Voices of Poetry - Volume 1

By: e. e. Cummings, Archibald Macleish, Ted Hughes, May Swenson, Marilyn Hacker, Kenneth Patchen, J. R. R. Tolkien

Narrated by: J. R. R. Tolkien, e. e. Cummings, Archibald Macleish, Ted Hughes, May Swenson, Marilyn Hacker, Kenneth Patchen

Hear rare recording from some of the world's most-respected poets reading their own works: J. R. R. Tolkien, "The Hoard"; e. e. Cummings, "Prose Jottings"; Archibald Macleish, "The Old Man To The Lizard"; Ted Hughes, "Six Young Men"; May Swenson, "Naked In Borneo"; Marilyn Hacker, "The Dark Twin"; Kenneth Patchen, "23rd Street Runs into Heaven"; Edith Stillwell, "An Old Woman"; and Theodore Roethke, "The Bat".

©2009 Rick Sheridan (P)2009 Rick Sheridan

Dead end dialogue box flaw

A white Rate and Review box appears on the screen and cannot be removed unless I totally turn off the iPad. This is beyond infuriating. This seems to be s design flaw. Any recommendations would be welcome. This is not specific to any particular audiobook.

Great Buy

Ok, the recording quality isn’t great for some of these (sounding like a tape recorder in a lecture hall), but it is amazing to hear so many beloved poets reading their work. I feel it was definitely worth the price.

Tres Bien!

They are old recordings, but all the better for it, I think. The crackling, the pauses, made it all the more real and intense to me.