Bestsellers
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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 You Are Here features fifty previously unpublished poems from some of the nation's most accomplished poets.
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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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New Hampshire
- By: Robert Frost
- Narrated by: John Lescault
- Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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New Hampshire features Frost's meditations on rural life, love, and death, delivered in the voice of a soft-spoken New Englander. Critics have long marveled at the poet's gift for capturing the speech of the region's natives and his realistic evocations of the area's landscapes....
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Magical
- By Robert S. Becker on 03-08-21
By: Robert Frost
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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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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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Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey
- By: William Wordsworth
- Narrated by: Denis Daly
- Length: 10 mins
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This poem was written by Wordsworth after a walking tour through the Welsh Borders. As usual with many of Wordsworth's poems, it opens with a description of the countryside....
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completely amature reading
- By Wallace Stevens on 12-28-23
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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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Overall
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Performance
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Story
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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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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Story
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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New Hampshire
- By: Robert Frost
- Narrated by: John Lescault
- Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
New Hampshire features Frost's meditations on rural life, love, and death, delivered in the voice of a soft-spoken New Englander. Critics have long marveled at the poet's gift for capturing the speech of the region's natives and his realistic evocations of the area's landscapes....
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Magical
- By Robert S. Becker on 03-08-21
By: Robert Frost
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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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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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Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey
- By: William Wordsworth
- Narrated by: Denis Daly
- Length: 10 mins
- Unabridged
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This poem was written by Wordsworth after a walking tour through the Welsh Borders. As usual with many of Wordsworth's poems, it opens with a description of the countryside....
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completely amature reading
- By Wallace Stevens on 12-28-23
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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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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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Sometimes Therapy Isn’t Enough
- By: D. R. Nguyen
- Narrated by: D. R. Nguyen
- Length: 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Sometimes Therapy Isn’t Enough finds the author coping with mental health struggles through poetry. The book is divided into four chapters, taking the listener on a raw emotional journey through anxiety, addiction, depression, and grief.
By: D. R. Nguyen
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Sea Garden
- By: Hilda Doolittle
- Narrated by: Nancy Beard
- Length: 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Hilda Doolittle was an American poet and novelist who was one of the founders of the Imagist movement, which includes such poetic luminaries as Ezra Pound and Richard Aldington, with both of whom Doolittle had romantic relationships.
By: Hilda Doolittle
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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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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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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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The Old Current
- Poems
- By: Brad Leithauser
- Narrated by: Brad Leithauser
- Length: 59 mins
- Unabridged
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MacArthur Fellowship–winning poet Brad Leithauser returns with his first new collection in more than a decade, a collection that recalls the delicacy and intimacy of his early, award-winning volumes, and embraces the wisdom of age.
By: Brad Leithauser
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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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Melancholy Magic
- By Pri_ncess_pri on 03-31-25
By: Langston Hughes
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Sturge Town
- Poems
- By: Kwame Dawes
- Narrated by: Kwame Dawes
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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In this stunning volume, acclaimed poet Kwame Dawes explores the mythic, ancestral, and spiritual journeys that make up a life.
By: Kwame Dawes
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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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A Year of Last Things
- Poems
- By: Michael Ondaatje
- Narrated by: Michael Ondaatje
- Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
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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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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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Musings of a Mad Hungarian
- By: Csaba Méra
- Narrated by: James Somerset, Sara Manners
- Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Csaba Méra's "Musings of A Mad Hungarian" is a collection of poetry that reflects on the complexities of life, drawing from the author's experiences as a refugee, foreigner, physician, husband, father, and teacher....
By: Csaba Méra
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Pages & Poems
- A Life in Poetry
- By: Jacque Crutcher
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 51 mins
- Unabridged
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For the quiet moments, the lingering feelings, and everything in between… Pages & Poems: A Life in Poetry is a tender and timeless collection of ...
By: Jacque Crutcher
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Fast Speaking Woman
- Chants & Essays
- By: Anne Waldman
- Narrated by: Anne Waldman
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
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Anne Waldman takes the opportunity with this 20th-anniversary expanded edition to add 20 poems to this collection that brings into focus her lifelong engagement with “chant” as central to contemporary performative poetry....
