Best Poetry Audiobooks

January 28, 2022 7:03 PM

What are your favorite poetry audiobooks that are available on Audible or Libro? Not really looking for epic poetry like Iliad or Beowulf, but poetry collections like Paige Lewis' Space Struck, the works of Carol Ann Duffy, Frank O'Hara's Lunch Poems, Robert Hass' Summer Snow, or the books of David Whyte.
posted by dobbs to Writing & Language (3 answers total)

I loved reading The Poet X and wager the audiobook would be fantastic.
posted by athirstforsalt at 9:27 PM on January 28, 2022

Some poetry audiobooks I have enjoyed on Audible:

Simon Armitage - Paper Aeroplane
Simon Armitage - Sandettie Light Vessel Automatic
Raymond Antrobus - The Perseverance
Mary Jean Chan - Flèche
Illya Kaminsky - Deaf Republic
Patricia Lockwood - Balloon Pop Outlaw Black
posted by EXISTENZ IS PAUSED at 10:58 PM on January 28, 2022

I like The Best Cigarette by Billy Collins. I find his work accessible and funny. Bonus: reads in a natural way, rather than using "poet voice".
posted by smoochbelly at 10:14 AM on October 25, 2022