Poetry
Short Poetry Collection 008
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Various
LibriVox’s Short Poetry Collection 008: a collection of 20 public-domain poems.
Selections from Ballads of a Cheechako
Read by Heidi Preuss
Robert W. Service
These twelve poems are taken from Ballads of a Cheechako which was Robert W. Service's third book of Yukon poems, published in 1909. The wor…
Multilingual Poetry Collection 007
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Various
In LibriVox’s Multilingual Poetry Collection, LibriVox volunteers read their favourite public-domain poems in languages other than English. …
Short Poetry Collection 085
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Various
This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for the month of January 2010.
A New Arrival
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
George Washington Cable
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of A New Arrival by George W. Cable. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 17th, 2010.…
The Cottager to Her Infant
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William Wordsworth
Wordsworth was a defining member of the English Romantic Movement. Like other Romantics, Wordsworth’s personality and poetry were deeply inf…
Short Poetry Collection 136
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Various
This is a collection of 22 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for September 2014.
Rhymes For The Young Folk
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William Allingham
Popular for his simple, delicate poetry for children, this Irishman wrote these verses for his three children, Gerald, Eva and Henry, and ot…
The American Girl
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Alexander Hamilton Laidlaw
Alexander Hamilton Laidlaw was born in Scotland. He graduated from Philadelphia Central High School in 1845. He practiced medicine from 185…
Bill & Doreen Get Hitched (Selections from "The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke")
Read by Son of the Exiles
C. J. Dennis
"Bill & Doreen Get Hitched" is the sequel to "Bill & Doreen's Courtship". "The Songs of a Sentimental Blok…
Bunte Beute
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Detlev Von Liliencron
Dies ist eine Sammlung von Gedichten des norddeutschen Dichters Detlev von Liliencron. Die Gedichte sind sehr unterschiedlich und geradezu b…
Sammlung deutscher Gedichte 029
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Various
Eine Sammlung von 20 deutschen Gedichten für LibriVox.
The Hand that Rocks the Cradle is the Hand that Rules the World
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William Ross Wallace
For Mother’s Day 2006, we’ve recorded five versions of this tribute to Mothers and their role in shaping the future. The title is very famou…
Work without Hope
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
LibriVox volunteers bring you nine different recordings of Work without Hope, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in honor of Labor Day. This was th…
Music, when soft voices die
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Percy Bysshe Shelley
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 different recordings of Music, when soft voices die by Percy Bysshe Shelley. This was the weekly poetry pro…
In the Rain
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William Wetmore Story
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of In the Rain by William Wetmore Story. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for November 29…
The Little Mud-Sparrows
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Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of The Little Mud-Sparrows by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project f…
A Health
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Edward Coote Pinkney
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of A Health by Edward Coote Pinkney. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for February 19, 201…
A Treatise of Religion
Read by Michael Armenta
Fulke Greville
Part diatribe, part discourse, part sermon and part stand-up comedy, this is Fulke Greville's 114 stanza, verse-poem about religious hypocri…