Bestsellers
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Poetry Unbound
- 50 Poems to Open Your World
- By: Pádraig Ó Tuama
- Narrated by: Pádraig Ó Tuama
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
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In the tumult of our contemporary moment, poetry has emerged as an inviting, consoling outlet with a unique power to move and connect us, to inspire fury, tears, joy, laughter, and surprise....
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Praise to Pádraig O Tuama
- By Marilyn Hargrove on 02-01-23
By: Pádraig Ó Tuama
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Invisible Strings
- 113 Poets Respond to the Songs of Taylor Swift
- By: Kristie Frederick Daugherty
- Narrated by: Candace Fitzgerald, Dominique Salvacion, Kristie Frederick Daughtery, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
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In Invisible Strings, poet, professor, and dedicated Swiftie Kristie Frederick Daugherty has brought together 113 contemporary poets, each contributing an original poem that responds to a specific Taylor Swift song.
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101 Famous Poems
- By: Roy J. Cook
- Narrated by: Adam Douglas
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
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101 Famous Poems, compiled by Roy J. Cook and first published in 1916, is a collection of one familiar poem each by the best-known poets in the English language....
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Pfound literature of 18th century
- By Keyvan Samini on 08-04-23
By: Roy J. Cook
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Bedtime Stories for Stressed Out Adults
- DESIGNED TO CALM YOUR MIND FOR A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP
- By: Various, Lucy Mangan
- Narrated by: Joan Walker, Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 7 hrs
- Unabridged
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Tales to soothe tired souls. A nighttime companion for frazzled adults, including calming stories and poems for a good night's sleep....
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Bedtime Stories
- By Carl L. on 12-18-22
By: Various, and others
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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
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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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Judi Dench and Michael Williams: With Great Pleasure
- By: Sylvia Plath, Dylan Thomas, Charlotte Mitchell, and others
- Narrated by: Judi Dench, Michael Williams
- Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins
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Two archive BBC Radio programmes in which Judi Dench and Michael Williams, accompanied by friends John Moffatt and Alec McCowen, read a cornucopia of poetry and prose....
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Beautiful performances but disappointing content
- By Anonymous User on 08-12-18
By: Sylvia Plath, and others
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Poetry Unbound
- 50 Poems to Open Your World
- By: Pádraig Ó Tuama
- Narrated by: Pádraig Ó Tuama
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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In the tumult of our contemporary moment, poetry has emerged as an inviting, consoling outlet with a unique power to move and connect us, to inspire fury, tears, joy, laughter, and surprise....
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Praise to Pádraig O Tuama
- By Marilyn Hargrove on 02-01-23
By: Pádraig Ó Tuama
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Invisible Strings
- 113 Poets Respond to the Songs of Taylor Swift
- By: Kristie Frederick Daugherty
- Narrated by: Candace Fitzgerald, Dominique Salvacion, Kristie Frederick Daughtery, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
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In Invisible Strings, poet, professor, and dedicated Swiftie Kristie Frederick Daugherty has brought together 113 contemporary poets, each contributing an original poem that responds to a specific Taylor Swift song.
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101 Famous Poems
- By: Roy J. Cook
- Narrated by: Adam Douglas
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
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101 Famous Poems, compiled by Roy J. Cook and first published in 1916, is a collection of one familiar poem each by the best-known poets in the English language....
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Pfound literature of 18th century
- By Keyvan Samini on 08-04-23
By: Roy J. Cook
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Bedtime Stories for Stressed Out Adults
- DESIGNED TO CALM YOUR MIND FOR A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP
- By: Various, Lucy Mangan
- Narrated by: Joan Walker, Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 7 hrs
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Tales to soothe tired souls. A nighttime companion for frazzled adults, including calming stories and poems for a good night's sleep....
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Bedtime Stories
- By Carl L. on 12-18-22
By: Various, and others
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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
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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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Judi Dench and Michael Williams: With Great Pleasure
- By: Sylvia Plath, Dylan Thomas, Charlotte Mitchell, and others
- Narrated by: Judi Dench, Michael Williams
- Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins
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Two archive BBC Radio programmes in which Judi Dench and Michael Williams, accompanied by friends John Moffatt and Alec McCowen, read a cornucopia of poetry and prose....
