Women Poets of the Past – Audio Collection

Literary women were often more than poets, and for many of them their novels are far more famous than their poetry. This collection of women poets of the past offers a dual look at women poets. In the first group are women whose fiction surpassed their poetry. In the second are women who were poets exclusively. Both women poets withstood the test of time and have become classics. And though poets like Elizabeth Barrett Browning or Edith Sitwell have left us poetry of a higher order, there is still great magic and pleasure in the simpler poems of Emily or Charlotte Bronte. And most unique and loved of all is Emily Dickinson, the poet who wrote 150 years ago, with the fresh perspective and language of a modern poet. So take a walk down history’s memory lane with this collection of women poets of the past. No download is necessary. Simply click, listen and be charmed by these audio poems.

Women Poets of the Past: Emily Bronte

Emily Bronte’s novel Wuthering Heights is one of the most popular classics of our time. And as passionate and wild are her poems, filled with melancholy and disillusionment alongside beauty and passion. For such was Emily Bronte herself, the indomitable woman so far ahead of her time in conceiving the dark character of Heathcliff, for which she received mostly scorn and horror from her contemporaries. No, Emily Bronte did not become a literary luminary in her own short life. But her untamed poems are left behind to breath her spirit back to life. Here are four audio poems by Emily Bronte, with a fifth poem by Charlotte Bronte, on Emily’s death. There is no need to download these hauntingly beautiful poems, which John Keats would have called tales of “pleasing woe. Simply visit the Emily Bronte collection of audio poems, then click and listen.

Women Poets of the Past: Charlotte Bronte

Charlotte Bronte is best known for her gothic novel, Jane Eyre. Of all the classics, Jane Eyre is read most frequently by young adults nowadays, along with Jane Austen’s famous novels, Pride and Prejudice and Emma. And the spirit of Jane Eyre is found in Charlotte Bronte’s poems as well, an underlying mystery, beauty and hope in the midst of hardship and lose. Here are five Charlotte Bronte poems capturing her benevolence and hope, but also her sense of lose. For the poems depict biographical details from the Bronte sisters’ life, including their death. There is no need to download these Charlotte Bronte poems. Simply visit the Charlotte Bronte collection of audio poems, then click and listen.

Women Poets of the Past: Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson wrote in the 19th century with the style of a modern poet. Perhaps this is why poems by Emily Dickinson are read more than any other classic poetry, by both men and women. Here are five audio poems by Emily Dickinson for your enjoyment. There is no need to download anything. Simply visit the Emily Dickinson collection of audio poems, then click and listen.

Women Poets of the Past: Edith Sitwell

Clowns’ Houses is the first poem published by Edith Sitwell, a little-known, great poet. It is a chilling poem that weaves a haunting image of loneliness, its metaphors wrapping around your mind like silk cobwebs, crafting a haunting image of a lonely night, of standing out in the cold and peering into empty, soulless houses. Once you listen to this audio poem, you may not be surprised to learn that Edith Sitwell used to lie in a coffin before starting to write. Share this poem on Halloween or anytime you feel a little sad or lonely, a little out-in-the-cold. There is no need to download this lonely poem audio. Simply click and listen to Edith Sitwell’s haunting audio poem, Clowns’ Houses.

Women Poets of the Past: Juliana Horatia Ewing

Here is a short love poem from Juliana Horatia Ewing which is wonderful in its beauty and simplicity, which states what we all know and yet forget from time to time. What is the perfect Valentine’s gift? What gifts should lovers share when they meet again? In her short love poem, Gifts, Juliana Horatia Ewing gives the simple, dazzling answer. There is no need to download this short love poem audio. Just click and listen to Gifts, by Juliana Horatia Ewing.

Women Poets of the Past: Louisa May Alcott

Famous for her novel, Little Women, Louisa May Alcott also wrote delightful children’s poetry. The Rock and the Bubble is a narrative poem that pits vanity against wisdom, to vanity’s better end. While the poem, Our Little Ghost, is filled with love and warmth, perfect for a bedtime children’s poem. There is no need to download these beautiful poems, simply click and listen to The Rock and the Bubble, or the bedtime poem, Our Little Ghost.

Women Poets of the Past: Elizabeth Barrett Browning

How Do I Love Thee? by Elizabeth Barrett Browning is one of the most famous love poems of all time. Written to her Robert Browning, this poem is filled with the passion and intellect common to Browning’s poetry. Discover what the handsome and robust Robert Browning found in the frail, sickly Elizabeth, whose mind and soul were magnificent. There is no need to download the audio poem. Simple click and listen to Elizabeth Barret Browning’s best loved poem, How Do I Love Thee? And share this audio with your the one you love to the depth and breadth and height of your soul.