Poetry

A lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s “nimble gallop” and brings an ancient epic to new life....

Wilson has returned with an equally revelatory translation of Homer’s other great epic―the most revered war poem of all time....

The Odyssey is literature's grandest evocation of every man's journey through life. In the myths and legends that are retold here, the energy and poetry of Homer's original is captured in a bold, contemporary idiom, giving us an edition of The Odyssey that is a joy to listen to, worth...

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

This international best seller gently offers answers to life's biggest questions as well as a practical process to help you create prosperity, vitality, happiness and inner peace....

John Milton's Paradise Lost is one of the greatest epic poems in the English language....

The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today's often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways.

A celebration of hope. An encounter with grace. A restoration of the heart. A healing of wounds. An anthem of freedom. This illustrated collection of poetry and prose invites you to stumble into the sunlight and delight in the wild and boundless grace you've been given. Popular Instagram poet...

An epic poem is a lengthy narrative poem, usually set in a time beyond living memory in which the extraordinary ancestors gave shape to the mortal universe for their descendants, the poet, and his audience in order to understand themselves as a people....

Tolkien’s acclaimed modern classic ‘fairie’ tale, read by Derek Jacobi. ‘Here is something that no devotee of the Hobbit epic can afford to miss, while awaiting a further instalment of the history of these fascinating people – a selection [of verses] offered as an ‘interim report’...

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke, read by Max Deacon and Dan Stevens. At the start of the twentieth century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, sex...

Samah Sabawi shares the story of her parents and many like them who were born as their parents were being forced to leave their homelands. Filled with love for land, history, peoples it is more than anything else a family story and a love story told with enormous humanity and feeling. How the...

With Professor Esolen you will enter the terrible gates of Hell and progress level by infernal level to its diabolical depths. Professor Esolen places a special emphasis on the drama of the poem, leading you through each canto in succession....

Beyond Thoughts is a poetry collection that explores the root cause of anxiety, depression, guilt, shame, negative thinking, and emotional suffering to help you heal....

Brought to you by Penguin The Divine Comedy describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as a guide; his ascent of Mount Purgatory and encounter with his dead love, Beatrice; and finally, his arrival in Heaven. Examining questions of faith, desire and enlightenment, the poem is a brilliantly...

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by George Blagden, star of Versailles and Vikings. This definitive recording is translated by E.V. Rieu, revised by D.C.H. Rieu, and contains an introduction by Peter Jones. The epic tale of Odysseus and his ten-year journey home after...

The definitive translation by Dick Davis of the great national epic of Iran is now newly revised and expanded to be the most complete English-language edition.

What if a single revelation could change your destiny in a moment? In this riveting best-selling series, author Rick Joyner takes you on the supernatural journey that has captivated millions. This is more real than an allegory....

. All She Ever Wanted stars Kathleen Seymour, a woman who seems to have it all, though she hides a dark family secret....

Diary entries, medical records, book reports, phone calls, dates (the romantic kind), dreams, index cards, passive aggressive post-it notes, stories, emails to professors, dates (the month/day kind), worries, and resumes that never led to job interviews....

The great Indian Buddhist master Nagarjuna wrote his celebrated poem Letter to a Friend as a gift of advice to a South Indian king, and it has since become a monument in the Indian shastra tradition.

Jalaluddin Rumi is unquestionably one of the greatest spiritual poets of the world....

The Pilgrim's Progress as you've never heard it before! Not only is this edition in modern English, it has been custom crafted by playwright Jim Pappas....

How can we look afresh at Shakespeare as a writer of sonnets? What new light might they shed on his career, personality, and sexuality? Shakespeare wrote sonnets for at least 30 years, not only for himself, for professional reasons, and for those he loved, but also in his plays....

Odysseus has been away from Ithaca, the Greek city-state under his rule, for ten years while fighting in the Trojan War. After the fall of...

The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today's often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives.

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society. In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. Obviously for most of humanity's time people couldn't read and texts couldn't be published in any great number.