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Beautiful performances but disappointing content
- By Anonymous User on 08-12-18
By: Sylvia Plath, and others
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The Classic Hundred Poems
- By: William Shakespeare, William Wordsworth, W.B. Yeats, and others
- Narrated by: Alfred Corn, Rita Dove
- Length: 6 hrs and 1 min
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Adopting the methodology of the music charts, The Classic Hundred Poems presents the "top 100" poems of all time...
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A great selection of poetry
- By Anonymous User on 07-13-04
By: William Shakespeare, and others
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A Little History of Poetry
- By: John Carey
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
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If music is sound organized in a particular way, poetry is a way of organizing language. It is language made special so that it will be remembered and valued. This little history is about some....
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Interesting details, great historical context, disappointingly Eurocentric
- By Casey on 08-11-21
By: John Carey
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The Prelude
- Growth of a Poet's Mind: An Autobiographical Poem
- By: William Wordsworth
- Narrated by: Nicholas Farrell
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
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Wordsworth's The Prelude is the consummation of his achievement as the great founder of English romanticism....
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Great Poem
- By JCW on 12-30-16
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How to Think Like a Poet: The Poets That Made Our World and Why We Need Them
- How to Think Series
- By: Dai George
- Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
- Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
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An entertaining guide to history's most influential and inspiring poets – from Homer and Sappho to Shakespeare and Frank O'Hara – and how they can teach us to better understand the world around us.
By: Dai George
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James Joyce
- Revised Edition
- By: Richard Ellman
- Narrated by: John Keating
- Length: 37 hrs and 48 mins
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Richard Ellmann has revised and expanded his definitive work on Joyce's life to include newly discovered primary material....
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Not Unabridged, Strictly Speaking
- By Charles B on 07-24-17
By: Richard Ellman
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Black Girl Magic
- The BreakBeat Poets, Volume 2
- By: Mahogany L. Browne - editor, Idrissa Simmonds - editor, Jamila Woods - editor
- Narrated by: Janina Edwards, Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Mahogany L. Browne
- Length: 4 hrs and 33 mins
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Black Girl Magic continues and deepens the work of the first BreakBeat Poets anthology by focusing on some of the most exciting Black women writing today....
By: Mahogany L. Browne - editor, and others
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The Waste Land & Four Quartets
- By: T. S. Eliot
- Narrated by: Paul Scofield
- Length: 1 hr and 34 mins
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These are masterly readings, by renowned thespian Paul Schofield, of two substantial works of poetry by T.S. Eliot....
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Help -- I can't stop listening to this
- By Louis on 05-19-10
By: T. S. Eliot
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Falstaff
- Give Me Life
- By: Harold Bloom
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
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Falstaff is both a comic and tragic central protagonist in Shakespeare's three Henry plays. Award-winning author and esteemed professor Harold Bloom examines Falstaff with the deepest compassion and sympathy and also with unerring wisdom....
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Falstaff brooks no rebuttal.
- By Darwin8u on 02-06-20
By: Harold Bloom
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Home
- By: Uvi Poznansky, Zeev Kachel
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 2 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Home. A simple word; a loaded one. You can say it in a whisper; you can say it in a cry. Expressed in the voices of father and daughter, you can ...
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Very eclectic writings!
- By Susan Patterson on 12-13-24
By: Uvi Poznansky, and others
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She Walks in Beauty
- A Woman's Journey Through Poems
- By: Adrienne Rich, Pablo Neruda, Elizabeth Bishop, and others
- Narrated by: John Bedford Lloyd, Campbell Scott, Jane Alexander, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins
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In She Walks in Beauty, Caroline Kennedy has once again marshaled the gifts of our greatest poets to pay a very personal tribute to the human experience....
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Still struggling with poetry
- By Beatrice on 01-30-12
By: Adrienne Rich, and others
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This Is the Honey
- An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets
- By: Kwame Alexander
- Narrated by: Mahogany L. Brown, Joel Damany Steingold
- Length: 4 hrs and 12 mins
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In this comprehensive and vibrant poetry anthology, bestselling author and poet Kwame Alexander curates a collection of contemporary anthems at turns tender and piercing and deeply inspiring throughout....
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This spoke to me.
