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Popular Poetry, Popular Verse (Unabridged)
Running time : 2 hours 38 min.
Author : William Shakespeare, John Milton, and more
Narrator : Anton Lesser and Simon Russell Beale
Publisher : Naxos AudioBooks
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With more than 80 of the most popular and loved poems in the English language, this collection is one of the most comprehensive anthologies of its kind. It covers a remarkable range, from the striking visions of Blake and Shelley and the insights of Keats to lighter but equally memorable verse by Tennyson, Kipling, G.K. Chesterton and Edward Lear.

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Collection: Popular Poetry / Popular Verse, Vol. 2 (Unabridged)
Running time : 2 hours and 36 min.
Author : William Blake, John Donne, Alfred Tennyson, Edward Lear, John Keats
Narrator : Jasper Britton, Emma Fielding, Tony Britton
Publisher : Naxos AudioBooks
Normal Retail Price : $ 12.00
Audible Price : $ 8.40

Nearly 100 of the most popular and loved poems in the English language....
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Catching Life by the Throat: How to Read Poetry and Why
Running time : 3 hours and 46 min.
Author : Josephine Hart
Narrator : Ralph Fiennes, Roger Moore, Juliet Stevenson, and more
Publisher : Hachette Audio UK
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Here is an audiobook of the hugely successful Josephine Hart Poetry Hours at the British Library....
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The Ballad of Reading Gaol (Unabridged)
Running time : 27 min.
Author : Oscar Wilde
Narrator : SIR Donald Sinden
Publisher : Whiteroom Music Ltd
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The Ballad of Reading Gaol is a poem by Oscar Wilde, written in exile either in Berneval or Dieppe France after his release from Reading Gaol (prison) in May 1897....
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Alfred Drake Reads The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Running time : 22 min.
Author : Edward Fitzgerald
Narrator : Alfred Drake
Publisher : Saland Publishing
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Edward Fitzgerald's translation of a selection of poems originally written by Omar Khayyam was originally published in 1859. Here, a selection is read by Alfred Drake....
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The Iliad
Running time : 4 hours
Author : Homer
Narrator : Anton Lesser
Publisher : Naxos AudioBooks
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Perhaps the greatest poem of the Western world, The Iliad tells the story of 50 critical days toward the end of the Trojan war...
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The Love Story of Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning
Running time : 40 min.
Author : Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
Narrator : Katharine Cornell
Publisher : Saland Publishing
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Perhaps one of the most endearing love stories of all time captured theatrically, in sonnet and in letter by Katharine Cornell & Anthony Quayle....
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Nightfall
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Author : Taylor Mali
Narrator : Taylor Mali
Publisher : Words Worth Ink
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Taylor's first live spokenword collection since 2003, Icarus Airlines, contains 34 poems....
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Bear's New Friend (Unabridged)
Running time : 7 min.
Author : Karma Wilson
Narrator : John McDonough
Publisher : Recorded Books
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With funloving rhymes and a curious mystery to solve, Bear's New Friend, from acclaimed children's author Karma Wilson, is sure to become a new favorite of kids everywhere....
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The Poetry of England, Volume 2 (Unabridged)
Running time : 55 min.
Author : John Keats, Robert Browning, Thomas Hood, Rupert Brooke
Narrator : Nigel Davenport, Nigel Planer, Jan Francis, Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe
Publisher : The Copyright Group NET
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English Poetry, Volume 2 An Introduction. The English language has grown into the Worlds predominant spoken language....
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Conviction
Running time : 1 hour and 9 min.
Author : Taylor Mali
Narrator : Taylor Mali, Noel Jones, and more
Publisher : Words Worth Ink
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The evolution of Taylor Mali the poet could be measured in the number of people his poetry has directly inspired...
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The Song of Hiawatha (Unabridged)
Running time : 3 hours and 57 min.
Author : Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Narrator : William Hootkins
Publisher : Naxos AudioBooks
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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....
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The War Poets (Unabridged)
Running time : 28 min.
Author : Wilfred Owen, Seigfried Sassoon, Rupert Brooke
Narrator : David Moore
Publisher : Saland Publishing
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Arguably some of the most powerful poetry ever written. Classic works written during World War I by Wilfred Owen, Siegried Sassoon and Rupert Brooke....
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Best Conversation on Race
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Author : Taylor Mali
Narrator : Taylor Mali
Publisher : Words Worth Ink
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Taylor's first live spokenword collection since 2003, Icarus Airlines, contains 34 poems....
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A Quartet of Tennyson: Enoch Arden, Guinevere, Marianna, The Kraken (Unabridged)
Running time : 1 hour and 15 min.
Author : Alfred Tennyson
Narrator : Helen Elizabeth G
Publisher : Summersdale Publishers Ltd
Normal Retail Price : $ 8.93
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This audiobook collects together four of Tennyson's finest poems including 'Enoch Arden', 'Guinevere', 'Marianna' and 'The Kraken'.....
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When I Am an Old Woman I Shall Wear Purple
Running time : 3 hours
Author : -
Narrator : Ellen Burstyn and C.C.H. Pounder
Publisher : Phoenix Audio
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This awardwinning anthology of poetry and prose takes a new look at being a woman particularly an...
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They Don't Make Loaves of Bread That Big
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Author : Taylor Mali
Narrator : Taylor Mali
Publisher : Words Worth Ink
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Taylor's first live spokenword collection since 2003, Icarus Airlines, contains 34 poems....
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Poetry of Stephen Crane, Volume III: Additional Poems (Unabridged)
Running time : 26 min.
Author : Stephen Crane
Narrator : Robert Bethune
Publisher : Freshwater Seas
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Thirty poems from Stephen Crane, a third volume of his work.....
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The Song Shoots Out of My Mouth (Unabridged)
Running time : 29 min.
Author : Jamie Adoff
Narrator : Jamie Adoff
Publisher : Penguin Group USA and Audible
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This rockin' collection of 24 dynamic, original poems vividly captures a variety of musical experiences from the teen perspective....
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A Child's Garden Of Verses
Running time : 35 min.
Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Narrator : Judith Anderson
Publisher : Saland Publishing
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Here is a delightful look at childhood, written by master poet and storyteller Robert Louis Stevenson. In this collection of sixtysix poems, Stevenson recalls the joys of his childhood....
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English Verse: The Best of the 20th Century
Running time : 1 hour and 39 min.
Author : Various
Narrator : Julian Glover and Isla Blair
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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Representing the work of more than 30 poets, and extending from Thomas Hardy's lines on the loss of Titanic to the presentday concerns of Seamus Heaney....
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