English Poetry Anthology

From the creator of the beloved @PoetryIsNotaLuxury Instagram account, a gorgeously wrought poetry anthology that is a gift and a guide for listeners through every season of life. Inspired by writer and philosopher Audre Lorde’s famous claim: “Poetry is not a luxury,” this anthology proves the vitality of poetry as a crucial source of inspiration, comfort, and delight.

Discover the lost Seuss! These rarely seen Dr. Seuss stories were published in magazines in the early 1950s and are finally available in audiobook form.

Edgar Allan Poe was one of the greatest lyric poets of the English language. But his early work as a writer went unrecognized, and he was forced to earn his living in the newspaper business, working as an editor in Richmond, Philadelphia, and New York. Although he was respected as a literary critic, his poetry and short stories were neglected until the publication of The Raven and Other Poems in 1845, which propelled him to instant fame.

In the war a great volume of poetry was written, produced and published in books, periodicals, newspapers or letters back to home. We often think of war as a necessity. We fight for a more just and better world. We often fail. But in our poets we gain a truth and a morality that shocks us, consoles us and holds our values to the light. In this volume we hear poems from the front, from home, from soldiers, from auxiliaries, from friend and from foe.

Five works in one collection. This audiobook of his treasured poetry collection walks you through a time when the American Experiment came to a new maturity; when the Transcendentalist Movement forever changed life and poetry.

This is a selection of poems written by author, P.D. Cain (also known as Captain Peter). The type of poems and rhymes range from humorous eg: I Really Dig My Gardening Man, to serious and even quirky eg: The Dentist. Most are accompanied by P.D. Cain's own illustrations and pictures.

This annotated edition of Roy Cook’s 101 Famous Poems includes an appendix of author / poet biographies, which: Was designed as a quick reference guide for listeners desiring deeper insights into the poet behind the prose; and includes anecdotes and fascinating tidbits about the poets and poems in this audiobook. Originally published in 1916, Roy Cook’s 101 Famous Poems is one of the finest collections of poetry ever assembled. The short poet biographies at the end of the audiobook lay the groundwork for an even better understanding of each poem.

This anthology provides some of the finest Christian verse written during the second millennium of Christianity. All of the great ones are here: Hildegard of Bingen, Francis of Assisi, Dante and Chaucer from the High Middle Ages; Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross and John Donne from the Reformation; English and American Romantics such as Browning and Whittier.

This first audio edition of Poetry in Person: 25 Years of Conversation with America’s Poets (Knopf, 2010), invites listeners into an intimate classroom with eight acclaimed poets. Full of compelling, in-depth conversation about manuscripts and drafts by the poets themselves, plus readings of the finished poems, these historic recordings offer one of the most detailed portraits ever produced of how poems are actually made.

"100 Best-Loved Poems" is a cherished anthology that brings together some of the most timeless and evocative works of poetry in the English language. This collection features a diverse array of poems from celebrated poets such as William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Edgar Allan Poe, and many others.

This is an audiobook of short stories of everyday human emotional experiences. Stories of profound loss, of great friendships, of growing old with a dog, of going to war, and of course, stories of deep romantic love. I hope the stories encourage the listener to do some introspection on what it means to be human. I believe the poems, like all art, will mean more to some than to others.

“If my love for you was any greater, the trees would line up in poetic forms – awe you in sonnets written part to allow winds to cool your face, to trace it with nature’s hand.” – Passage from the poem “Forevermore” Fifty Three is a breathtaking exploration of the soul… of one man’s singular love for our world. The international poet and author Armand Hamouth started writing at age 11, writing poetry and prose for personal release, until at age 67, he finally relented to a growing pressure to release his work to share with both poetry and prose readers. This deeply ...

Broken Scabs is an engaging collection of poetry sneaking into the meaningful themes of failure, despair, rejection, desire, and heartbreak. This book supports the principle that we relate through our difficulties, maze runs, trip-ups, embarrassments, dense heartaches, foolish mistakes, and drowning tears. As you read into these poems, become lost in contemplation/thought and confidently absorb your reflections from broader considerations. This book does not hustle temporary uplift derived from cute cloudy words; this book is about opening eyes and realizing that life is more challenging ...

“America’s favorite poet” (The Wall Street Journal) has found a new form for his unique poetic style: the small poem. Here Collins writes about his trademark themes of nature, animals, poetry, mortality, absurdity, and love—all in a handful of lines. Neither haiku nor limerick, the small poem pushes to an extreme poetry’s famed power to condense emotional and conceptual meaning. Inspired by the small poetry of writers, the poems of Musical Tables show one of our greatest poets channeling his unique voice into a new phase of his exceptional career.

Poetry; a unique and beautiful way to express feelings and ideas. Weaving words into perfect poetic prose, these thirty authors remind you of your childhood, bring comfort from the hardships of life, fiercely spur emotions, and tell tales of old. All lovers of poetry will find a favorite here! Featured authors include Jonathan Pratt, Douglas Allen Gohl, J.E. Feldman, Rebecca A. Demarest, E.L. Summers, Austin Worley, Jose Joel Robles, Dana Trick, Neethu Krishnan, Alize Atif, Stephen Schwei, Vanessa Bane, and Matthew Ivan Bennett.

World Tales of Wisdom and Wonder is a collection of folktales told in a weave of poetry, prose, original melody, and guitar. Drawn from cultures around the globe, these colorful tales offer a leap into fantasy and some homespun wisdom passed down through the oral tradition.

In a series of fascinating conversations with eighteen American poets, and in dozens of poems, The Language of Life celebrates language in its "most exalted, wrenching, delighted, and concentrated form," and its unique power to recreate the human experience: falling in love, facing death, leaving home, losing faith, finding God.

Step into the hauntingly beautiful world of the Brontë sisters, where passion, melancholy, and fierce independence collide. This collection brings together the complete poems of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë—three women whose words continue to resonate across centuries. From the wild, windswept moors to the depths of the human soul, these poems explore themes of love, loss, and longing with raw, unflinching emotion. A timeless treasure for listeners seeking the power of poetic brilliance and the voices of these groundbreaking literary icons.

Rhymed & Ravished: Crown’s Kinky Fables for the Bold & Bound Step into a storybook soaked in lipstick‑red ink, velvet rope, and whispered consent. Hypno Dom Joseph Crown—bard of moans, collector of brats, and author of NOLA Reverie—returns with an anthology where every page crackles like a fresh flogger strike. Inside, you’ll prowl through the Leather Lane Crossroads Café, sway beneath the Carnival of Consent’s neon tents, and bloom in the Garden of Growth where trust ties tighter than rope. Singing brats, rhyme‑drunk Dominants, ghost‑worshipped subs, and a digital dungeon ...

The sonnets are a collection numbering 154 poems dealing with themes such as the passage of time, love, beauty, and mortality. They were probably written over a long period of Shakespeare's life up until 1609, when they were first printed. The first 17 poems, traditionally referred to as the "procreation sonnets", are addressed to a young man urging him to marry and have children in order to immortalize his beauty by passing it on to his descendants.