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Death by Living Audiobook By N. D. Wilson cover art
Death by Living
  • Death by Living

  • Life Is Meant to Be Spent
  • By: N. D. Wilson
  • Narrated by: N. D. Wilson
  • Length: 4 hrs and 37 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 180
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 161
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 161

A poetic portrait of faith, futility, and the joy of this mortal life. In this astoundingly unique audiobook, best-selling author N. D. Wilson reminds each of us that to truly live, we must recognize that we are dying....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Phenomenal non-fiction narrative!

  • By Cedarland on 07-05-20

By: N. D. Wilson

Tears For My Father Audiobook By Maya Sloan, Michael Madsen, Quentin Tarantino - Foreword cover art
Tears For My Father
  • Tears For My Father

  • Outlaw Thoughts & Poems
  • By: Maya Sloan, Michael Madsen, Quentin Tarantino - Foreword
  • Narrated by: Michael Madsen
  • Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
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Tears For My Father: Outlaw Thoughts & Poems explores not only Madsen's remarkable life and experiences in and out of Hollywood, but also his familial influences that have participated in crafting and shaping him.

By: Maya Sloan, and others

Beautiful Chaos Audiobook By Jessica Urlichs cover art
Beautiful Chaos
  • Beautiful Chaos

  • On Motherhood, Finding Yourself, and Overwhelming Love
  • By: Jessica Urlichs
  • Narrated by: Jessica Urlichs
  • Length: 2 hrs and 2 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 1
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 1
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 1

Motherhood is messy and beautiful, and hard and humbling. We adore our children, and sometimes we miss ourselves. Beautiful Chaos is a collection of raw, honest poems about motherhood—capturing everything from pregnancy to school age.

By: Jessica Urlichs

My Childhood in Pieces Audiobook By Edward Hirsch cover art
My Childhood in Pieces
  • My Childhood in Pieces

  • A Stand-Up Comedy, a Skokie Elegy
  • By: Edward Hirsch
  • Narrated by: Edward Hirsch
  • Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 1
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 1
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 1

From the award-winning poet, dark comic microbursts of prose deliver a whole childhood, at the hands of an aspiring middle-class Jewish family whose hard-boiled American values and wit were the forge of a poet's coming-of-age.

By: Edward Hirsch

Some Things I Still Can't Tell You Audiobook By Misha Collins cover art
Some Things I Still Can't Tell You
  • Some Things I Still Can't Tell You

  • Poems
  • By: Misha Collins
  • Narrated by: Misha Collins
  • Length: 57 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 33
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 32
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 32

This book is a compilation of small observations and musings. It's filled with moments of reflection and a love letter to simple joys....

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • Love, Life and Garbage Trucks

  • By Susan T Vigilante on 12-07-23

By: Misha Collins

The Hurting Kind Audiobook By Ada Limón cover art
The Hurting Kind
  • The Hurting Kind

  • By: Ada Limón
  • Narrated by: Ada Limón
  • Length: 1 hr and 42 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 17
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 14
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 14

An astonishing collection about interconnectedness—between the human and nonhuman, ancestors and ourselves—from National Book Critics Circle Award winner, National Book Award finalist and U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • The Beauty of her insights

  • By Tom on 07-30-24

By: Ada Limón

Death by Living Audiobook By N. D. Wilson cover art
Death by Living
  • Death by Living

  • Life Is Meant to Be Spent
  • By: N. D. Wilson
  • Narrated by: N. D. Wilson
  • Length: 4 hrs and 37 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 180
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 161
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 161

A poetic portrait of faith, futility, and the joy of this mortal life. In this astoundingly unique audiobook, best-selling author N. D. Wilson reminds each of us that to truly live, we must recognize that we are dying....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Phenomenal non-fiction narrative!

  • By Cedarland on 07-05-20

By: N. D. Wilson

Tears For My Father Audiobook By Maya Sloan, Michael Madsen, Quentin Tarantino - Foreword cover art
Tears For My Father
  • Tears For My Father

  • Outlaw Thoughts & Poems
  • By: Maya Sloan, Michael Madsen, Quentin Tarantino - Foreword
  • Narrated by: Michael Madsen
  • Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0 out of 5 stars 0
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    0 out of 5 stars 0
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Tears For My Father: Outlaw Thoughts & Poems explores not only Madsen's remarkable life and experiences in and out of Hollywood, but also his familial influences that have participated in crafting and shaping him.

