Single Author Collections
Black, White and Brindled
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Eden Phillpotts
These short stories by Eden Phillpotts are set in the West Indies, involving mystery, murder, tragic romance and many a sea yarn.NOTE: There…
Four Phases of Love
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Paul Heyse
Paul Heyse was selected as the 1910 Nobel Laureate in Literature in recognition of " ... his long productive career as a lyric poet, dr…
The Apple-Tree Table
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Herman Melville
A collection of short stories by Herman Melville, including the title story The Apple-Tree Table, I and My Chimney, The Happy Failure, and s…
Challenge
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Louis Untermeyer
Louis Untermeyer introduced may students to poetry through his many collections that he edited. His own poetry ranges from inspirational to…
Verse
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Adelaide Crapsey
Adelaide Crapsey's experimental poetry included her creation of the cinquain. This recording was taken from the posthumously published and e…
Facts and Fancies
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Orpheus Everts
A group of poems about life centered around a southbound train ride to Cincinnati. ( Lynda Marie Neilson)
Advice
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Maxwell Bodenheim
41 brief poems covering an assortment of subjects. - Summary by adr6090
Sonnets
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Cordelia Ray
Cordelia Ray was a Black author and teacher. This volume contains 12 of her poems and was first published in 1893. - Summary by Newgatenovel…
Poems and Ballads
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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 …
The West
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Francis S. Borton
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of The West, by Francis Borton.This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 30, 2021. ---…
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…
Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War
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Herman Melville
"Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War" is the first book of poems by the American author Herman Melville. Published in 1866, the v…
Renascence
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Walter Crane
Walter Crane is better known as an artist and illustrator of children’s books. His illustrations defined a whole genre which influenced the…
Sonnets and Poems
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John Masefield
47 poems, most of them sonnets, most on the subjects of beauty and death, touching the mystery just beyond the known. - Summary by Josh Mitt…
The White Canoe and Other Verse
Read by Bruce Kachuk
Alan Sullivan
This early collection of Alan Sullivan's work is from the pen of a young Canadian author who portrays Canada's short Summer season as the vo…
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…
Hours of Idleness
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George Gordon, Lord Byron
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…
Holy Sonnets
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John Donne
John Donne’s Holy Sonnets are a meditation on faith, loss, doubt and divine mercy. This recording uses the sequence of 19 sonnets as edited …
Hours of Sorrow
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Charlotte Elliott
Poems from the author of the beloved hymn, "Just as I Am", chiefly adapted to seasons of sickness, depression and bereavement. Ell…
The Calendar and Other Verses
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Irving Sydney Dix
Written by poet Irving Sydney Dix in 1913 for "evidence of my love for and interest in the greatest of all the arts," this little …