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Ririro.com - Poetry
Immerse yourself in the timeless beauty of classic poetry with Ririro.com - Poetry. This podcast offers a curated selection of works from literary giants like Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson, and countless other masters. Each episode features carefully chosen poems brought to life through thoughtful narration, allowing you to experience the evocative language, profound themes, and enduring power of poetry in a new and engaging way. Whether you're a seasoned poetry enthusiast or a curious…
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Hope is the thing with feathers
"Hope Is the Thing with Feathers" by Emily Dickinson opens with one of poetry's most celebrated metaphors: hope as a small bird that perches in the soul and…
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The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" is T. S. Eliot's landmark modernist poem, narrated by a middle-aged man paralysed by indecision and self-consciousness as…
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October — Orchard of the Year
October — Orchard of the Year is a short, lyrical prose piece that lingers over the quiet height of autumn. Boughs bend under glowing fruit, apples drop in the…
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When the Frost Is on the Punkin’
"When the Frost Is on the Punkin'" is a short poem that captures a crisp autumn morning on a Midwestern farm. Turkeys gobble, guinea hens clack, and a rooster…
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Autumn
In Autumn, Edmund Spenser's short poem, the season arrives as a living figure dressed all in yellow. He is laughing and glad, his arms laden with fruit…
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These Are Things I Prize
"These Are Things I Prize" is a short poem that gathers life's simplest treasures into a single grateful breath. A speaker names what he holds dearest…
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The Crown of the Year
The Crown of the Year is a short autumn poem that greets a mellow morning still warm with the last of summer. The speaker looks closely at humble things…
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(To Octavia)
"(To Octavia)" is a short poem by Edgar Allan Poe in which a speaker confesses that even amid laughter, wine, and the warmth of friendship, his heart cannot…
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To Margaret
"To Margaret" by Edgar Allan Poe is a short, tongue-in-cheek poem assembled almost entirely from borrowed lines — Milton, Cowper, Shakespeare, and Pope — each…
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(To Isaac Lea)
"To Isaac Lea" is a short poem by Edgar Allan Poe in which the speaker reflects on a fateful decision — whether born of choice or chance — to commit entirely…
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Stanzas (1845)
Stanzas (1845) by Edgar Allan Poe is a poem that moves through moonlit reverie and spiritual longing, tracing the strange power that beauty and light hold over…
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Stanzas (1827)
Stanzas (1827) by Edgar Allan Poe is an early poem exploring the mysterious bond between a sensitive spirit and the natural world. Through four lyrical…
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Spiritual Song
"Spiritual Song" is a short poem by Edgar Allan Poe that opens with a commanding call to listen — "Hark, echo!" — before dissolving into a fleeting vision of…
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Serenade
"Serenade" by Edgar Allan Poe unfolds in a world suspended between waking and sleep, where the speaker addresses his beloved Adeline in a voice so soft it…
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O, Tempora! O, Mores!
"O, Tempora! O, Mores!" is a satirical poem by Edgar Allan Poe that takes sharp, comedic aim at the declining manners and hollow vanities of his era. The…
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Lines on Ale
"Lines on Ale" is a short poem by Edgar Allan Poe that trades gothic dread for gleeful indulgence. The speaker raises a glass of cream-laced amber ale and…
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Impromptu. To Kate Carol
"Impromptu. To Kate Carol" is a short poem by Edgar Allan Poe that captures a charming moment of admiration caught between two kinds of brilliance. The…
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Fanny
"Fanny" is a short poem by Edgar Allan Poe in which a lovesick speaker mourns an unrequited devotion. Drawing on vivid natural imagery — a dying swan's final…
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Evangeline
"Evangeline" is a short satirical poem by Edgar Allan Poe that takes sharp aim at self-important intellectuals — the "owl-eyed pundits" and "frog-faced" old…
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Epigram for Wall Street
"Epigram for Wall Street" is a short comic poem by Edgar Allan Poe built around a single, groan-worthy pun. The speaker offers a sly "financial plan" — fold a…
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Elizabeth
"Elizabeth" is a short acrostic poem by Edgar Allan Poe in which the speaker playfully justifies placing a woman's name first — above logic, above scholarly…
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The Divine Rights of Kings
"The Divine Rights of Kings" is a short poem by Edgar Allan Poe in which the speaker reimagines monarchy as a metaphor for romantic devotion. A woman named…
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Deep in Earth
"Deep in Earth" is a short poem by Edgar Allan Poe built around just two devastating lines: a beloved lies buried, and the speaker is left to grieve in…
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Beloved Physician
"Beloved Physician" is a short poem by Edgar Allan Poe that traces the quiet rhythm of a devoted soul measured against a faltering pulse. Through spare…
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An Acrostic
"An Acrostic" by Edgar Allan Poe is a short poem that conceals a woman's name — Elizabeth — spelled out through the first letter of each line. The speaker…
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To Miss Louise Olivia Hunter
"To Miss Louise Olivia Hunter" is a short poem by Edgar Allan Poe in which a helpless lover confesses he cannot free himself from a consuming fascination — not…
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The Mahogany Tree
"The Mahogany Tree" is a convivial Victorian poem by William Makepeace Thackeray that conjures the warmth of companions gathered around a familiar table in…
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O Holy Night
"O Holy Night" is one of the most celebrated Christmas carols ever written, opening with a vision of a star-filled sky on the night of Christ's birth…
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King Witlaf’s Drinking-Horn
"King Witlaf's Drinking-Horn" is a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in which a Saxon king bequeaths his golden drinking-horn to the monks of Croyland, asking…
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Make Me Merry Both More and Less
