Epics
The Song of Three Friends
Read by Phil Schempf
John Neihardt
The Song of Three Friends is one of five epic poems in Neihardt's, "Cycle of the West". In eight cantos it tells the tale of thre…
The Set-Up
Read by Ben Tucker
Joseph Moncure March
The Set-Up is the classic epic hard-edged poem of an aging African American boxer who is set up to take a fall in the ring against a younger…
Cinnamon and Angelica
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
John Middleton Murry
"Was ever love like this? If verily there was, why was it not set down in story or in song? Or were they dumb on whom it did descend? O…
Pelayo: or Cavern of Covadonga, A Romance
Read by Kelly S. Taylor
Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
This epic poem tells the dramatic story of King Pelayo, an Asturian ruler in Northern Spain who lead his people to a hard-fought victory ove…