Poetry

Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey are unquestionably two of the greatest epic masterpieces in Western literature....

The great adventure story tells of Odysseus, a veteran of the Trojan War, who - through a landscape peopled with monsters, sea nymphs, evil enchantresses, and vengeful gods....

The Iliad. Join Achilles at the Gates of Troy as he slays Hector to Avenge the death of Patroclus. Here is a story of love and war, hope and...

The poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke addresses the issues of God, death, and "destructive time." Rilke...

Rumi's Spiritual Verses is the greatest mystical poem in Islamic culture - and of all time....

Visionary author Oriah Mountain Dreamer brings to life the wisdom of her beloved The Invitation, the prose poem which has touched hearts everywhere...

The epic tells the story of a group of refugees from the ruined city of Troy, whose attempts to reach a promised land in the West are continually frustrated by the hostile goddess Juno....

Stephen Mitchell has selected nearly 50 poems for this collection, which focuses on Neruda's mature period....

These lectures are an invaluable resource and a helpful introduction to the grandest adventure story in Western literature....

The Odyssey is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other Homeric epic. The...

You learn how drama makes visible the conflicts and wars of culture in ways other forms cannot manage....

With 13 poems by William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and more, Classic Love Poems is a listening treat for Valentine's Day - or any day....

"Abandon all hope you who enter here." Dante’s Hell is one of the most remarkable visions in Western literature....

An ancient Mariner meets three youths attending a wedding feast, and detains one. The Wedding-Guest is spell-bound by the old seafaring man, and constrained to hear his tale. The Mariner tells how the ship sailed southward with a good wind and fair weather....

One of the most distinctive periods in English poetry was the age of Romanticism, a movement which rebelled against neoclassical forms and celebrated the imagination....

These 12 lectures will prepare you for the challenges of Chaucer's oeuvre, and will provide an understanding of what makes him the true "father" of English poetry....

The epic tale of Odysseus and his 10-year journey home after the Trojan War forms one of the earliest and greatest works of Western literature....

Throughout these lectures, you'll meet the poet in many guises; the divine, the alchemical, the common, the playful and the prisoner....

A new version of The Epic of Gilgamesh by Sebastian Lockwood....

"IF", a poem by Rudyard Kipling, is a timeless gem that recently reemerged in popular culture....

Mystery. Adventure. Horror. Romance. You can get a healthy mix of it all in The Classic Tales Podcast, Season Five. An anthology of all of the stories released through the podcast during 2011. Over 36 hours total! Optimized for mobile listening, this is one binge-worthy collection....

A collection of three medieval English poems, translated by Tolkien for the modern-day reader and containing romance, tragedy, love, sex and honour....

New Selected Poems contains poems chosen by Carol Ann Duffy from her first six acclaimed collections....

When you join Professor Vandiver for this lecture series on the Iliad, you'll come to understand what has enthralled and gripped so many people....

One of the great classics of English literature, it tells the story of a hero who wins glory and learns wisdom and is then called upon to face a final test against the monstrous....

Four well-known actresses read these poems by one of the greatest American poets of the 19th century. Her poems encompass life and death, love and longing, joyfulness and sorrow....

Listening to The Satires by Juvenal is to come face to face with the corruption, the debauchery, the waste, the sloth, and the mean-spirited greed of ancient Rome....