The Poetry category has 514 audiobooks on Listento.it, with an average listener rating of 4.5★ across 598 ratings. The most-rated is Unlearn.
Leaves of Grass
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When Walt Whitman self-published "Leaves of Grass" in 1855, he rocked the literary world and forever changed the course of poetry. In subsequent editions, Whitman continued to revise and expand his poems - but none matched the raw power and immediacy of the first edition. This volume presents the 1855 "Leaves of Grass" in its entirety, unchanged, along with Ralph Waldo Emerson's famous letter to Whitman.
Public Domain (P)2017 Sam Torode
Spent
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Poetical pods that pop and burst and reveal flavors of situational circumstance. Sickly sweet, bitter and tangy, sour and tart, it doesn't matter, but they should all leave a taste on the tongue. That is poetry for me. Once consumed, the stain of taste should still be there, for a while at least, I think. What about you? What do you look for? What flavors sate your poetical thirst? Inside here you will find topics covered ranging from mental health and sexual affairs to alcoholism, beauty, and escape and a pick 'n' mix of the above and more.
©2015 Lee Robbins (P)2015 Lee Robbins
Nikki Giovanni: Love Poems and A Good Cry
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The poetry of Nikki Giovanni has spurred movements, turned hearts, and informed generations. She's been hailed as a firebrand, a radical, a healer, and a sage; a wise and courageous voice who has spoken out on the sensitive issues, including race and gender, that touch our national consciousness. Love Poems: Nikki reads a stunning collection of more than 20 romantic, bold, and erotic love poems, expressing notions of love in ways that are delightfully unexpected and full of fearless passion and spirited wit. From the revolutionary "Seduction" to the tender "Just a Simple Declaration of Love" and the elegiac "All Eyez on U". written for Tupac Shakur, these poems embody the fearless passion and spirited wit for which Nikki Giovanni is beloved and revered. A Good Cry: With her new collection, Nikki offers listeners an intimate, affecting, and illuminating look at her personal history and the mysteries of her own heart. Reading her work, she takes us into her confidence, describing the joy and peril of aging and recalling the violence that permeated her parents' marriage and her early life. Nikki also celebrates her good friend Maya Angelou and the many years of friendship, poetry, and kitchen-table laughter they shared.
©2017 Nikki Giovanni (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers
Depression & Other Magic Tricks
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Depression & Other Magic Tricks is the debut book by Sabrina Benaim, one of the most-viewed performance poets of all time, whose poem "Explaining My Depression to My Mother" has become a cultural phenomenon with over 50,000,000 views. Depression & Other Magic Tricks explores themes of mental health, love, and family. It is a documentation of struggle and triumph, a celebration of daily life and of living. Andrea Gibson, author of Pansy, writes, "I read this book on a day I couldn't get out of bed and it made me feel like I had a friend in the world.... Simply put, this book disappears loneliness."
©2017 Sabrina Benaim (P)2019 Button Publishing Inc
Bell I Wake To
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Poetry. The poems in Bell I Wake To create a sacred space honoring seasons, generations, the body, and every living creature the poet comes across. Patty Crane writes with the kind of attention Simone Weil says is close to prayer, and indeed under her gaze, everything is blessedly alive with song and shimmer, present in its leafing out and its leaving. Her supple language can transform a white birch into a mouthful of sunrise and then to the flush on a young girl's cheek. "My subject is surprise," the poet says, the kind of surprise that comes from precise seeing, vivid language, and the sly humor of one who knows how quickly the ordinary can turn and amaze. This is a beautiful book, a crucial presence in our scattered world.
©2019 Zone 3 Press (P)2020 Zone 3 Press
The Hill We Climb
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Amanda Gorman’s powerful and historic poem “The Hill We Climb”, read at President Joe Biden’s inauguration “Stunning.” (CNN) “Dynamic.” (NPR) “Deeply rousing and uplifting.” (Vogue) On January 20, 2021, Amanda Gorman became the sixth and youngest poet to deliver a poetry reading at a presidential inauguration. Taking the stage after the 46th president of the United States, Joe Biden, Gorman captivated the nation and brought hope to viewers around the globe. Her poem “The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country” can now be cherished in this special audiobook. Including an enduring foreword by Oprah Winfrey, this keepsake celebrates the promise of America and affirms the power of poetry.
©2021 Amanda Gorman (P)2021 Penguin Audio
Love from the Vortex & Other Poems
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Love from the Vortex & Other Poems (Kaleidoscope Vibrations, LLC) is poet and scholar-activist Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz’s first full-length collection. An archaeological exploration on love and intimacy, the book charts her journey of finding and losing love over the span of three decades with six different men who came into her life at various times, but also offers a universal take on what can happen when one seeks love and connection with others, and the lessons that follow when that connection and love is lost. Revealing moments of happiness, fantasy, frustration, and eventually dealing with the dissolution of relationships, the book moves beyond these anticipated stages to moments of grace and beauty that come with the discovery and practice of self love, and a more fuller understanding of what it means to truly love someone as your love yourself.