- By Kimberlee Johnson on 07-12-24
By: Kwame Alexander
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Weird Tales: Issue 365
- Weird Tales
- By: Heather Graham, Alma Katsu, Maurice Broaddus, and others
- Narrated by: Pat Grimes, Sue Dessner, Qarie Marshall, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
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Featuring all-new tales of dark fantasy, cosmic horror, supernatural revenge, and the sorcery of terror from masters of the craft, this issue includes stories and poems by Alma Katsu, Heather Graham, Maurice Broaddus, Fran Wilde, Priya Sharma, Anne Walsh, Yvonne Navarro, and others....
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very compelling
- By Jesse Wright on 11-06-22
By: Heather Graham, and others
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Poetry RX
- How Fifty Inspiring Poems Can Heal and Bring Joy to Your Life
- By: Norman E. Rosenthal MD
- Narrated by: Marguerite Gavin, Sean Pratt
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
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Poetry Rx presents 50 great poems as seen through the eyes of a renowned psychiatrist and New York Times best seller. In this book, you will find insights into love, sorrow, ecstasy, and everything in between....
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Lovely words for our modern society.
- By Molly A Theda on 03-14-24
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Three Poets of the Harlem Renaissance
- Langston Hughes, Georgia Douglas Johnson, and Countee Cullen
- By: Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, Georgia Douglas Johnson
- Narrated by: Ron Butler, Robin Miles, Kevin Kenerly
- Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
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The intellectual and cultural revival of African-American arts and politics in the 1920s and 1930s was centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City. Here are poems from three major contributors to that rebirth....
By: Langston Hughes, and others
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Poetry of the Romantics
- By: Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats, and others
- Narrated by: Joan Allen, Stephen Fry, Julie Christie, and others
- Length: 1 hr and 39 mins
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The period of English romantic poetry occurred roughly between 1800 and 1850 and was represented by poets such as William Blake, Lord Byron, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and William Wordsworth....
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Piano Music Distracting and loud
- By Booklass on 12-22-23
By: Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and others
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Seven Ages
- An Anthology of Poetry with Music
- By: William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Ted Hughes
- Narrated by: Ralph Fiennes, Dame Judi Dench
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
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This highly entertaining anthology of verse is the comic, tragic, tender, and telling story of life's seven ages, from childhood to old age. Within the framework of Shakespeare's speech....
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The Anthology of 'Music-Makers'
- By ESK on 12-26-12
By: William Shakespeare, and others
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Emily Dickinson vs. Sara Teasdale
- Anthologies of Classic Poetry
- By: Valeska Matti
- Narrated by: Rebecca Cade
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
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This is a tribute to the work of Emily Dickinson and Sara Teasdale, two of the greatest representatives of female American literature....
By: Valeska Matti
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How a Poem Moves
- A Field Guide for Readers of Poetry
- By: Adam Sol
- Narrated by: Adam Sol, Soraya Peerbaye
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
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A collection of playfully elucidating essays to help reluctant poetry audiences become well-versed in verse....
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Entertaining, Educational, and Thoughtful
- By Deborah on 11-12-19
By: Adam Sol
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100 Best-Loved Poems
- By: Philip Smith
- Narrated by: Samuel Casey
- Length: 3 hrs and 17 mins
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"100 Best-Loved Poems" is a cherished anthology that brings together some of the most timeless and evocative works of poetry in the English language.
By: Philip Smith
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诗经: 第一辑 [Book of Songs: Volume 1]
- By: Li Jing
- Narrated by: Li Du
- Length: 49 mins
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The Book of Songs is the first collection of poems in China, and collects more than 500 years of poetry from the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty to the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period. It comprehensively reflects the social conditions of the time....
By: Li Jing
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The Soul Spill
- A Collection of Poems and Paintings
- By: Tori Deal
- Narrated by: Tori Deal, Vira
- Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
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Discover the captivating world of emotions with "The Soul Spill," an artistic collaboration between Tori Deal and Vira.
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I felt energy in your words
- By Dave dalton on 10-21-24
By: Tori Deal
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101 Great American Poems
- Dover Thrift Editions: Poetry
- By: The American Poetry, Literacy Project
- Narrated by: Samuel Casey
- Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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"101 Great American Poems" is a thoughtfully curated anthology that brings together a diverse collection of classic American poetry.
