Bestsellers
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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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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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Birthright
- By: George Abraham
- Narrated by: George Abraham
- Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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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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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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Crashing Waves
- Meditations to Set Yourself Free
- By: Jenna Rose
- Narrated by: Jenna Rose
- Length: 1 hr and 44 mins
- Original Recording
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Crashing Waves is a companion through the highs and lows of being human. The thread that ties our human body to our infinite soul. The meeting point of the timed and the timeless....
By: Jenna Rose
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Modigliani and Nefertiti
- The Wheel of Life!
- By: Iliyan Yurukov
- Narrated by: Leah Frederick
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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The reconstruction and comparison of the model’s forms in the portrait and face image, in connection with new discoveries in science and archaeology, has aroused some interest in the funeral cult and its supernatural techniques. Continuum, plastic, and graphics of African art....
By: Iliyan Yurukov
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The Weary Blues (AmazonClassics Edition)
- By: Langston Hughes
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Story
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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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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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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Birthright
- By: George Abraham
- Narrated by: George Abraham
- Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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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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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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Crashing Waves
- Meditations to Set Yourself Free
- By: Jenna Rose
- Narrated by: Jenna Rose
- Length: 1 hr and 44 mins
- Original Recording
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Crashing Waves is a companion through the highs and lows of being human. The thread that ties our human body to our infinite soul. The meeting point of the timed and the timeless....
By: Jenna Rose
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Modigliani and Nefertiti
- The Wheel of Life!
- By: Iliyan Yurukov
- Narrated by: Leah Frederick
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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The reconstruction and comparison of the model’s forms in the portrait and face image, in connection with new discoveries in science and archaeology, has aroused some interest in the funeral cult and its supernatural techniques. Continuum, plastic, and graphics of African art....
By: Iliyan Yurukov
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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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Danger on Peaks
- By: Gary Snyder
- Narrated by: Gary Snyder
- Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
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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 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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What I Learned from the Trees
- By: L. E. Bowman
- Narrated by: L. E. Bowman
- Length: 2 hrs and 1 min
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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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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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How to Maintain Eye Contact
- By: Robert Wood Lynn
- Narrated by: Robert Wood Lynn
- Length: 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Set in three sections, Robert Wood Lynn explores interior uncertainty, interpersonal uncertainty and uncertainty at a larger scale....
By: Robert Wood Lynn
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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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woke up no light
- poems
- By: Leila Mottley
- Narrated by: Leila Mottley
- Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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A poignant, rousing debut book of poetry, full of life, from the former Youth Poet Laureate of Oakland, California.
By: Leila Mottley
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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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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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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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Woman, Eat Me Whole
- Poems
- By: Ama Asantewa Diaka
- Narrated by: Ama Asantewa Diaka
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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A bold, mesmerizing debut collection exploring womanhood, the body, mental illness, and what it means to move between cultures....
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Judas Goat
- Poems
- By: Gabrielle Bates
- Narrated by: Gabrielle Bates
- Length: 1 hr and 44 mins
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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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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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Selected Poems
- By: Ai Qing, Robert Dorsett - translator, Ai Weiwei - foreword
- Narrated by: David Shih, Nancy Wu, Robert Dorsett
- Length: 1 hr and 47 mins
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A timeless, visionary collection of poems from one of China’s most acclaimed poets - now available in English for the first time in a generation and featuring a foreword by his son, contemporary artist and activist Ai Weiwei....
By: Ai Qing, and others
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Бояриня
- By: Леся Українка
- Narrated by: Меланія
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Леся Українка (Лариса Петрівна Косач) — українська письменниця, перекладач, культурний діяч. Писала у жанрі поезії, лірики, епосу, драми, прозі...
By: Леся Українка
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DKMH
- Poems
- By: Dacre Montgomery
- Narrated by: Dacre Montgomery
- Length: 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Since its release as a small mixed-media podcast, DKMH has topped charts all over the internet. Written and produced by Stranger Things star Dacre Montgomery, this exciting debut collection of poetry and prose is an analysis of ego, love, anger, and anxiety....
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Beautiful
- By BeachShark on 04-04-24
By: Dacre Montgomery
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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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The Twilight of the Sioux
- A Cycle of the West II
- By: John G. Neihardt
- Narrated by: Robin Neihardt
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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The magnificence and tragedy of the Old West is here, as told by the brilliant epic poet John G. Neihardt: the courage of the settlers in the American West, the valiant resistance by the Native peoples who called it home.
By: John G. Neihardt
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Vinegar Hill
- Poems
- By: Colm Tóibín
- Narrated by: Colm Tóibín
- Length: 1 hr and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Fans of Colm Tóibín’s novels, including The Magician, The Master, and Nora Webster, will relish the opportunity to re-encounter Tóibín in verse. Vinegar Hill explores the liminal space between private experiences and public events....
