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In Short Poetry Collection 150

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)


Henry van Dyke


This is a collection of 24 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for November 2015.

The First Fire

In Later Poems

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)


Julia Caroline Dorr


This is the last volume in Julia Caroline Dorr's collected poems, the Later Poems. - Summary by Carolin

Lights - Read by LLW

In Lights

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)


Sara Teasdale


Sara Teasdale was an American lyric poet. Teasdale's first poem was published in Reedy's Mirror, a local newspaper in St. Louis, in 1907. He…

In the Autumn Grass - read by LLW

In In the Autumn Grass

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)


Hamlin Garland


LibriVox volunteers take us out on the prairie among the wind and blue stem with readings of In the Autumn Grass by Hamlin Garland. This is…

November - Read by LLW

In November

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)


Helen Hunt Jackson


Helen Maria Hunt Jackson, born Helen Fiske was an American poet and writer who became an activist on behalf of improved treatment of Native …

The Present Crisis - Read by LLW

In The Present Crisis

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)


James Russell Lowell


James Russell Lowell was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. He is associated with the Fireside Poets, a group of New E…

Selected excerpts

In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 06

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)


Phillips Brooks


The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…

What the Wolf Really Said to Little Red Riding Hood - Read by LLW

In What the Wolf Really Said to Little Red Riding Hood

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)


Bret Harte


Francis Bret Harte was an American author and poet, best remembered for his short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic fig…

Off Rough Point - Read by LLW

In Off Rough Point

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)


Emma Lazarus


Emma Lazarus was an American poet born in New York City. She is best known for "The New Colossus", a sonnet written in 1883; its …

Will ye go to the Indies, my Mary? - Read by LLW

In Will ye go to the Indies, my Mary?

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)


Robert Burns


A LibriVox' Weekly Poetry tribute to Robbie Burns on the upcoming Robbie Burns Day. (January 25)Robert Burns (also known as Robbie Burns, Ra…

Rock Me to Sleep - Read by LLW

In Rock Me to Sleep

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)


Elizabeth Chase Akers Allen


Elizabeth Chase Akers Allen was an American author, journalist and poet. - Summary by Wikipedia

Song of the Broad-Axe, 4th stanza - Read by LLW

In Song of the Broad-Axe - stanza 4

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)


Walt Whitman


This Weekly Poem is an excerpt from Song of the Broad-axe (4th Stanza) by Walt Whitman, who was an American poet, essayist and journalist. …

The Poster-Painter's Masterpiece - Read by LLW

In The Poster-Painter's Masterpiece

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)


Sam Walter Foss


Sam Walter Foss was an American librarian and poet. For many years the opening lines from Foss' The Coming American ("Bring me men to m…

The Workman's Dream - Read by LLW

In The Workman's Dream

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)


Edgar A. Guest


Edgar Albert Guest (20 August 1881 in Birmingham, England – 5 August 1959 in Detroit, Michigan) (aka Eddie Guest) was a prolific English-bor…

The Lake - Read by LLW

In The Lake

Read by Leonard Wilson (1930-2024)


Edgar Allan Poe


Edgar Allan Poe (born Edgar Poe) was an American author, poet, editor, and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movemen…

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