Voices of Poetry - Volume 1

by Rick Sheridan (Editor), J.R.R. Tolkien, E.E. Cummings

Hear rare recordings from some of the world's most-respected poets reading their own works: J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hoard; ee cummings, Prose Jottings; Archibald Macleish, The Old Man To The Lizard; Ted Hughes, Six Young Men; May Swenson, Naked In Borneo; Marilyn Hacker, The Dark Twin; Kenneth Patchen, 23rd Street Runs Into Heaven; Edith Sitwell, An Old Woman; Theodore Roethke, The Bat. Recording obtained and published by Rick Sheridan.

Genres: Poetry, Nonfiction, Audiobook

Audio

First published January 15, 2013

Reviews

[Katie · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm very picky about my poetry and also reader. I enjoyed Tolkien's poem, and the one about the photograph, the rest weren't my flavor.

[Trisha · Rating 2 out of 5]

I think that the idea of an audiobook in which poets read their own poetry is a great idea. Unfortunately, I didn't know who the poets were or what was being read at any given moment, because the audio consisted of the clips and nothing else. That was very disappointing.

[Debyi Kucera (Book&BuJo) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Voices of Poetry, Vol. 1, poets reading their own works. What a joy to listen to J.R.R. Tolkien read his own works, especially in the languages he created for elves in Lord of the Rings. It would have been nice if each piece was introduced by name instead of flowing from one to the other but I enjoyed it from start to finish.

[Stephanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a short and sweet audiobook recording of multiple readers (and I suspect some readings by Tolkien himself) was unique and interesting. The poetry in this are section was clearly influenced by his personal life, his experience with WWI and his faith.

[Dominic]

Beware the library's copies of these audiobook anthologies. They are both incorrectly transposed to digital and missing segments.

[Zee · Rating 5 out of 5]

The poetry itself was good but the readings were kind of choppy with awkward transitions.

[L M Roy · Rating 2 out of 5]

I think the big take away is being able to hear the poems read in the author's voice, but to actually enjoy the words I would prefer to read them myself

[Bridget Mooney · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cool to hear the posts in their own words, but an introduction to the poems before reading would be nice.

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great short collection.

[Morgan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well, I loved it, but the book is missing the last section!

[Aleria · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've never read any of Tolkien's Poetry but I'm glad I did. I loved hearing his voice in this audiobook. It made me feel like I should be curled up in blankets with a nice hot drink & just ready to hear a bedtime story.

I do plan to read other work by Tolkien sometime this year or next year. For he is one of my favorite authors. :)