By: Colm Tóibín
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Golden Ax
- Penguin Poets
- By: Rio Cortez
- Narrated by: Rio Cortez
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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From a visionary writer praised for her captivating work on Black history and experience, comes a poetry collection exploring personal, political, and artistic frontiers, journeying from her family's history as "Afropioneers" in the American West....
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Absolutely wonderful!
- By ML on 09-27-22
By: Rio Cortez
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أنتِ أبهى [You Are the Most Beautiful]
- By: محمد الأمين محمد الهادي
- Narrated by: أحمد اسماعيل
- Length: 1 hr and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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في ديوان "أنتِ أبهى"، يقدم لنا الشاعر متاهات الحب والشوق من خلال 43 قصيدة تراوحت بين القصيرة والطويلة، كلها تغزل بالمحبوبة التي سكنت قلبه وفكره.
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The Bluebirds of Black Lake
- By: AC Calloway
- Narrated by: Andrew B. Wehrlen
- Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Every word leads to an adventure you are eager to take over again. A warm blanket of heartfelt passages and lively, sparkling stories. Calloway speaks to the love and respect of nature, to the heart of devotion and the enthusiasm of life....
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Incredibly Beautiful!
- By Anonymous User on 01-12-24
By: AC Calloway
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Ewaso Village
- Poems and Stories from Laikipia County, Kenya
- By: Chip Duncan
- Narrated by: Chip Duncan
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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The Maasai people of East Africa comprise one of the most intriguing and resourceful cultures on earth. In Ewaso Village, Duncan tells the story of a small community of Maasai and Samburu people in Laikipia County, Kenya....
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An elevated experience
- By Amazon Customer on 09-09-22
By: Chip Duncan
New releases
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The Frozen Earth & Other Poems
- Poems from the author of South Riding
- By: Winifred Holtby
- Narrated by: David Shaw-Parker
- Length: 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Winifred Holtby was born on 23rd June 1898 to a prosperous farming family in the village of Rudston in Yorkshire. Her early novels met with only moderate success but as a journalist she was both prolific and increasingly well-known. Her articles graced more than 20 newspapers and magazines, including the Manchester Guardian newspaper.
By: Winifred Holtby
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The Twilight of the Sioux
- A Cycle of the West II
- By: John G. Neihardt
- Narrated by: Robin Neihardt
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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The magnificence and tragedy of the Old West is here, as told by the brilliant epic poet John G. Neihardt: the courage of the settlers in the American West, the valiant resistance by the Native peoples who called it home. The legendary warriors Crazy horse, Red Cloud, and sitting Bull ride forth again, the ghost dance is performed once more; The 7th cavalry is annihilated at the Little Bighorn only to rise again and participate in a horrific massacre at Wounded Knee.
By: John G. Neihardt
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Reflections
- By: Mallory Rowse
- Narrated by: Cherry McIntosh
- Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Creativity is the mark of poetry as it sings our senses in appreciation and realizes another perspective to what surrounds us. Another poem, another realm of understanding. Poetry affords one to a taste of strength of suggestion that whets the palate very differently to the manner in which a fictional or non-fictional novel cannot achieve. Enjoy your journey through this book as your listening material companion.
By: Mallory Rowse
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Heartbreak Agony & Pain: Poetry and Prose
- Love & Heartbreak Poems, Book 2
- By: D. R. Nguyen
- Narrated by: D. R. Nguyen
- Length: 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Heartbreak Agony & Pain is a collection of poetry and prose that takes the listener on an odyssey of heartache, grief, agony, and pain coping with the aftermath of a breakup.
By: D. R. Nguyen
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Poems for Your Passport
- Poems of International Adventure
- By: Aaron Basko
- Narrated by: Aaron Basko
- Length: 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Poems for Your Passport is the perfect travel companion for your next adventure! Filled with cultural insights and surprises, this book of poems from international journeys around the globe will open your eyes and prepare your mind to fully absorb and appreciate your next trip. This travel book is the perfect gift for friends and family headed off for that long-awaited trip, providing inspiration, insight and entertainment, whether you are waiting in an airport, sitting at a corner cafe, or backpacking off the beaten track.
By: Aaron Basko
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woke up no light
- poems
- By: Leila Mottley
- Narrated by: Leila Mottley
- Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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woke up no light is a Black girl’s saunter turned to a woman’s defiant strut. These are the hymns of a new generation of poetry. Young, alive, yearning. A mouth swung open and ready to devour. A quest for home in a world that knows only wasteland and wanting.
By: Leila Mottley
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The Frozen Earth & Other Poems
- Poems from the author of South Riding
- By: Winifred Holtby
- Narrated by: David Shaw-Parker
- Length: 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Winifred Holtby was born on 23rd June 1898 to a prosperous farming family in the village of Rudston in Yorkshire. Her early novels met with only moderate success but as a journalist she was both prolific and increasingly well-known. Her articles graced more than 20 newspapers and magazines, including the Manchester Guardian newspaper.