By: Maya Sloan, and others

Beautiful Chaos Audiobook By Jessica Urlichs cover art
Beautiful Chaos
  • Beautiful Chaos

  • On Motherhood, Finding Yourself, and Overwhelming Love
  • By: Jessica Urlichs
  • Narrated by: Jessica Urlichs
  • Length: 2 hrs and 2 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 1
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 1
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 1

Motherhood is messy and beautiful, and hard and humbling. We adore our children, and sometimes we miss ourselves. Beautiful Chaos is a collection of raw, honest poems about motherhood—capturing everything from pregnancy to school age.

By: Jessica Urlichs

My Childhood in Pieces Audiobook By Edward Hirsch cover art
My Childhood in Pieces
  • My Childhood in Pieces

  • A Stand-Up Comedy, a Skokie Elegy
  • By: Edward Hirsch
  • Narrated by: Edward Hirsch
  • Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 1
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 1
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 1

From the award-winning poet, dark comic microbursts of prose deliver a whole childhood, at the hands of an aspiring middle-class Jewish family whose hard-boiled American values and wit were the forge of a poet's coming-of-age.

By: Edward Hirsch

Some Things I Still Can't Tell You Audiobook By Misha Collins cover art
Some Things I Still Can't Tell You
  • Some Things I Still Can't Tell You

  • Poems
  • By: Misha Collins
  • Narrated by: Misha Collins
  • Length: 57 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 33
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 32
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 32

This book is a compilation of small observations and musings. It's filled with moments of reflection and a love letter to simple joys....

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • Love, Life and Garbage Trucks

  • By Susan T Vigilante on 12-07-23

By: Misha Collins

The Hurting Kind Audiobook By Ada Limón cover art
The Hurting Kind
  • The Hurting Kind

  • By: Ada Limón
  • Narrated by: Ada Limón
  • Length: 1 hr and 42 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 17
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 14
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 14

An astonishing collection about interconnectedness—between the human and nonhuman, ancestors and ourselves—from National Book Critics Circle Award winner, National Book Award finalist and U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • The Beauty of her insights

  • By Tom on 07-30-24

By: Ada Limón

I'll Fly Away Audiobook By Rudy Francisco cover art
I'll Fly Away
  • I'll Fly Away

  • By: Rudy Francisco
  • Narrated by: Rudy Francisco
  • Length: 52 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 31
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 27
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 27

In his stunningly intimate, highly anticipated follow up to Helium, Rudy Francisco has created a collection of poems that savor the day-to-day, treating it as worship, turning it into an opportunity to plant new seeds of growth....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • you can feel his raw emotion

  • By Ken on 06-03-25

By: Rudy Francisco

Made of Rivers Audiobook By Emory Hall cover art
Made of Rivers
  • Made of Rivers

  • By: Emory Hall
  • Narrated by: Emory Hall
  • Length: 46 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 7
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 7
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 7

Emory Hall’s debut poetry collection follows the anatomy of a river, swelling with loss and grief, and dances with the sacred waters of transformation and motherhood.

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Ernest. Poignant.

  • By Joan Thomas on 03-20-25

By: Emory Hall

A Peculiar People Audiobook By Steven Willis cover art
A Peculiar People
  • A Peculiar People

  • By: Steven Willis
  • Narrated by: Steven Willis
  • Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 6
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 4
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 4

A Peculiar People creates an entire microcosm within these poems. Steven Willis crafts an entire cast of characters, showcasing their struggles, identities, & underlying emotions....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Found myself hanging on to each word

  • By Michele Golombek Cook on 01-25-23

By: Steven Willis

When You See My Mother, Ask Her to Dance Audiobook By Joan Baez cover art
When You See My Mother, Ask Her to Dance
  • When You See My Mother, Ask Her to Dance

  • Poems
  • By: Joan Baez
  • Narrated by: Joan Baez
  • Length: 2 hrs and 8 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 3
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 3
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 3

Legendary artist and activist Joan Baez shares an intimate, autobiographical poetry collection, revealing pivotal life experiences that shaped an icon.

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • A Window Into the Mind of Joan Baez

  • By Jane Massengill on 04-01-25

By: Joan Baez

Billy Collins Live Audiobook By Billy Collins cover art
Billy Collins Live
  • Billy Collins Live

  • A Performance at the Peter Norton Symphony Space April 20, 2005
  • By: Billy Collins
  • Narrated by: Billy Collins
  • Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 274
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 133
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 128

In this exclusive audio publishing event, Billy Collins, former U.S. Poet Laureate, shares an evening of his poetry in a benefit reading....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Does Not Get Better Than This

  • By Mel on 09-27-10

By: Billy Collins

The Carrying Audiobook By Ada Limón cover art
The Carrying
  • The Carrying

  • Poems
  • By: Ada Limón
  • Narrated by: Ada Limón
  • Length: 1 hr and 39 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 10
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 8
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 8

From U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón comes The Carrying—her most powerful collection yet....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Ada reading her work is a must listen!

