Podcasts by Verses In Vox
Verses In Vox™ is a short-form audio program featuring dramatic readings of classic poetry. It's a vehicle to experience these well-loved works in a new way while at the same time introducing them to a new audience.
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“Excelsior” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow from 2019-05-04T22:07:20
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote the poem "Excelsior" in the early morning hours of September 28, 1841, and it was published for the first time in a periodical four months later. Excelsior is a Lat...
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“Christmas At Sea” by Robert Louis Stevenson from 2018-12-22T19:58:26
First published in a periodical just a few days before Christmas in 1888, "Christmas at Sea" is a vivid narrative poem that pulls the reader into the scenes. The stark contrast between the warm, do...
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"In School-days" by John Greenleaf Whittier from 2018-11-29T00:18:46
Born in rural Massachusetts in 1807, John Greenleaf Whittier began to write poetry at a young age with his first poem being published in the summer of 1826. Shortly thereafter, he began working as ...
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"O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitman from 2018-04-20T03:36:02
Probably the most well-known poem by Walt Whitman, "O Captain! My Captain!" is a moving metaphor for President Abraham Lincoln's leadership of the country during the Civil War and his assassination...
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"The Crucifixion and Resurrection. An Ode." by Mary Leapor from 2018-03-29T02:20:12
Mary Leapor was a young poet born into Britain's working class. She died at the young age of 24 and therefore her body of work is not very large, but it contains some lengthy pieces which are quite...
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“Eldorado” by Edgar Allan Poe from 2018-02-21T04:53:21
The poem "Eldorado" was first published in 1849 in the Boston-based periodical, The Flag of Our Union, a publication which also printed works from Louisa May Alcott. Incidentally, this poem was pub...
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"Autumn Fires" by Robert Louis Stevenson from 2017-11-23T03:33:20
"Autumn Fires" was first published in 1885 in a volume titled Penny Whistles which contained over 60 poems, including "My Shadow", "The Lamplighter", and "The Land of Story-books". The collection w...
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“Afternoon” by Emma Lazarus from 2017-10-15T22:08
While she wrote dozens of poems, Emma Lazarus is most known for "The New Colossus" and information about much of her other work is scarce. Indeed, information regarding "Afternoon" is almost nonexi...
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"The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus from 2017-09-01T01:18
American born, Jewish poet, Emma Lazarus wrote this now famous sonnet in 1883 for the purpose of aiding the Bartholdi Pedestal Fund for the Statue of Liberty as Lazarus notes on the original manusc...
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“A Psalm of Life" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow from 2017-07-27T01:15
This popular poem by American poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, was first published in the literary magazine, The Knickerbocker, in 1838. The following year, this poem was collected with several ot...
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"The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson from 2017-06-15T04:16
Written and published in the winter of 1854, "The Charge of the Light Brigade" memorializes the story of the British soldiers who fought in the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War. The battl...
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"The Long Hill" by Sara Teasdale from 2017-05-30T19:15
American lyric poet, Sara Teasdale, was born in 1884 in Missouri. She published her first poem in a newspaper in 1907 followed by a volume of her poetry later that year. In 1950, science fiction wr...
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"Crossing The Bar" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson from 2017-05-15T01:54
Written in 1889, when Tennyson was about 80 years old, "Crossing The Bar" is one of his last pieces of poetry. The elegy embraces similar themes as many of Alfred, Lord Tennyson's other works as he...
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"The Village Blacksmith" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow from 2017-04-09T02:58
First published in 1840, "The Village Blacksmith" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is a wonderful example of a short, narrative poem. It not only tells the reader a story, but it is one which many can...
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"Florence Nightingale" by Emma Lazarus from 2017-02-17T02:41:03
Emma Lazarus was an American poet who was writing during the late 1800s. She is most known for her sonnet in honor of The Statue of Liberty, "The New Colossus". Her poem, "Florence Nightingale", wa...
