Poetic Voices

New: ability to share content; curated collections including poems of WW1, Defiance, and Love. Hear Benedict Cumberbatch, Liam Neeson, Helen Mirren and more.

Hear the world's greatest poems read by the world's greatest voices.

Poetic Voices brings together iconic performances of classical poetry by actors, musicians, and cultural figures — including Alan Rickman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Helen Mirren, Liam Neeson, Anthony Hopkins, Cillian Murphy, Idris Elba, Emma Thompson, Florence Welch, Hozier, Jeremy Irons, Andrew Scott, Jake Gyllenhaal, Helena Bonham Carter, James Earl Jones, Colin Farrell, Kenneth Branagh, and many more.

CELEBRITY READINGS YOU WON'T FIND ANYWHERE ELSE From Alan Rickman's haunting reading of Shakespeare to Hozier performing W.B. Yeats, these are performances worth seeking out. Poetic Voices gathers them in one place.

THE POETRY Shakespeare. Keats. Yeats. Dickinson. Shelley. Whitmore. Plath. Heaney. The greatest poems in the English language, performed with care.

FEATURES • Browse hundreds of readings by poem, poet, or reader • Save favourites to return to again and again • Curated collections — Irish Poetry, Love Poems, and more • Search by poet name, poem title, or celebrity reader • Stream on iPhone, iPad, or Mac

Whether you're a lifelong poetry lover or simply curious to hear what your favourite actor sounds like reading Keats, Poetic Voices is made for you.