  • By C. Beale on 05-11-24

By: Ada Limón

Parallel Movement of the Hands Audiobook By John Ashbery cover art
Parallel Movement of the Hands
  • Parallel Movement of the Hands

  • Five Unfinished Longer Works
  • By: John Ashbery
  • Narrated by: Fred Sanders
  • Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 3
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 3
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 3

A stunning collection of work from beloved poet John Ashbery, his first posthumous book....

By: John Ashbery

The Prophet Audiobook By Kahlil Gibran cover art
The Prophet
  • The Prophet

  • By: Kahlil Gibran
  • Narrated by: Michael Goodrick
  • Length: 1 hr and 14 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 1
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 1
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 1

The Prophet is a book of 26 prose poetry fables written in English by the Lebanese-American poet and writer Kahlil Gibran. It was originally published...

By: Kahlil Gibran

The New Book Audiobook By Nikki Giovanni cover art
The New Book
  • The New Book

  • Poems, Letters, Blurbs, and Things
  • By: Nikki Giovanni
  • Length: 12 hrs
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
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Nikki Giovanni’s extraordinary new collection—a landmark of American literature—speaks to the fury of our current political moment while reflecting on the tragedies and triumphs of her early life.

By: Nikki Giovanni

44 Poems on Being with Each Other Audiobook By Pádraig Ó Tuama cover art
44 Poems on Being with Each Other
  • 44 Poems on Being with Each Other

  • A Poetry Unbound Collection
  • By: Pádraig Ó Tuama
  • Narrated by: Pádraig Ó Tuama
  • Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 1
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 1
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 1

44 Poems on Being with Each Other is a new volume that offers immersive reflections on the human connection. With an observant eye, Pádraig Ó Tuama shares an enlightening meditation on each poem, revealing the ways we relate to each other, the world around us, and ourselves.

By: Pádraig Ó Tuama

About Time Audiobook By David Duchovny cover art
About Time
  • About Time

  • Poems
  • By: David Duchovny
  • Length: 3 hrs
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0 out of 5 stars 0
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    0 out of 5 stars 0
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From acclaimed author, actor, and singer-songwriter David Duchovny, a deeply personal, existential, and insightful debut poetry collection.

By: David Duchovny

Unraveling Audiobook By Brandon Leake cover art
Unraveling
  • Unraveling

  • Poems
  • By: Brandon Leake
  • Narrated by: Brandon Leake
  • Length: 1 hr and 44 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 1
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 1
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 1

From famous spoken word poet, artistic educator, and founder/CEO of “Called to Move” Brandon Leake comes his debut poetry collection Unraveling....

By: Brandon Leake

Airmail Audiobook By Kathleen Patrick cover art
Airmail
  • Airmail

  • A Story of War in Poems
  • By: Kathleen Patrick
  • Narrated by: Kathleen Patrick
  • Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 1
  • Performance
    0 out of 5 stars 0
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    0 out of 5 stars 0

When I was in the fourth grade, we had a map of Vietnam on our kitchen wall. When my mother received an airmail letter, she would walk to the map and move one of the stickpins to a new location to see if one of her brothers was in harm’s way in some new hot spot or battle....

By: Kathleen Patrick

Why Fathers Cry at Night Audiobook By Kwame Alexander cover art
Why Fathers Cry at Night
  • Why Fathers Cry at Night

  • A Memoir in Love Poems, Recipes, Letters, and Remembrances
  • By: Kwame Alexander
  • Narrated by: Kwame Alexander
  • Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 72
  • Performance
    4.5 out of 5 stars 63
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 63

This powerful memoir from a #1 New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Medalist features poetry, letters, recipes, and other personal artifacts that provide an intimate look into his life and the loved ones he shares it with....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Loved it.

  • By Tonja on 06-01-23

By: Kwame Alexander

Water, Water Audiobook By Billy Collins cover art
Water, Water
  • Water, Water

  • Poems
  • By: Billy Collins
  • Narrated by: Billy Collins
  • Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 5
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 4
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 4

From the former Poet Laureate of the United States and New York Times bestselling author of Aimless Love comes a wondrous new collection of poems focused on the joys and mysteries of daily life.

