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The American Avocet
Read by Alan Mapstone
Various
In Birds, Vol. II, No 1, July 1897
Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems…
Experiments
Read by Alan Mapstone
Charles Williams
In Divorce
Charles Williams was one of The Inklings, an Oxford based group of writers which included J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis.Although Williams' p…
Michaelmas
Read by Alan Mapstone
Charles Williams
In Poems of Conformity
Charles Williams was one of The Inklings, an Oxford based group of writers which included J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. Although Williams' …
Lethe
Read by Alan Mapstone
Victor Daley
In At Dawn And Dusk
Victor Daley, then a happy, wondering Irish lad, drifted out to Australia. His head was full of old tunes and fragments of poetry; his pocke…
A Song
Read by Alan Mapstone
John Dryden
In Odes, Songs and Lyrical Pieces
John Dryden was an English poet and playwright who was the first person to hold the title of Poet Laureate.Many of Dryden's lyrics were desi…
Rights
Read by Alan Mapstone
Alexander Pushkin
In Selection from Poems
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin is often called "the father of Russian literature". He was the first great poet to write in Russian …
The Knell
Read by Alan Mapstone
George Herbert
In The Church Militant (The Temple Part 3) and Other Poems
George Herbert was an English poet, orator and cleric who was Public Orator at the University of Cambridge before becoming a rural Parish Mi…
Another of the Same
Read by Alan Mapstone
Sir Walter Raleigh
In Poems of Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh was an English soldier, explorer, writer and courtier in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. He helped to found the first Eng…
Sir John Barleycorn
Read by Alan Mapstone
Various
In Ancient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the Peasantry of England
This traditional, and, for the most part, unprinted literature,—cherished in remote villages, resisting everywhere the invasion of modern na…
War
Read by Alan Mapstone
George Sterling
In Beyond the Breakers and other Poems
George Sterling was born on Long Island, New York but spent most of his life in California where he had a successful career in business and …
Letter from Town: The Almond Tree
Read by Alan Mapstone
D. H. Lawrence
In New Poems (Version 2)
D. H. Lawrence's poetry changed stylistically during the First World War when, influenced by Walt Whitman, he began to write free verse. He …
Impromtu - read by AAM
Read by Alan Mapstone
John Clare
In Impromptu
LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 recordings of Impromptu by John Clare.This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 17, 2023. ------John…
To --------
Read by Alan Mapstone
George Gordon, Lord Byron
In Hours of Idleness
Hours of Idleness was Byron's first book of poems published when he was only 19. In it he experiments with various poetic styles and provid…
Boar's Head Carol
Read by Alan Mapstone
Unknown
In Christmas Carol Collection 2021
LibriVox volunteers bring you a festive selection of 16 Christmas carols for the 2021 holiday. This year's collection includes traditional f…
Wae’s Me
Read by Alan Mapstone
Marie Hedderwick Browne
In A Spray of Lilac, and Other Poems and Songs
Marie Hedderwick-Browne was born in Ireland, but spent her formative years in Glasgow, Scotland, where her father, John Hedderwick, was a pr…
SEPTEMBER
Read by Alan Mapstone
Duncan Campbell Scott
In The Magic House, and Other Poems
A beautiful collection of 47 poems the author wrote being inspired by the seasons, by love, by memories. - Summary by Laur
Kangaroo
Read by Alan Mapstone
D. H. Lawrence
In Short Poetry Collection 259
This is a collection of 43 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers during December 2024.
Parsifal
Read by Alan Mapstone
John Gray
In Silverpoints
Silverpoints is the first collection of poems by John Gray. Some saw Gray as a protégé of Oscar Wilde, who agreed to underwrit…
From Job
Read by Alan Mapstone
George Gordon, Lord Byron
In Hebrew Melodies
Byron wrote the Hebrew Melodies to accompany music by the composer Isaac Nathan which he claimed derived from Synagogue tunes used at the ti…
Cambridge
Read by Alan Mapstone
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
In The Lotos Eaters and Other Poems
Alfred Tennyson was Poet Laureate of Great Britain from 1850 until his death in 1892. Please enjoy this collection of selected poems by him.…