Poetry Audiobooks in Literature

Modern Russian Poetry: An Anthology

"This volume...aims to present the lyrical poetry of Russian for the last hundred years by a selection of poems translated by the editors...The principle of selection was, so far as might be, aesthetic. Poems were chosen less for their representative quality than for their immediate worth, and of course, their ability to stand the test of translation. Represented authors are: Alexander Pushkin, Yevgeny Baratynsky, Alexey Koltzov, Mikhail Lermontov, Fyodor Tyuchev, Nikolai Nerasov, Alexy K. Tolstoy, Apollon Maikov, Afanasy Shenshin-Foeth, Yakov Polonsky, Vladimir Solovyov, N. Minsky, Dmitry Merezhanovsky, Fyodor Sologub, Zinaida Hippius, Konstantin Balmont, Valery Brusov, Ivan Bunin, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Yuris Balthrushaitis, Maximillian Voloshin, Mikhail Kuzmin, Georgy Chulkov, Alexander Blok, Andrey Bely, Vasily Bashkin, Sergey Gorodetzky, Anna Akhmatova, Igor Severyanin, Nikolai Kluyev, Lubov Stolitza, Sergei Yesenin, Z. Shishova, Piotr Oreshin, and Anatoly Marienhov. (Summary by Kevin Davidson, and the editors)"

Various Authors (Author), Kevin W. Davidson (Narrator)

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Homeric Hymns, Epigrams, and The Battle of Frogs and Mice

"Homeric Hymns are thirty-three poems each paying homage to a certain Greek god. Only a few of the poems are more than 250 lines while the rest are about a dozen lines each. They are written in Homeric style and traditionally attributed to Homer but their true provenance is unknown. The Epigrams are a series of fragments on disparate topics including sailors, children and potters and are similarly attributed to Homer although it appears Hesiod and others wrote some of them. Finally, Battle of Frogs and Mice is a light-weight parody -- literally, at one-fiftieth the number of lines -- of Homer's famous battle of Greeks and Trojans epic, Illiad. - Summary by Arthur Krolman"

Homer (Author), Arthur Krolman (Narrator)

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Selections from The Army and Navy Hymnal, Volume 2

"This collection was a joint effort by the chaplains of the US Army and the Navy to meet the needs of divine services conducted in the Army and Navy, and for, in the compilers' words, "the upbuilding of patriotic citizenship." These 20 hymns from the book were selected by the singers. (Summary by Kevin Davidson)"

Various Authors (Author), LibriVox Volunteers (Narrator)

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Short Poetry Collection 143

"This is a collection of 29 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for April 2015."

Various Authors (Author), LibriVox Volunteers (Narrator)

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Selections from The Army and Navy Hymnal, Volume 1

"This collection was a joint effort by the chaplains of the US Army and the Navy to meet the needs of divine services conducted in the Army and Navy, and for, in the compilers' words, "the upbuilding up patriotic citizenship." These 20 hymns from the book were selected by the singers. (Summary by Kevin Davidson) "Fairest Lord Jesus" sung by Kimberly Krause and TriciaG "Safe in the Arms of Jesus" sung by by Dulcimergirl and Kimberly Krause"

Various Authors (Author), LibriVox Volunteers (Narrator)

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Many Voices (selection from)

"E. Nesbit (Edith Bland) was a prodigious 19th century children's writer who produced over 60 books of fiction for children. This book of poems has many elements which would appeal to children but there's also some exploration of her feelings of love, lust and longing which your average 10 year old would find downright yucky. There are also moments of joy, moments of sugary sweetness and moments of sharp insight in this collection which contains views from many angles. Recurring themes of love, death, gardens and fairies give us a fine insight into the lively imagination of E. Nesbit. (Summary by Jim Mowatt.)"

Edith Nesbit (Author), LibriVox Volunteers (Narrator)

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"Poetry collection "The Stone" (1916). Some poems in this early volume vary from the later versions loved by many readers. (M. Chulsky)"

Osip Mandelstam (Author), Mark Chulsky (Narrator)

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Multilingual Poetry Collection 010

"In LibriVox's Multilingual Poetry Collection, LibriVox volunteers read their favourite public-domain poems in languages other than English (or in specific regional accents in English). (Summary by David Barnes)."

Various Authors (Author), LibriVox Volunteers (Narrator)

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The Giaour

""The Giaour" is a poem by Lord Byron first published in 1813 and the first in the series of his Oriental romances. "The Giaour" proved to be a great success when published, consolidating Byron's reputation critically and commercially. (Summary by Wikipedia)"

Lord Byron George Gordon (Author), Grant Hurlock (Narrator)

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The Wild Swans at Coole

"The Wild Swans at Coole is a collection of poems by William Butler Yeats, first published in 1917. It is also the name of a poem in that collection. The Wild Swans at Coole is in the "middle stage" of Yeats' writing and is concerned with, amongst other themes, Irish nationalism and the creation of an Irish aesthetic. (Summary by Wikipedia)"

William Butler Yeats (Author), Nicole Lee (Narrator)

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Short Poetry Collection 144

"This is a collection of 31 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for May 2015."

Various Authors (Author), LibriVox Volunteers (Narrator)

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Short Poetry Collection 118

"This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for March 2013."

Various Authors (Author), LibriVox Volunteers (Narrator)

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