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Billy Collins is charming witty and somewhat irreverent.

  • By Kathryn Grammer on 04-18-25

By: Billy Collins

I Had a Brother Once Audiobook By Adam Mansbach cover art
I Had a Brother Once
  • I Had a Brother Once

  • A Poem, A Memoir
  • By: Adam Mansbach
  • Narrated by: Adam Mansbach
  • Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 22
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 21
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 21

I Had A Brother Once is a brilliant, genre-defying work - both memoir and epic poem - about the struggle for wisdom, grace, and ritual in the face of unspeakable loss....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • The words, poetry of grief

  • By Sally Morsbach on 11-23-23

By: Adam Mansbach

Love Poems for People with Children Audiobook By John Kenney cover art
Love Poems for People with Children
  • Love Poems for People with Children

  • By: John Kenney
  • Narrated by: John Kenney
  • Length: 49 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 4
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 4
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 4

With the same brilliant wit and hilarious realism that made Love Poems for Married People such a hit, John Kenney is back with a brand new collection of poems, this time taking on the greatest "joy" in life: children....

By: John Kenney

Worldly Things Audiobook By Michael Kleber-Diggs cover art
Worldly Things
  • Worldly Things

  • By: Michael Kleber-Diggs
  • Narrated by: Michael Kleber-Diggs
  • Length: 1 hr and 40 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
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In these poems, Kleber-Diggs names delight in the same breath as loss....

By: Michael Kleber-Diggs

Moral Essays Audiobook By Alexander Pope, W. C. Armstrong - editor cover art
Moral Essays
  • Moral Essays

  • Or Epistles to Several Persons
  • By: Alexander Pope, W. C. Armstrong - editor
  • Narrated by: Denis Daly
  • Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
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These four poems, which deal with ethical issues, were collated and published in 1751 by William Warburton, seven years after Pope's death.

By: Alexander Pope, and others

Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head Audiobook By Warsan Shire cover art
Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head
  • Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head

  • Poems
  • By: Warsan Shire
  • Narrated by: Warsan Shire
  • Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 33
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 29
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 29

With her first full-length poetry collection, Warsan Shire introduces us to a young girl, who, in the absence of a nurturing guide, makes her own way toward womanhood....

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • The poems

  • By Anne on 04-02-25

By: Warsan Shire

Self Love Poetry Audiobook By Melody Godfred cover art
Self Love Poetry
  • Self Love Poetry

  • For Thinkers & Feelers
  • By: Melody Godfred
  • Narrated by: Melody Godfred
  • Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 22
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 21
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 21

Melody Godfred explores concepts like authenticity, surrender, resilience, gratitude, believing in yourself, and of course, love, through 100 pairs of poems, each dedicated to a central theme....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • deep

  • By Araceli on 04-17-24

By: Melody Godfred

Late to the Search Party Audiobook By Steven Espada Dawson cover art
Late to the Search Party
  • Late to the Search Party

  • Poems
  • By: Steven Espada Dawson
  • Narrated by: Steven Espada Dawson
  • Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    0 out of 5 stars 0
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A raw, crystalline debut poetry collection exploring themes of family, addiction, belonging, and loss—a searching elegy of the fissures that have come to define contemporary American life.

By: Steven Espada Dawson

Goldenrod Audiobook By Maggie Smith cover art
Goldenrod
  • Goldenrod

  • Poems
  • By: Maggie Smith
  • Narrated by: Maggie Smith
  • Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars 13
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 12
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars 12

With her breakout bestseller Keep Moving, Maggie Smith captured the nation with her “meditations on kindness and hope” (NPR). Now, with Goldenrod, the award-winning poet returns with a powerful collection of poems that look at parenthood, solitude, love, and memory....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • Powerful Collection

  • By BookishMarginalia on 07-28-21

By: Maggie Smith

Promises of Gold Audiobook By José Olivarez, David Ruano cover art
Promises of Gold
  • Promises of Gold

  • By: José Olivarez, David Ruano
  • Narrated by: José Olivarez
  • Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
  • Unabridged
  • Overall
    4.5 out of 5 stars 6
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars 6
  • Story
    4.5 out of 5 stars 6

A groundbreaking collection of poems addressing how every kind of love—self, brotherly, romantic, familial, cultural—is birthed, shaped, and complicated by the invisible forces of gender, capitalism, religion, migration, and so on....

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • I laughed thru my tears and cried thru my laughter

  • By NG on 04-27-23

By: José Olivarez, and others

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