By: Anne Waldman
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This Made Me Think of You
- Short Romantic Poems for Him and Her
- By: Emily Bird
- Narrated by: Julia Garlotte
- Length: 53 mins
- Unabridged
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To describe This Made Me Think Of You would be to describe love... nearly impossible in one short description, especially to someone who hasn't read/experienced it. So we'll end here with one short message: Discovering love is a beautiful journey.
By: Emily Bird
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Mexico City Blues
- By: Jack Kerouac
- Narrated by: Andrew Eiden
- 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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Notes on the Assemblage
- By: Juan Felipe Herrera
- Narrated by: Juan Felipe Herrera
- Length: 1 hr and 20 mins
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Juan Felipe Herrera, the first Latino Poet Laureate of the United States and son of Mexican immigrants, grew up in the migrant fields of California....
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Fifty Shades of the Mystic East
- By: Rumi, Mirabai, Confucius, and others
- Narrated by: David Shaw-Parker, Ghizela Rowe, Eleanor Rushton
- Length: 1 hr and 46 mins
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Whilst the notion of the Mystic East and Oriental wisdom was greatly romanticised by the Victorians and others, the shadow of Colonialism has smudged the view. These great cultures are some of humanity’s earliest, their works, their art some of its most daring and most accomplished.
By: Rumi, and others
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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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Fever of Unknown Origin
- Poems
- By: Campbell McGrath
- Narrated by: Campbell McGrath
- Length: 1 hr and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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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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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
- Unabridged
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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
New releases
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Sometimes Therapy Isn’t Enough
- By: D. R. Nguyen
- Narrated by: D. R. Nguyen
- Length: 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Sometimes Therapy Isn’t Enough finds the author coping with mental health struggles through poetry. The book is divided into four chapters, taking the listener on a raw emotional journey through anxiety, addiction, depression, and grief.
By: D. R. Nguyen
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La razón perdida
- By: Rubén García Cebollero
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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La lista de poetas que al amor le han cantado es una auténtica locura. Y además irá a más. No siempre se tiene la razón, ni falta que hace. En algunos momentos de la vida, las razones del corazón no las comprendemos y sentimos que lo que importa no es lo que no tuvimos, es lo que no nos enseñaron. Las cosas que se tienen, se pierden, y el tiempo casi nunca logra desgastarnos lo que se ha conocido. Escribí este poemario para dar respuesta a dos preguntas del poeta Ismael López Gálvez, ¿podemos los poetas escribir aún sobre el amor? ¿Y cómo? La razón perdida es un homenaje ...
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La vida es una caja de fresones
- By: Rubén García Cebollero
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Forrest Gump cambia el banco por una playa de Chipiona, y la caja de bombones por una de fresones. La metáfora sigue funcionando. Nunca sabes lo que te vas a encontrar. Aunque los fresones pueden parecer los mimos, a nadie le saben igual, ni el desfile de homenajes, empezando por Juan Ramón Jiménez, sonará igual a quien se adentre en La efervescencia de la aspirina, en Todas las veces que no he podido ir a Cádiz, en El nombre exacto de las fosas, y en La vida cotidiana. Como decía Yasunari Kawabata, en Lo bello y lo triste, uno no puede sentarse a esperar el pasado; el tiempo y los ...
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Dancing with Chaos, Whispers of Serenity
- Poetry by Kunal Roy
- By: Kunal Roy
- Narrated by: Kunal Roy
- Length: 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Be prepared to be swept away by the captivating poetry in Kunal Roy’s stunning compilation, “Dancing with chaos, whispers of serenity.” This masterpiece expertly combines lyrical verses and musical masterpieces that harmonize in a symphony of emotion. As Roy deftly weaves stories of love and loss, joy and sorrow, hope and despair, the accompanying score will resonate within you, evoking a depth of emotion that will leave you breathless.
By: Kunal Roy
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Sea Garden
- By: Hilda Doolittle
- Narrated by: Nancy Beard
- Length: 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Hilda Doolittle was an American poet and novelist who was one of the founders of the Imagist movement, which includes such poetic luminaries as Ezra Pound and Richard Aldington, with both of whom Doolittle had romantic relationships.