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"The Best Thing in the World" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning from 2017-01-29T21:58:16
English poet, Elizabeth Barrett Browning was born in 1806 and is believed to have written her first poem at the young age of 6. Unlike many classic poets, Barrett Browning was quite well respected ...
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"The Eagle" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson from 2016-09-30T07:46:25
"The Eagle" was first published in 1851, shortly after Tennyson was appointed as Poet Laureate of Britain in 1850; a position he held until his death in 1892. In spite of its short length, "The Eag...
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"My Shadow" by Robert Louis Stevenson from 2016-07-31T18:40
Perhaps better known for his fiction works such as Treasure Island and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson was also a prolific poet, publishing a handful of collections of...
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"The Children's Hour" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow from 2016-06-19T18:34
American poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, wrote "The Children's Hour" about his relationship with his own three daughters, even using their names in the piece. It was first published in 1860 in th...
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"Evening Solace" by Charlotte Brontë from 2016-05-31T01:21:36
English writer, Charlotte Brontë, is probably best known for her novel, Jane Eyre, although she wrote a handful of other novels as well as many poems. For many years she wrote and published her wor...
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"To Be A Pilgrim" by John Bunyan from 2016-04-17T02:26:12
This poem was originally published in 1684 in Part 2 of the well-known allegorical novel that Bunyan wrote, The Pilgrim's Progress. The text was later modified and set to music in the early 1900s a...
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"Ballad Of The Tempest" by James Thomas Fields from 2016-03-26T05:10:01
This beautiful, narrative poem was first published in 1849 in a volume titled "Poems", just a few years after James Thomas Fields became a partner in a Boston publishing firm. Several of Fields' wo...
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"London Snow" by Robert Bridges from 2016-03-03T22:27:13
Before beginning to work full time on his literary interests, Robert Bridges worked for 8 years as a physician in several London hospitals. "London Snow" was written several years after he left the...
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"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost from 2016-02-22T17:32:38
After working for many hours on a poem in 1922, Robert Frost stepped outside and was suddenly inspired to write "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening". He said later that he was able to complete th...
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"The Sky Is Low The Clouds Are Mean" by Emily Dickinson from 2016-02-16T18:00:19
The personification of nature that Dickinson employs in this poem is simply beautiful. As always, she uses a few words to articulate so much and does it so well. It's so easy to visualize in one's ...
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"Christmas Bells" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow from 2015-12-20T08:35:04
Written on Christmas Day in 1863 during the heat of the Civil War by American poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "Christmas Bells" is perhaps more well-known in the form of the Christmas carol "I He...
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"A Slash of Blue" by Emily Dickinson from 2015-12-12T13:00:04
Emily Dickinson was a master of saying much with a few words. In these few lines she paints a beautiful word picture of the amazing canvas of the skies. Some scholars contend that this poem is a re...
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"Fall, Leaves, Fall" by Emily Bronte from 2015-12-08T04:55:47
Contrasting the sadness and beauty of the changing of seasons, Emily Brontë also leaves the reader with a sense of anticipation of the cooler weather in this short work. The vivid imagery she uses ...
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"In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae from 2015-11-11T10:00:28
Written in May of 1915 by Canadian physician, Lt. Col. John McCrae, "In Flanders Fields" is one of the most recognizable poems about the First World War. It was first published in a London magazine...
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"Chartless" by Emily Dickinson from 2015-10-17T11:00:24
This piece is one of Dickinson's most recognizable works and it is one of the few which has been titled by an editor as Emily Dickinson did not title her poems. "Chartless" was first published in 1...
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"If--" by Rudyard Kipling from 2015-10-17T05:20:11
Rudyard Kipling wrote the poem “If—“ in 1895, but it was not published until 15 years later. The piece is consistently listed among the best poems ever written by British poets and sections of it h...
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Verses In Vox Promo from 2015-10-09T02:20:06
Imagine classic works of poetry from the likes of Dickinson, Kipling and Tennyson fused with original music scores and enhanced with sound effects.
Verses In Vox™ is a short-form, dramat...