"Make Me Merry Both More and Less" is a boisterous medieval Christmas poem that captures the rowdy spirit of a great hall celebration. Every guest who enters…
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Christmas Treasures
"Christmas Treasures" is a poem in which a grieving parent tenderly revisits a small collection of keepsakes — a toy, a faded stocking, a lock of golden hair —…
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Signs of the Season
"Signs of the Season" by William Barnes bursts with the sounds and warmth of a country Christmas gathering. Friends share tales, sing songs, and drain cups of…
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Christmas Comes But Once A Year
"Christmas Comes But Once A Year" is a jubilant Christmas poem that sweeps through centuries of holiday tradition, from snow-bearded old Christmas tramping…
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The Music in the Hall
"The Music in the Hall" rings out like a Christmas celebration in verse, drawing readers into a festive hall alive with minstrels, wassail bowls, and the…
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Old English Christmas
"Old English Christmas" is a spirited poem that conjures the roaring festivities of a traditional English Christmas, where a jovial figure — Christmas himself…
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Christmas Night of 1862
"Christmas Night of 1862" places the reader beside a Confederate soldier standing guard on a bitter winter night, watch-fires flickering against driving snow…
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A Christmas Reverie
"A Christmas Reverie" captures the ache of a British soldier stationed in colonial India, dreading a cheerless Christmas dinner with his commanding officer…
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Peace on Earth
"Peace on Earth" is a Christmas poem in which shepherds arrive at a humble stable to find the Virgin Mother cradling her newborn son. As they recount the…
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Christmas Eve
"Christmas Eve" is a short poem in which a speaker sits alone by a glowing fire on a stormy winter's night, his cat dozing on the hearth and an armchair…
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The Christmas Stocking
"The Christmas Stocking" is a reflective poem tracing the arc of one man's life through the symbol of a hung stocking. From the breathless excitement of…
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Christmas
"Christmas" by William Henry Davies bursts open with a call to abandon study, care, and social division in favour of food, drink, and shared humanity. The…
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A Little Christmas Basket
"A Little Christmas Basket" is a Christmas poem that cuts through holiday piety with sharp warmth: when winter has arrived uninvited and the hearth is cold, no…
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Christmas
"Christmas" by John Masefield captures the moment a crew of long-wandering sailors sights the English coast at dawn after months at sea with the Spaniards. The…
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Christmas
"Christmas" is a poem in which a child speaks to their mother, refusing to accept Christmas sweets knowing they are produced through the suffering of enslaved…
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A Christmas Prayer
"A Christmas Prayer" is a World War I poem that speaks from the trenches, where Christmas carols are replaced by gunfire and gifts are bullets. The unnamed…
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Osman Pasha at Bucharest
"Osman Pasha at Bucharest" is a short narrative poem set in the aftermath of the Russo-Turkish War, as the defeated Ottoman commander is led through Bucharest…
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The Wandering Minstrel
"The Wandering Minstrel" is a poem that conjures a roving ballad-singer arriving at an inn, calling out for entry and promising songs of knights, fairies…
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The Elfin Bough
"The Elfin Bough" is a narrative poem set in a snow-dusted English wood on Christmas Eve, during the Puritan era when festive celebrations were forbidden. A…
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The Fool’s Christmas
"The Fool's Christmas" is a Christmas poem in which a king, wearied by royal ceremony, trades places with his court jester for one holiday. Disguised in the…
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The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver
"The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver" is a narrative poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay in which a desperately poor boy and his mother face a bitter winter with nothing…
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A Song of the Christmas Wind
"A Song of the Christmas Wind" personifies the winter wind as a mischievous, tender spirit roaming a snow-lit night. The wind steals a kiss from a dreaming…
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The Peace of Christmas-Time
"The Peace of Christmas-Time" is a short Christmas poem that holds grief and comfort side by side. A speaker addresses their beloved as children dance joyfully…
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The Christmas Trail
"The Christmas Trail" is a cowboy poem by Badger Clark in which a weathered ranch hand rides home through bitter winter wind, retracing a year spent chasing…
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The Fire at Ross’s Farm
"The Fire at Ross's Farm" brings Henry Lawson's Australian bush to vivid life as a bitter land feud between squatter Black and selector Ross erupts against the…
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Carol — Christmas Cheer
"Carol: Christmas Cheer" is a Christmas poem that captures the spirit of the season through the image of roaring fires, laden tables, and flowing drink shared…
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A Christmas Carol, Sung to the King in the Presence at White-Hall
"A Christmas Carol, Sung to the King in the Presence at White-Hall" opens with an exuberant call to awaken music, voice, and heart in honour of Christ's birth…
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Adonis and Adona — A Tale for Christmas
"Adonis and Adona — A Tale for Christmas" weaves a myth-steeped romance between Adonis, a glorious island monarch, and Adona, a shipwrecked maiden he rescues…
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Bethlehem-Town
"Bethlehem-Town" traces a narrator's pilgrimage to the birthplace of Christ, encountering along the way a prophetic tree, a shepherd dazzled by angels, and…
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Chrystmasse Of Olde
"Chrystmasse Of Olde" is a short Christmas poem by Eugene Field written in archaic medieval English, invoking the spirit of ancient carol traditions. Addressed…
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The Star Song
"The Star Song" by Robert Herrick opens with an earnest question directed at a radiant star: where does the newborn Christ child lie? Across three searching…