Poetry Audio

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  • "An Urban Convalescence"

    The late poet James Merrill, recently the subject of a memoir by Alison Lurie, reads three of his poems from the "Voice of the Poet" series.
  • "The Negro Speaks of Rivers"

    Harlem Renaissance writer Langston Hughes reads two of his poems.
  • "Transformatrix"

    British writer Patience Agbabi reads the rap-inspired piece "Ufo Woman" from her latest book of poetry.
  • The revolution will be streamed

    Gil Scott-Heron reads poems that address racism and the role of the black minister in America.
  • "The Raven"

    Edgar Allan Poe's haunting classic poem is read by Hollywood legend Basil Rathbone.
  • "The Old Darned Man"

    Nonagenarian Poet Laureate Stanley Kunitz reads poems that span his 70-year writing career.
  • Robert Frost

    Acquainted With The Night and West-Running Brook from "Robert Frost Reads"
  • Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

    "Fulano"
  • Pleasant Gehman

    "The Wild West Club"
  • "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"

    "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
  • Lynne Procope

    "Elemental Woman"
  • Robert Frost

    From "Robert Frost Reads", Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening and After Apple-Picking
  • Todd Colby

    "Stiff Prick"
  • Craig Foltz

    "Interiors/Exteriors"
  • Emily XYZ

    "Sinatra Walks Out"
  • Todd Colby

    "Candy"
  • Michelle T. Clinton

    "Blood As A Bright Color"
  • Wanda Coleman

    "They Will Starve You"
  • Marilyn Chin

    "The Barbarians Are Coming"
  • Todd Colby

    "Void Where Prohibited"
  • The Voice of the Poet: Sylvia Plath

    Plath reads her poems "Sow" and "On the Difficulty of Conjuring Up a Dryad"
  • Muriel Rukeyser

    "Despisals"
  • Exene Cervenka

    "Surface to Air Serpents"
  • Quincy Troupe

    "Skulls Along the River"
  • J. Tarin Towers

    "Collecting Box Tops"
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