best-selling American poet with an international reputation celebrates the sacred in all things....
By: Naomi Shihab Nye
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Lord of the Butterflies
- By: Andrea Gibson
- Narrated by: Andrea Gibson
- Length: 1 hr and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Another masterful showcase from the poet whose writing and performances have captured the hearts of millions. With artful and nuanced looks at gender, romance, loss, and family, Lord of the Butterflies is a new peak in Gibson’s career....
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Raw & intimate
- By Ashley on 12-02-23
By: Andrea Gibson
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The Essential Neruda
- Selected Poems
- By: Pablo Neruda, Mark Eisner - editor and translator
- Narrated by: C. S. Verdád
- Length: 1 hr and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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More than 100 years after his birth, Pablo Neruda's poetry is as vital and beloved as ever....
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I love Neruda
- By heather on 08-06-18
By: Pablo Neruda, and others
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You Get So Alone at Times That It Just Makes Sense
- By: Charles Bukowski
- Narrated by: Stephen Mendel
- Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Charles Bukowski examines cats and his childhood in You Get So Alone at Times, a book of poetry that reveals his tender side. The iconic tortured artist/everyman delves into his youth to analyze its repercussions.
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How did they let this pass?
- By M. Wall on 11-22-24
By: Charles Bukowski
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You Are Here
- Poetry in the Natural World
- By: Ada Limon - editor introduction
- Narrated by: Kim Ramirez
- Length: 2 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Ada Limon challenges what we think we know about "nature poetry," illuminating the myriad ways our landscapes—both literal and literary—are changing. You Are Here features fifty previously unpublished poems from some of the nation's most accomplished poets.
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Кобзар
- By: Тарас Шевченко
- Narrated by: Руслан Драпалюк
- Length: 15 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Кобзар — збірка поетичних творів геніального українського митця Тараса Григоровича Шевченка, що увібрала в собі найбільш видатні його вірші та поеми...
By: Тарас Шевченко
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You and Yours
- By: Naomi Shihab Nye
- Narrated by: Naomi Shihab Nye
- Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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A beloved, best-selling American poet with an international reputation celebrates the sacred in all things....
By: Naomi Shihab Nye
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Lord of the Butterflies
- By: Andrea Gibson
- Narrated by: Andrea Gibson
- Length: 1 hr and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Another masterful showcase from the poet whose writing and performances have captured the hearts of millions. With artful and nuanced looks at gender, romance, loss, and family, Lord of the Butterflies is a new peak in Gibson’s career....
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Raw & intimate
- By Ashley on 12-02-23
By: Andrea Gibson
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Collected Poems 1947-1997
- By: Allen Ginsberg
- Narrated by: Greg D. Barnett
- Length: 28 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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This magnificent volume gathers the published verse of Allen Ginsberg in its entirety, a half-century of brilliant work from one of America's greatest poets.
By: Allen Ginsberg
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The Elk in the Glade
- The World of Pioneer and Painter Jennie Hicks
- By: Bruce Whitacre
- Narrated by: Richard Thomas
- Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
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Based on personal memories and family oral history, Whitacre’s debut collection of sixteen poems traces the life and legacy of a family matriarch, his paternal great-grandmother, Jennie Hicks.
By: Bruce Whitacre
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The Moon That Turns You Back
- Poems
- By: Hala Alyan
- Narrated by: Hala Alyan
- Length: 1 hr and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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A diaspora of memories runs through this poetry collection—a multiplicity of voices, bodies, and houses hold archival material for one another, tracing paths between Brooklyn, Beirut, and Jerusalem....
By: Hala Alyan
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New American Best Friend
- By: Olivia Gatwood
- Narrated by: Olivia Gatwood
- Length: 54 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the most recognizable young poets in America, Olivia Gatwood dazzles with her tribute to contemporary American womanhood in her debut book, New American Best Friend. Gatwood's poems deftly deconstruct traditional stereotypes....
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Amazing poetry, but the music
- By Keaira on 07-29-19
By: Olivia Gatwood
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The Weary Blues (AmazonClassics Edition)
- By: Langston Hughes
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Langston Hughes was only twenty-four when he published his debut collection of poetry, The Weary Blues. The poems included here blend vernacular speech and musical rhythms to offer a bracing perspective on the African American experience....
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Unheard poems and stories In
- By paralegal54 on 03-01-24
By: Langston Hughes
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Campos de Castilla [Fields of Castile]
- By: Antonio Machado
- Narrated by: Rafael Baena Zapatero
- Length: 2 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Campos de Castilla, publicado en 1912, es, probablemente, el libro más influyente de la poesía en español del siglo XX....
By: Antonio Machado
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Helen of Troy, 1993
- Poems
- By: Maria Zoccola
- Narrated by: Maria Zoccola
- Length: 1 hr and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Part myth retelling, part character study, this sharp, visceral debut poetry collection reimagines Helen of Troy from Homer’s Iliad as a disgruntled housewife in 1990s Tennessee.
By: Maria Zoccola
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Danger on Peaks
- By: Gary Snyder
- Narrated by: Gary Snyder
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Perhaps Snyder most personal, autobiographical collection, the audio begins with the young poet ascending Mt. St. Helens in 1945, a climb accidentally timed with the bombing of Hiroshima....
