Single Author Collections
Birds
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Various
This is the 35th Coffee Break Collection, in which LibriVox readers select and read stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifte…
Pomes Penyeach
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James Joyce
James Joyce published three volumes of poetry during his lifetime including Pomes Penyeach. This simple booklet was published in 1927 in Par…
Flower Fables
Read by Cassandra A.M.
Louisa May Alcott
A Queen of fairy subjects asks her Maids of Honor to tell stories while they wait for the sun to rise. Tales including The Frost King of The…
The Beecher Beached
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John B. Tabb
Father John Banister Tabb was an American poet, Roman Catholic priest, and professor of English. Father Tabb (as he was commonly known) was …
Poems of Puncture
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Amanda McKittrick Ros and Amanda Mckittrick Ros
Amanda McKittrick Ros’s poetry and prose have earned notoriety for their highly individual syntax, creative punctuation, unique diction, and…
Hymns to the Night
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Novalis
Written after a bereavement, ‘Hymns to the Night’ considers hope, faith and spirituality in the face of loss. This recording is of George Ma…
Earlier Poems
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Julia Caroline Dorr
This is a collection of the earlier poems of Julia Caroline Dorr. - Summary by Carolin
The Morning Dawn
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Rev. Leonard Wilson Arnold Luckey
"The Morning Dawn, Bar Harbor, Maine: a Very Comprehensive Poem Illustrating and Describing the Scenic Beauty of the United States; Laf…
Poems and Ballads
Read by Kazbek
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Swinburne's first collection of poetry, published in 1866, circles around the themes of love, religion (or irreligion) and death. The poems …
Poems
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Elinor Jenkins
Elinor Jenkins was a British poet whose published work focuses largely on the First World War. This volume, based on her collection publishe…
At Dawn And Dusk
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Victor Daley
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 Tree with a Bird in it
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Margaret Widdemer
Tree with a Bird in it: a symposium of contemporary American poets on being shown a pear-tree on which sat a grackle is a collection of poem…
English Bards and Scotch Reviewers
Read by Alan Mapstone
George Gordon, Lord Byron
English Bards and Scotch Reviewers was first published anonymously in 1809 with Byron only identified as the author in the 2nd edition. Byro…
Selected Poems
Read by Bruce Kachuk
Siegfried Sassoon
Siegfried Sassoon, best known for his outspoken opinions on the futility of war, is portrayed in these poems as an observer, an observer of …
The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses
Read by Gerald Moe
Robert W. Service
This collection deals with wanderlust in general but the bulk of the poems are based on Service’s time in the Yukon. He captures the excitem…
Bengal Dacoits and Tigers
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Sunity Devi
Maharani of Cooch Behar Sunity Devi was a women's rights activist most interested in the education of girls. She became the first Indian wom…
Sonnets
Read by Bruce Kachuk
Christina Rossetti
This is an excellent selection of introspective, inspirational and remarkably compelling sonnets from one of the greatest poets of the ninet…
Sonnets
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
Edna St. Vincent Millay
It has been observed that within the narrow confines of a sonnet the mind can turn around but cannot take flight. Some of Millay’s sonnets, …
Hours of Sorrow
Read by MaryAnn
Charlotte Elliott
Poems from the author of the beloved hymn, "Just as I Am", chiefly adapted to seasons of sickness, depression and bereavement. Ell…
Poems of Conformity
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Charles Williams
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' …