©2020 Kaleidoscope Vibrations, LLC (P)2020 Kaleidoscope Vibrations, LLC
Seeds of Kindness...
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Kindness was a lesson worth learning as a child in the 1950s and 1960s - and it is more relevant than ever as the world confronts the COVID-19 pandemic and racial unrest. Jim Boeglin draws on the lessons he learned as a child and throughout adulthood to spread that message in this book of poetry. Much of the collection was written during “shelter in place” restrictions in the spring and summer of 2020, which was also when protests raged throughout the United States to prevent racial injustice in the aftermath of the brutal murder of George Floyd. It was a time of stress, sorrow, and pain in the world - especially for minorities, and the millions of coronavirus victims and the families of those infected. It was also a challenging time for first responders, healthcare workers, and others on the front lines of treatment. Ponder the impact of being kind during a time of global crisis and plant seeds to spread positivity as you read this collection.
©2020 Jim Boeglin (P)2020 Jim Boeglin
The Song of Hiawatha
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Longfellow's great narrative poem has been unjustly neglected in recent years though it gives a sympathetic portrait especially of Hiawatha, reared by Nokomis, daughter of the Moon, and his bride Minehaha. It is famously underpinned by its hypnotic rhythm, which makes it ideal listening.
Public Domain (P)2005 Naxos AudioBooks
If-
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"If-" is a timeless classic, a masterpiece about keeping your balance in a topsy-turvy world and maintaining personal integrity. A phenomenal poem by English Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), written circa 1895 as a tribute to Leander Starr Jameson, it is a literary example of Victorian-era stoicism. Among other nuggets, it advocates the idea of not allowing your successes to go to your head or allowing your failures to go to your heart. A great stabilizer for everyone. It contains truly sage advice needed now more than ever! The poem is written in the form of paternal advice to the poet's son, John. A succinct yet tremendously potent body of work. A must-have for every library.
Public Domain (P)2021 Serenity Audiobooks
The Hollow Men
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Immerse yourself in T.S. Eliot's thought-provoking poem as award-winning narrator Mike Vendetti reads "The Hollow Men". "This is the way the world ends", T. S. Eliot tells us at the end of his 1925 poem, "The Hollow Men": "not with a bang but a whimper".
Public Domain (P)2021 Mike Vendetti
Rise in Love
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Revised edition: Same poetic content you know and love, but with a few minor edits and an adjusted cover! Love is a mess and while some choose to clean and organize it, others choose to run around and play in it. There are different ways to love, ones to love, and kinds of love. So, let’s fall in, rise out of, and be in love together. With five sections (i.e., You, Them, Life, God, Me), Rise in Love: A Poetry Chapbook is a collection of poems celebrating the many nuances love has, reminding listeners that just because love is complicated doesn’t mean it can’t also be wonderful. In a society where everyone is divided across justice-oriented issues, this collection emphasizes that love is what can bring us back together.
©2020 Worth a Read Too, LLC. (P)2021 Worth a Read Too, LLC.
Milk and honey
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Dolore, amore, abbandono, guarigione; questi i temi di cui parla Rupi Kaur in "Milk and honey". Molto più di una raccolta di prose e poesie, questo audiolibro è una Bibbia della femminilità, un universo in cui perdersi, una fonte di gioia e di emozioni profonde. "Milk and honey" è uno strumento per affrontare, tramite la poesia, un viaggio attraverso i momenti più difficili della vita, perché "il bene è dappertutto, devi solo essere disposto a vederlo". Dure e commoventi, leggere e sconcertanti, le parole di Rupi Kaur, accompagnate dai suoi disegni, toccano profondamente il cuore di tutti coloro che cercano consolazione e coraggio nella forza della poesia. E della sincerità.
©2017 tre60 (P)2019 Adriano Salani Editore
Cyrano de Bergerac
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Comédie héroïque en 5 actes et en vers d'Edmond Rostand. Ce chef-d'œuvre du théâtre populaire valut à son auteur une gloire immédiate. Le soir de la représentation générale, c'est un déluge d'applaudissements qui appellent Edmond Rostand sur scène. Ce succès ne s'est jamais démenti et Cyrano de Bergerac, héros tragique et attachant, est entré dans le patrimoine universel. Peut-être parce qu'il incarne superbement un mythe bien ancien : celui de l'amour et du bonheur impossible. "Ainsi, il y a un chef-d'œuvre de plus au monde", écrivait Jules Renard le soir de la générale. Cyrano demeure la plus grande réussite de théâtre populaire à ce jour connue et le dernier acte, avec son couvent et ses feuilles mortes, est aussi absolument émouvant.
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