Poetry
A Fairy Glee
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Eugene Field
This poem is taken from Volume X, A Library of American Literature:An Anthology in Eleven Volumes. 1891.Vols. IX–XI: Literature of the Repu…
To His Coy Mistress (version 2)
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Andrew Marvell
Andrew Marvell was an English metaphysical poet, satirist and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1…
Driftwood
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Sara Teasdale
Sara Teasdale was an American lyric poet. This poem is taken from her 1920 collection Flame and Shadow. - Summary by David Lawrence
The Soldiers' Recessional
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John Huston Finley
Reprinted from Scribner’s Magazine for June, 1904, in an edition of forty copies for private distribution, by the courtesy of Charles Scribn…
Fifty Years & Other Poems
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James Weldon Johnson
This is a collection of poems by James Weldon Johnson. Johnson was an early civil rights activist, and this theme is the basis for many of t…
Comfort To A Youth That Has Lost His Love
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Robert Herrick
His verse is eminent for sweet and gracious fluency; this is a real note of the 'Elizabethan' poets. His subjects are frequently pastoral, w…
April
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Virna Sheard
This short tribute to April and the coming of Spring) is taken from The Miracle, and Other Poems by Virna Sheard (1913) - Summary by David …
Poems
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Frances Louisa Bushnell
This is a collection of poems by Connecticut poet Frances Louisa Bushnell. Ms Bushnell was an eminent person in her local social circles, an…
The Cheery Way, a Bit of Verse for Every Day - December
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John Kendrick Bangs
There should be a bit of poetry in every day, and John Kendrick Bangs wrote a fitting poem for each day in the year. In 1920, a book was pub…
Sonnets
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George Graham Currie
This is a book of sonnets by George G. Currie. Currie was a Canadian-born lawyer and business man, but also an accomplished author and poet.…
Knight - Errant
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Madison Cawein
LibriVox volunteers bring you 21 recordings of Knight - Errant by Madison Cawein.This was the Weekly Poetry project for February 3, 2019. …
Enamels and Cameos and other Poems
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Théophile Gautier
This is a volume of poetry by French poet Theophile Gautier, translated by Agnes Lee. Enamels and Cameos was published when Gautier was tour…
The Broken Oar
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
LibriVox volunteers bring you 25 recordings of The Broken Oar by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow .This was the Weekly Poetry project for May 10, …
The Wail of the Waiter
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Marcus Clarke
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of The Wail of the Waiter by Marcus Clarke.This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 16, …
A Musical Instrument
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of A Musical Instrument by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.This was the Fortnightly Poetry project fo…
Candle-Lightin' Time
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Paul Laurence Dunbar
Poetry about African American Southern life - Summary by Denise Ray
The Bee
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Emily Dickinson
LibriVox volunteers bring you 31 recordings of The Bee by Emily Dickinson.This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 14, 2021. ------Emi…
Lucifer in Starlight
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George Meredith
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Lucifer in Starlight, by George Meredith.This was the Weekly Poetry project for July 4th, 202…
A Commonplace Day
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Thomas Hardy
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of A Commonplace Day by Thomas Hardy.This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for February 27, 2…
Troy
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Charles Williams
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of Troy by Charles Williams.This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for June 11, 2023. ------A p…