Poetry
Struwwelpeter (version 2)
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Heinrich Hoffmann
Struwwelpeter (Slovenly Peter) is an illustrated collection of humorous children’s poems describing ludicrous and usually violent punishment…
An Ode
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Táhirih
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of An Ode by Táhirih (Fátimih Baraghání) (1814/1817 – 1852), Transla…
A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea
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Allan Cunningham
LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 recordings of A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea by Allan Cunningham. This was the Weekly Poetry project for Mar…
Will ye go to the Indies, my Mary?
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Robert Burns
A LibriVox' Weekly Poetry tribute to Robbie Burns on the upcoming Robbie Burns Day. (January 25)Robert Burns (also known as Robbie Burns, Ra…
Love Songs
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Sara Teasdale
"Sara Teasdale sings about love better than any other contemporary American poet."—'The Boston Transcript', 1918.As the title alre…
In the Days When the World Was Wide, and Other Verses
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Henry Lawson
This is a volume of poetry by Henry Lawson, the well-known Australian poet. Some of the poems in this collection are still widely taught in …
The Life and Adventures of Chanticleer, the intelligent Rooster. An interesting Story in Verse for Children
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Unknowntranslated Bylouise Pollock, Translated Bylouise Pollock and Unknowntranslated By Louise Pollock
This is, as the title already describes, the rhymed story of Chanticleer the Rooster, and his adventures. Follow the bird through his youth …
Sestinas
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Various
The sestina has enjoyed intermittent popularity in English writing and translation since the sixteenth century, and this selection highlight…
A Drinking Song
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William Butler Yeats
LibriVox volunteers offer you 12 different recordings of A Drinking Song from The Green Helmet and Other Poems (1912) by William Butler Yeat…
The Lie (version 2)
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Sir Walter Raleigh
LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of "The Lie" by Sir Walter Raleigh. This was the fortnightly poem for the period begin…
Delight in Disorder
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Robert Herrick
Robert Herrick (baptised 24 August 1591 – buried 15 October 1674[1]) was a 17th-century English lyric poet and cleric. He is best known for …
Wheels - The First Cycle
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Nancy Cunard, Arnold James, Victor Tait Perowne, Helen Rootham, Edith Sitwell, Sacheverell Sitwell, Osbert Sitwell, Edward Wyndham Tennant, Iris Tree and Henry James
A series of six volumes of Wheels anthologies was produced by members of the Sitwell family, the first in 1916. Apart from Edith, Osbert and…
Short Poetry Collection 196
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Various
This is a collection of 54 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for September 2019.
Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight
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Vachel Lindsay
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 different recordings of Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight by Vachel Lindsay. This was the weekly poetry proj…
Short Poetry Collection 070
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Various
This is a collection of poems for the month of August 2008.
Short Poetry Collection 083
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Various
This is a collection of poems submitted by LibriVox volunteers for the months of September and October 2009.
To...As when with downcast eyes
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson
LibriVox volunteers bring you 10 recordings of To...As when with downcast eyes by Alfred Lord Tennyson. This was the Weekly Poetry project f…
Short Poetry Collection 106
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G. K. Chesterton
This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for March 2012.
Poems of Pleasure
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
This is another volume in Ella Wheeler Wilcox's famous series of poetry. This volume bears the topic "pleasure". - Summary by Car…
A Poetical Cook-Book
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Maria J. Moss
This is an interesting mix of recipes and poetry about cookery and food. The author has written this book during and in the aftermath of the…