By: Winifred Holtby
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The Twilight of the Sioux
- A Cycle of the West II
- By: John G. Neihardt
- Narrated by: Robin Neihardt
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
The magnificence and tragedy of the Old West is here, as told by the brilliant epic poet John G. Neihardt: the courage of the settlers in the American West, the valiant resistance by the Native peoples who called it home. The legendary warriors Crazy horse, Red Cloud, and sitting Bull ride forth again, the ghost dance is performed once more; The 7th cavalry is annihilated at the Little Bighorn only to rise again and participate in a horrific massacre at Wounded Knee.
By: John G. Neihardt
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Reflections
- By: Mallory Rowse
- Narrated by: Cherry McIntosh
- Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Creativity is the mark of poetry as it sings our senses in appreciation and realizes another perspective to what surrounds us. Another poem, another realm of understanding. Poetry affords one to a taste of strength of suggestion that whets the palate very differently to the manner in which a fictional or non-fictional novel cannot achieve. Enjoy your journey through this book as your listening material companion.
By: Mallory Rowse
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Heartbreak Agony & Pain: Poetry and Prose
- Love & Heartbreak Poems, Book 2
- By: D. R. Nguyen
- Narrated by: D. R. Nguyen
- Length: 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Heartbreak Agony & Pain is a collection of poetry and prose that takes the listener on an odyssey of heartache, grief, agony, and pain coping with the aftermath of a breakup.
By: D. R. Nguyen
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Poems for Your Passport
- Poems of International Adventure
- By: Aaron Basko
- Narrated by: Aaron Basko
- Length: 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Poems for Your Passport is the perfect travel companion for your next adventure! Filled with cultural insights and surprises, this book of poems from international journeys around the globe will open your eyes and prepare your mind to fully absorb and appreciate your next trip. This travel book is the perfect gift for friends and family headed off for that long-awaited trip, providing inspiration, insight and entertainment, whether you are waiting in an airport, sitting at a corner cafe, or backpacking off the beaten track.
By: Aaron Basko
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woke up no light
- poems
- By: Leila Mottley
- Narrated by: Leila Mottley
- Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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woke up no light is a Black girl’s saunter turned to a woman’s defiant strut. These are the hymns of a new generation of poetry. Young, alive, yearning. A mouth swung open and ready to devour. A quest for home in a world that knows only wasteland and wanting.
By: Leila Mottley
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Through Old Eyes
- Poems by Uncle Wes Marne
- By: Uncle Wes Marne
- Narrated by: Uncle Wes Marne
- Length: 1 hr and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Published to commemorate the author’s 100th birthday, this wide-ranging and thoughtful collection reflects on history, colonisation, family, childhood, Aboriginal Dreaming, traditions and storytelling, working lives and people. Sometimes wistful, melancholic, poignant, at times the author’s wry sense of fun and humour shines through. When he arrived in Sydney in the 1960s, Bigambul man, Uncle Wes, was not allowed to tell his stories at schools.
By: Uncle Wes Marne
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Bizarrest Blunts
- By: Jamie Aldridge
- Narrated by: Jamie Nichole Aldridge
- Length: 1 hr and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Bizarrest Blunts is the final installment of Jamie Nichole’s poetry trilogy centered on uninhibited self-expression. There will be no way down from here. Listeners will find bizarre thinking at the highest of levels when listening to of Bizarrest Blunts. These pieces of poetry sizzle with risk taking.
By: Jamie Aldridge
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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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A Year of Last Things
- By: Michael Ondaatje
- Narrated by: Michael Ondaatje
- Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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With A Year of Last Things, acclaimed novelist Michael Ondaatje returns to poetry, where he began his career over fifty years ago, and what a return it is. Born in Sri Lanka during the Second World War, Ondaatje was sent as a child to school in London, and later moved to Canada. While he has lived here since, these poems reflect the life of a writer, traveller and watcher of the world – describing himself as a “mongrel,” someone born out of diverse cultures.
By: Michael Ondaatje
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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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Following several of his internationally acclaimed, beloved novels, A Year of Last Things is Michael Ondaatje’s long-awaited return to poetry. In pieces that are sometimes wittily funny, moving, and always wise, we journey back through time by way of alchemical leaps, unearthing writings by revered masters, moments of shared tenderness, and abandoned landscapes we hold onto to rediscover the influence of every border crossed.
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Mesmerizing !
- By Anonymous User on 04-08-24
By: Michael Ondaatje
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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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Born in Sri Lanka during the Second World War, Ondaatje was sent as a child to school in London, and later moved to Canada. While he has lived here since, these poems reflect the life of a writer, traveller and watcher of the world—describing himself as a “mongrel,” someone born out of diverse cultures. Here, rediscovering the influence of every border crossed, he moves back and forth in time.
By: Michael Ondaatje