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Phillis Wheatley was the first African-American to publish a book of poetry in 1773. Born in West Africa, she was sold into slavery at age seven, and bought by a wealthy Massachusetts family who taught her to read and write. Her extraordinary literary gifts led to the publication...

LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of The Australian Sunrise by James Lister Cuthbertson. This was the weekly poetry project for August 16th, 2009....

This is a collection of 18 poems read by LibriVox volunteers for July 2014. ...

This is a collection of poems by Michael Field, the pseudonym of Katharine Harris Bradley and Edith Emma Cooper. Those poems are of interest not only because they are beautiful examples of aesthetic poetry, but also because many of them contain homosexuality as a theme. The joint...

This is a volume of poetry by Robert Herrick. The volume "Chrysomela" was arranged by Francis Turner Palgrave. The 17th century English poet is continuing to inspire readers of his poetry. - Summary by Carolin...

A collection of poems by Lowell, one of the Fireside poets with Longfellow, Whittier, Holmes, and Bryant, including a sketch of his life. The collection is composed of the title piece, a retelling of an Arthurian legend, as well as 17 other poems. - Summary by Fritz...

LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 056: a collection of 20 public-domain poems....

This is a volume of poems by Mary Ann Bigelow, who turned her historical research into a poem in "the Kings and Queens of England". This volume also contains a number of her other poems, especially acrostics, many of which are dedicated to friends and family members. - Summary by...

Thomas Fleming Day was an American sailboat designer and sailboat racer. He was the founding editor of Rudder, a monthly magazine about boats, and himself the first to win the annual New York to Bermuda race. Not so well-known today is the fact that Day also occasionally penned a...

Librivox’s Short Poetry Collection 010: a collection of 20 public-domain poems....

After writing two volumes on Misrepresentative Men, in which Harry Graham satirized ancient and contemporary famous men, a volume on the famous ladies was necessary. This volume contains several humorous poems on famous women, as well as some other humorous verses. Summary by Car...

This is a volume of poetry by George Meredith. The first four poems are the cycle A Circle of Life, the rest of the poems are miscellaneous collected poems. - Summary by Carolin...