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Gary Snyder in a Lifetime, Unforgettable
- By Susie on 05-05-16
By: Gary Snyder
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The Keelie Hawk
- Poems in Scots
- By: Kathleen Jamie
- Narrated by: Kathleen Jamie
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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The Keelie Hawk is a landmark collection from Kathleen Jamie, the current Makar (National Poet) of Scotland. For the first time, Kathleen Jamie has brought her astonishing lyric talent to the language of her homeland, with outstanding results....
By: Kathleen Jamie
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Mezzanine
- Poems
- By: Zoe Hitzig
- Narrated by: Zoe Hitzig
- Length: 1 hr and 43 mins
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In her striking collection of poems, Zoë Hitzig investigates how we seek certitude, power, and domination over the natural world and one another. Hitzig brings a scientific rigor to her poetry, as well as a raucous energy....
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Zoe is feisty but fascinating.
- By Dan Garon on 06-05-22
By: Zoe Hitzig
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What I Learned from the Trees
- By: L. E. Bowman
- Narrated by: L. E. Bowman
- Length: 2 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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What I Learned from the Trees delves into the intricate relationship between humans and nature, and how these often overlooked, everyday interactions affect us as individuals, families, and communities....
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Not even sure how I came across this title!
- By victoria on 06-18-23
By: L. E. Bowman
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A Year of Last Things
- Poems
- By: Michael Ondaatje
- Narrated by: Michael Ondaatje
- Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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From one of the most influential writers of his generation, a gorgeously surprising poetry collection about memory, history, and the act of looking back....
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Mesmerizing !
- By Anonymous User on 04-08-24
By: Michael Ondaatje
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Spoon River Anthology
- By: Edgar Lee Masters
- Narrated by: Amanda Friday, Andy Harrington, Elizabeth Klett, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins
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Spoon River Anthology is a collection of poems that describe life - and death - in a small town. Each poem is a monologue delivered by a resident of Spoon River, describing events in their lives, and the circumstances that led to their occasionally untimely end....
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A People's History of Chicago
- By: Kevin Coval
- Narrated by: Kevin Coval, Jamila Woods
- Length: 2 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Writing in the tradition of Howard Zinn, Kevin Coval’s A People’s History of Chicago celebrates the history of this great American city from the perspective of those on the margins, whose stories often go untold....
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Better in Print
- By Katie Rosewicz on 10-04-22
By: Kevin Coval
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Judas Goat
- Poems
- By: Gabrielle Bates
- Narrated by: Gabrielle Bates
- Length: 1 hr and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Gabrielle Bates's electric debut collection Judas Goat plumbs the depths of intimate relationships....
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Unforgettable Images…and more
- By EB on 02-04-23
By: Gabrielle Bates
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A Country of Strangers
- New and Selected Poems
- By: D. Nurkse
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 4 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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In an illuminating collection of selected poems over thirty-five years, one of our most essential American poets casts a clear eye on our politics, our places, and our heart’s hidden stories.
By: D. Nurkse
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Fever of Unknown Origin
- Poems
- By: Campbell McGrath
- Narrated by: Campbell McGrath
- Length: 1 hr and 54 mins
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Fever of Unknown Origin opens at a remote crossroads, where the speaker considers the intersection of history, beauty, and destruction: “the past / is paper / and the present, a match . . .” What follows is an urgent tour of landscapes....
By: Campbell McGrath
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Mexico City Blues
- By: Jack Kerouac
- Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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From the renowned Beat writer Jack Kerouac comes this important work of lyric verse, one of his most formally inventive books.
By: Jack Kerouac
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The Poetry of Strangers
- What I Learned Traveling America with a Typewriter
- By: Brian Sonia-Wallace
- Narrated by: Graham Halstead
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
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Before he became an award-winning writer and poet, Brian Sonia-Wallace set up a typewriter on the street with a sign that said “Poetry Store” and discovered something surprising: all over America, people want poems....
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A must listen to for poetry lovers.
- By Lloyd Richardson on 07-01-20
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Les Fleurs du Mal [The Flowers of Evil]
- By: Charles Baudelaire
- Narrated by: Jerome Fonlupt
- Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Publié en 1857, Les Fleurs du mal de Charles Baudelaire, est un recueil de poèmes qui explore les thèmes de la beauté, du mal, de la mélancolie, et de la révolte.
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Light for the World to See
- A Thousand Words on Race and Hope
- By: Kwame Alexander
- Narrated by: Kwame Alexander
- Length: 13 mins
- Unabridged
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From NPR correspondent and New York Times bestselling author, Kwame Alexander, comes a powerful and provocative collection of poems that cut to the heart of the entrenched racism and oppression in America and eloquently explores ongoing events....
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Powerful
- By SH on 11-04-23
By: Kwame Alexander
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Birthright
- By: George Abraham
- Narrated by: George Abraham
- Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
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Through poems of immense emotion, and the use of alluring form, Abraham crafts work that examines what we come to own by existing....
By: George Abraham
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Fifty Shades of October
- By: W B Yeats, William Wordsworth, Lucy Hamilton Hooper, and others
- Narrated by: Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe, Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
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The tenth month of the Gregorian calendar in now upon us and the land prepares to give us more of its colorful coverings as a landscape of thrilling promise and gorgeous colour provides a sumptuous feast as only nature can.
By: W B Yeats, and others
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The Collection Plate
- Poems
- By: Kendra Allen
- Narrated by: Kendra Allen
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
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A deeply wrought and joyful debut poetry collection from an exciting new voice....
By: Kendra Allen