This heartfelt collection of poems explores the many dimensions of love—its tender beginnings, its enduring presence, its ties through family, and the ache of its loss. With each verse, the poet captures moments of joy, vulnerability, connection, and longing. From the thrill of new love and the quiet strength of lifelong companionship, to the unbreakable bonds of family and the quiet mourning of what once was, these poems invite listeners to feel deeply and reflect on their own experiences with love in all its forms.

A survivor of government sanctioned mind control under the MK Ultra system, Cathy has spent the last three decades exposing hidden truths and reclaiming her sovereignty — one word at a time. While her testimony has rattled institutions, these poems reveal the quieter revolution: the return of her own free thought.

The terrible and long-drawn out siege of Troy, the quarrel of Achilles and Agamemnon, the interactions between Olympian Gods and humans, remains among one of the classic campaigns and the heroism and treachery of the combatants have been unmatched in song and story. It is a literal translation, but prose, and therefore so much easier to understand! This is certainly the version for those who want to know what Homer is about.

Fundamentally, this audiobook isn't "about" anything but submission of a poetry and prose collection that had to be a world level thank you letter to American artist Charles Bukowski whom I had found later in life as a reminder that there was no doing this right. "This" refers to the notion of what it means to be a writer, as the pieces encompassing this collection stem from realization of a rooted "no effort" and invasive take over in the course of my life.

Sad musings, violent contemplations, and painful rhymes fill this unapologetically raw debut poetry collection. Inspired by the poet's most traumatic experiences, each poem offers an unfiltered glimpse into a mind shaped by loss, anger, and survival. This book reflects the poet's desperate search for peace in the aftermath of chaos. Beautiful words with no minimising, no softened edges; only truth, pain, and the haunting echoes of a life lived in the shadow of trauma.

This collection of poems explores the movements, excesses, and extremes of existing as a postmodern person, connecting these experiences to ancestry by reimagining memories, history, homesteads, migration, and the intersections of the past, present, and possible futures.

An important and often-quoted literary figure, the English poet Christina Rossetti (1830–1894) wrote some of the most beautiful and voluptuous poetry in the English language. Like Emily Dickinson, she lived in self-imposed isolation, writing of God and lost love with a sensuality and passion that seemed to emanate from the soul. This edition of 53 works combines a number of her best-known sonnets, ballads, and shorter lyrics with her long masterpiece, the narrative fable Goblin Market.

The Weight She Carried is a raw and intimate collection of poetry that speaks to the silent battles we fight behind forced smiles and tired eyes. Through heartbreak and healing, grief and growth, Leanna gives voice to the pain we bury and the strength it takes to rise. These poems do not flinch—they hold space for the heavy, the hurt, and the hope. With each minute, you’ll find pieces of yourself in the cracks and courage in the healing. This is not just her story—it’s ours. For the ones who’ve been quiet too long. For the ones still learning to breathe.

A Zenith of Us is a legacy of love written in verse — a mother’s heart poured into words that hold the wonder of beginnings, the quiet strength of growth, and the eternal bond between parent and child.

A Journey of Faith and Reflection is a heartfelt collection of Christian poems, prayers, meditations, and stories that illuminate the beauty of a life lived with God at its centre. Through gentle words and deeply personal reflections, Elisabeth Anne Frewin invites listeners to pause, ponder, and reconnect with their faith — no matter where they are on their spiritual path.

What if your soul could choose its own path to enlightenment? PRIMAL VERSES: ZERO TO ONE is not just poetry—it's a transformative journey through 62 interconnected verses that speak directly to your soul. Each chapter is a masterpiece. Each verse takes you on an emotional, spiritual, and intellectual odyssey—from the profound emptiness of "Zero" to the transcendent unity of "One. "THREE SOUL PATHS AWAIT:

Brought to you by Altrusian Grace Media and narrated by Matthew Schmitz. Sanai's book, The Enclosed Garden of the Truth, a treatise on God and the seekers journey to Him, forms one part of three highly influential early Sufi works. The others being Attar's Conference of the Birds and Rumi's Masnavi. Sanai's work is considered to be the first to use poetry to express religious, spiritual and mystical ideas. Rumi acknowledges both Sanai and Attar as having a major influence on his own poetry and stated 'Attar is the soul and Sanai the two eyes'.

