Listen to the world’s best poetry read out loud.
Filter results
There are thousands of poems for you to explore here. We have provided a list of recordings to get you started - then see where the mood takes you.
2591 poems
Poem
Poem
Poem
Poem
Poem
Poem
Poem
Poem
The Classics
Dead Man’s Dump
Read by Andrew Motion
Dead Man’s Dump - Isaac Rosenberg - Read by Andrew Motion
The Classics
August 1914
Read by Andrew Motion
August 1914 - Isaac Rosenberg - Read by Andrew Motion
The Classics
Returning, We Hear the Larks
Read by Andrew Motion
Returning, We Hear the Larks - Isaac Rosenberg - Read by Andrew Motion
The Classics
Break of Day in the Trenches
Read by Andrew Motion
Break of Day in the Trenches - Isaac Rosenberg - Read by Andrew Motion
The Classics
Long-legged Fly
Read by Maurice Riordan
Long-legged Fly - William Butler Yeats - Read by Maurice Riordan
The Classics
Leda and the Swan
Read by Maurice Riordan
Leda and the Swan - William Butler Yeats - Read by Maurice Riordan
The Classics
Sailing to Byzantium
Read by Maurice Riordan
Sailing to Byzantium - William Butler Yeats - Read by Maurice Riordan
The Classics
The Second Coming
Read by Maurice Riordan
The Second Coming - William Butler Yeats - Read by Maurice Riordan
The Classics
They flee from me that sometime did me seek
Read by Helen Dunmore
by Thomas Wyatt