By: The American Poetry, and others
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Walt Whitman Poetry Collection
- Leaves of Grass, Various Works and Poems, and a Complete Biography of Walt Whitman
- By: Walt Whitman, Ralph Waldo Emerson, CSA Publishing
- Narrated by: Tom Chandler
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
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Five works in one collection. This audiobook of his treasured poetry collection walks you through a time when the American Experiment came to a new maturity; when the Transcendentalist Movement forever changed life and poetry....
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Tremendous Value!
- By Patrick on 04-07-22
By: Walt Whitman, and others
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Poetry Is Not a Luxury
- Poems for All Seasons
- By: uncredited
- Length: 1 hr
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From the creator of the beloved @PoetryIsNotaLuxury Instagram account, a gorgeously wrought poetry anthology that is a gift and a guide for listeners through every season of life.
By: uncredited
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100 Love Sonnets
- Cien sonetos de amor
- By: Pablo Neruda, Stephen Tapscott - translator
- Narrated by: Neil Hellegers
- Length: 1 hr and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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"The happiness I feel in offering these to you is vast as a savanna," Pablo Neruda wrote his adored wife, Matilde Urrutia de Neruda, in his dedication of 100 Love Sonnets. Set against the backdrop of his beloved Isla Negra, these joyfully sensual poems draw on the wind and tides, the white sand with its scattering of delicate wildflowers, and the hot sun and salty scent of the sea to celebrate their love.
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Nerudas Masterpiece 🩷
- By Rossina Prince on 08-29-24
New releases
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Invisible Strings
- 113 Poets Respond to the Songs of Taylor Swift
- By: Kristie Frederick Daugherty
- Narrated by: Candace Fitzgerald, Dominique Salvacion, Kristie Frederick Daughtery, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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In Invisible Strings, poet, professor, and dedicated Swiftie Kristie Frederick Daugherty has brought together 113 contemporary poets, each contributing an original poem that responds to a specific Taylor Swift song.
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Everything We've Done
- Female Poets of WW1
- By: Charlotte Mew, Vera Mary Brittain, Margaret Postgate Cole, and others
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott
- Length: 49 mins
- Unabridged
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The horror of the male experience during World War One was well documented in poetry, memoir, and fiction throughout the 20th century. Women's voices of despair, endurance and anger, however, have often been forgotten. These poems of political fury, widowed brides, industry undertaken, and sons and friends loved and lost, give a heartbreaking insight into the experience of women throughout World War One.
By: Charlotte Mew, and others
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Dil ke Ehasas (दिल के एहसास) [Dil ke Ehasas (Feelings of the Heart)]
- Pyaar Bhari Kavitayen (प्यार भरी कविताएँ) [Pyaar Bhari Kavitayen (Poems Full of Love)]
- By: Mrittika Mal
- Narrated by: Mrittika Mal
- Length: 27 mins
- Unabridged
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In this heartfelt poetry collection, I weave together the beauty of love and life through tender, soul-stirring verses. Each poem, written with deep emotion and care, reflects the essence of love-filled poetry, capturing moments of joy, connection, and introspection. These poems, close to my heart, speak of the universal experiences of love, loss, and healing, inviting you to find solace and connection in their shared themes.
By: Mrittika Mal
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A Heart's Horizon
- By: Wix Solis
- Narrated by: Wix Solis
- Length: 21 mins
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Wix Solis is an emerging author on a journey of discovery through expression. A Heart’s Horizon is a small but relatable and deeply impactful collection of 27 poems across five thematic settings: Sunny Sands, Peaked Mountains, Stormy Skies, Quiet Forests, and Open Fields.
By: Wix Solis
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Ein Meer aus Küssen schenke ich Dir
- By: Kerstin Stefanie Rothenbächer
- Narrated by: Kerstin Stefanie Rothenbächer
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
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Deine innere Schönheit bleibt mir nicht verborgen. Ich spüre Dich auf in Deinen Träumen und schenke Dir ein Meer aus Küssen, damit Liebe unsere Welt regiert. Mit dem salzigen Duft in der Nase entführe ich Euch in ein Meer voller Gefühl , wo die Wellen von Liebe singen und die Sehnsucht Euren Namen ruft!