"Before the ache softened… before love learned your name again… there was a moment of surrender.” Passion Overdose is the smile after the heartbreak. The uncontrollable joy of discovering new love. The spark that keeps the flames lit—even when the past still whispers.

The poems in Fragile Heart may make you cry, but they will also bring you peace and even make you smile as you ride the waves of beautiful chaos with someone who outlived the darkness and now stands on the other side, shining in the light, inviting you in.

What if everything you thought you knew about love, loss, and becoming was just the prologue? VERSES is not a manual—it’s a mirror. It's a is a soul-stirring exploration of love, loss, healing, and becoming. A lyrical exploration of the moments that break us open and the truths we find in the aftermath. For anyone who’s ever loved deeply, lost unexpectedly, or stood in the in-between wondering what comes next, these pages offer recognition rather than advice, connection instead of conclusions.

What if your soul could choose its own path to enlightenment? PRIMAL VERSES: ZERO TO ONE is not just poetry—it's a transformative journey through 62 interconnected verses that speak directly to your soul. Each chapter is a masterpiece. Each verse takes you on an emotional, spiritual, and intellectual odyssey—from the profound emptiness of "Zero" to the transcendent unity of "One."THREE SOUL PATHS AWAIT: THE SEEKER — Quest for ultimate truth. Travel from SOURCE through DUALITY and ASTRAL realms, descending through EGO and WITNESS until you arrive at pure SPIRIT.

A one of a kind narrative nonfiction book of poems that delves deep into the meaning of money and financial concepts including interest rate, currency, compounding, budget, mortgage, insurance, pension, tax and stock exchange among others. It takes a listener on a journey to the Royal Mint and explores the tradition of the Trial of the Pyx.

Dylan Marlais Thomas (October 27, 1914 to November 9, 1953) was a Welsh poet and writer. He became widely popular in his lifetime, and remained so after his death at the age of 39 in New York City. By then, he had acquired a reputation, which he had encouraged, as a "roistering, drunken and doomed poet." In the following recordings, Thomas reads his poems "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night," "Poem in October," "In My Craft or Sullen Art," "Lament," "Fern Hill," "Poem on His Birthday," "A Refusal to Mourn," and "If I Were Tickled by the Rub of Love."

Did you know that excavation of Elizabeth Line unearthed a Black Death pit and remains of long extinct wildlife? Or that the underground has an array of disused stations and hidden passages? Or how the Victorian railway rivalry shaped the transport network we use today? In a one of a kind guide to secrets of London famous stations written in original elegantly depicted narrative verse, one finds these any more answers! The book is unique and unprecedented—filled with history, facts, insights and observations eloquently and neatly composed.

'Birthday: What Gifts Day Gives' invites listeners to explore the traditions and customs of the birthday celebration, picks their curiosity at the choice of the cake, shares the party highlights and raises existential questions through a poetic recollection.

In this captivating poetry collection by Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman, the power of words becomes a force to reckon with. Through poignant verses written both before and during the COVID-19 global health pandemic, Ali-Coleman weaves a tapestry of emotions that delve into the ongoing struggle for the liberation of Black people in America. This audiobook includes never-before-heard instrumental accompaniment to many of the book's poems, with the author singing on some of the tracks, adding to the theatrical element of some of the pieces.

Dancing With the End of the World by Dylan Goddard A raw, unfiltered audiobook about grief, survival, and the strange beauty that remains when everything else has burned down. This is not a guide. This is not self-help. This is a man walking through the wreckage of his own life and choosing, again and again, not to look away. In these pages, Dylan Goddard writes with savage honesty about the moments that break us, the memories that haunt us, and the quiet, stubborn hope that refuses to die.

It takes a collective dream, a colossally pressing issue and a civil engineering genius to design infrastructure projects that not only solve the problem of its time but also set a fine example of reliability, continuity and robustness. ‘Works’ takes the listener through some of London’s the most ingenious public works that tackled enormous challenges and fuelled growth and progress of London we know today.