A shortened version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland . . . adapted by the author himself for children "from nought to five". . …
In The Windhover
"Windhover" is another name for the common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus). The name refers to the bird's ability to hover in midair w…
In The Crocuses
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was an African-American abolitionist, suffragist, poet and author. She was also active in other types of socia…
In At the Piano
Anna Katharine Green was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished h…
In The Ballad of the Oysterman
from THE POETICAL WORKS OF OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES:
TO MY READERS
NAY, blame me not; I might have spared
Your patience many a trivial verse,
Y…
In Short Poetry Collection 163
This is a collection of 31 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for December 2016.
It also includes a long poem, The Legend of Jubal by Georg…
In Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads
John Avery Lomax is a towering figure in the field of early American musicology and folklore. Through intensive field work, Lomax built up …
In The Dead Joke and The Funny Man
James Whitcomb Riley was an American writer, poet, and best-selling author. During his lifetime he was known as the "Hoosier Poet"…