By: Hilda Doolittle
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Pages & Poems
- A Life in Poetry
- By: Jacque Crutcher
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 51 mins
- Unabridged
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For the quiet moments, the lingering feelings, and everything in between… Pages & Poems: A Life in Poetry is a tender and timeless collection of poems that invites you to pause, reflect, and reconnect with what matters most. Written by Jacque Crutcher—a mother, grandmother, and lifelong writer—this collection captures decades of heartfelt reflection through verses that feel like home. With gentle wisdom and a sincere voice, these poems explore the everyday beauty of life: childhood memories, motherhood, faith, family, aging, and the strength found in love and loss. Each page is a ...
By: Jacque Crutcher
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Sometimes Therapy Isn’t Enough
- By: D. R. Nguyen
- Narrated by: D. R. Nguyen
- Length: 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Sometimes Therapy Isn’t Enough finds the author coping with mental health struggles through poetry. The book is divided into four chapters, taking the listener on a raw emotional journey through anxiety, addiction, depression, and grief.
By: D. R. Nguyen
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La razón perdida
- By: Rubén García Cebollero
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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La lista de poetas que al amor le han cantado es una auténtica locura. Y además irá a más. No siempre se tiene la razón, ni falta que hace. En algunos momentos de la vida, las razones del corazón no las comprendemos y sentimos que lo que importa no es lo que no tuvimos, es lo que no nos enseñaron. Las cosas que se tienen, se pierden, y el tiempo casi nunca logra desgastarnos lo que se ha conocido. Escribí este poemario para dar respuesta a dos preguntas del poeta Ismael López Gálvez, ¿podemos los poetas escribir aún sobre el amor? ¿Y cómo? La razón perdida es un homenaje ...
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La vida es una caja de fresones
- By: Rubén García Cebollero
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Forrest Gump cambia el banco por una playa de Chipiona, y la caja de bombones por una de fresones. La metáfora sigue funcionando. Nunca sabes lo que te vas a encontrar. Aunque los fresones pueden parecer los mimos, a nadie le saben igual, ni el desfile de homenajes, empezando por Juan Ramón Jiménez, sonará igual a quien se adentre en La efervescencia de la aspirina, en Todas las veces que no he podido ir a Cádiz, en El nombre exacto de las fosas, y en La vida cotidiana. Como decía Yasunari Kawabata, en Lo bello y lo triste, uno no puede sentarse a esperar el pasado; el tiempo y los ...
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Dancing with Chaos, Whispers of Serenity
- Poetry by Kunal Roy
- By: Kunal Roy
- Narrated by: Kunal Roy
- Length: 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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Be prepared to be swept away by the captivating poetry in Kunal Roy’s stunning compilation, “Dancing with chaos, whispers of serenity.” This masterpiece expertly combines lyrical verses and musical masterpieces that harmonize in a symphony of emotion. As Roy deftly weaves stories of love and loss, joy and sorrow, hope and despair, the accompanying score will resonate within you, evoking a depth of emotion that will leave you breathless.
By: Kunal Roy
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Sea Garden
- By: Hilda Doolittle
- Narrated by: Nancy Beard
- Length: 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Hilda Doolittle was an American poet and novelist who was one of the founders of the Imagist movement, which includes such poetic luminaries as Ezra Pound and Richard Aldington, with both of whom Doolittle had romantic relationships.
By: Hilda Doolittle
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Pages & Poems
- A Life in Poetry
- By: Jacque Crutcher
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 51 mins
- Unabridged
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For the quiet moments, the lingering feelings, and everything in between… Pages & Poems: A Life in Poetry is a tender and timeless collection of poems that invites you to pause, reflect, and reconnect with what matters most. Written by Jacque Crutcher—a mother, grandmother, and lifelong writer—this collection captures decades of heartfelt reflection through verses that feel like home. With gentle wisdom and a sincere voice, these poems explore the everyday beauty of life: childhood memories, motherhood, faith, family, aging, and the strength found in love and loss. Each page is a ...
By: Jacque Crutcher