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Ich tat die Augen auf und sah das Helle
- Gedichte und Prosa
- By: Mascha Kaléko
- Narrated by: Katharina Thalbach, Katja Danowski, Julia Nachtmann, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
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Mascha Kaléko ist eine leuchtende Ausnahmeerscheinung in der deutschen Literatur. Niemand verkörpert das Berlin der Weimarer Republik zwischen Schreibmaschinengrau, hellen Kinoreklamen und nicht enden wollenden Nächten im Romanischen Café so sehr wie die melancholische Großstadtdichterin mit ihrem sprühenden Witz. Auch nach ihrer Flucht vor den Nationalsozialisten 1938 besang sie diese verlorene Heimat in Versen vom Emigrantenleben in New York, Jerusalem und anderswo.
By: Mascha Kaléko
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Invisible Strings
- 113 Poets Respond to the Songs of Taylor Swift
- By: Kristie Frederick Daugherty
- Narrated by: Candace Fitzgerald, Dominique Salvacion, Kristie Frederick Daughtery, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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In Invisible Strings, poet, professor, and dedicated Swiftie Kristie Frederick Daugherty has brought together 113 contemporary poets, each contributing an original poem that responds to a specific Taylor Swift song.
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Everything We've Done
- Female Poets of WW1
- By: Charlotte Mew, Vera Mary Brittain, Margaret Postgate Cole, and others
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott
- Length: 49 mins
- Unabridged
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The horror of the male experience during World War One was well documented in poetry, memoir, and fiction throughout the 20th century. Women's voices of despair, endurance and anger, however, have often been forgotten. These poems of political fury, widowed brides, industry undertaken, and sons and friends loved and lost, give a heartbreaking insight into the experience of women throughout World War One.
By: Charlotte Mew, and others
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Dil ke Ehasas (दिल के एहसास) [Dil ke Ehasas (Feelings of the Heart)]
- Pyaar Bhari Kavitayen (प्यार भरी कविताएँ) [Pyaar Bhari Kavitayen (Poems Full of Love)]
- By: Mrittika Mal
- Narrated by: Mrittika Mal
- Length: 27 mins
- Unabridged
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In this heartfelt poetry collection, I weave together the beauty of love and life through tender, soul-stirring verses. Each poem, written with deep emotion and care, reflects the essence of love-filled poetry, capturing moments of joy, connection, and introspection. These poems, close to my heart, speak of the universal experiences of love, loss, and healing, inviting you to find solace and connection in their shared themes.
By: Mrittika Mal
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A Heart's Horizon
- By: Wix Solis
- Narrated by: Wix Solis
- Length: 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Wix Solis is an emerging author on a journey of discovery through expression. A Heart’s Horizon is a small but relatable and deeply impactful collection of 27 poems across five thematic settings: Sunny Sands, Peaked Mountains, Stormy Skies, Quiet Forests, and Open Fields.
By: Wix Solis
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Ein Meer aus Küssen schenke ich Dir
- By: Kerstin Stefanie Rothenbächer
- Narrated by: Kerstin Stefanie Rothenbächer
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
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Deine innere Schönheit bleibt mir nicht verborgen. Ich spüre Dich auf in Deinen Träumen und schenke Dir ein Meer aus Küssen, damit Liebe unsere Welt regiert. Mit dem salzigen Duft in der Nase entführe ich Euch in ein Meer voller Gefühl , wo die Wellen von Liebe singen und die Sehnsucht Euren Namen ruft!
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Ich tat die Augen auf und sah das Helle
- Gedichte und Prosa
- By: Mascha Kaléko
- Narrated by: Katharina Thalbach, Katja Danowski, Julia Nachtmann, and others
- Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
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Mascha Kaléko ist eine leuchtende Ausnahmeerscheinung in der deutschen Literatur. Niemand verkörpert das Berlin der Weimarer Republik zwischen Schreibmaschinengrau, hellen Kinoreklamen und nicht enden wollenden Nächten im Romanischen Café so sehr wie die melancholische Großstadtdichterin mit ihrem sprühenden Witz. Auch nach ihrer Flucht vor den Nationalsozialisten 1938 besang sie diese verlorene Heimat in Versen vom Emigrantenleben in New York, Jerusalem und anderswo.
By: Mascha Kaléko