John Reads Poetry

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Hi! I'm John. I'm just a guy who loves poetry and wants to share that love with all of you. On my channel you'll find dramatic readings of poems by classic authors both in English and Italian.

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Walt Whitman - O Me! O Life! ("And you may contribute a verse") | Powerful poems about life

Walt Whitman - O Me! O Life! ("And you may contribute a verse") | Powerful poems about life John Reads Poetry

283 views - 7 months ago

William Butler Yeats - When You Are Old | Classic Love Poetry Reading

William Butler Yeats - When You Are Old | Classic Love Poetry Reading John Reads Poetry

145 views - 7 months ago

John Keats - Ode on a Grecian Urn (Beauty is truth, truth is beauty) | Dramatic poetry reading audio

John Keats - Ode on a Grecian Urn (Beauty is truth, truth is beauty) | Dramatic poetry reading audio John Reads Poetry

320 views - 8 months ago

Percy Bysshe Shelley - Ozymandias ("Look on my works ye Mighty and despair") | Dramatic Poem Reading

Percy Bysshe Shelley - Ozymandias ("Look on my works ye Mighty and despair") | Dramatic Poem Reading John Reads Poetry

342 views - 8 months ago

W.E. Henley - Invictus ("I am the master of my fate, the captain of my soul") | Powerful Spoken Word

W.E. Henley - Invictus ("I am the master of my fate, the captain of my soul") | Powerful Spoken Word John Reads Poetry

223 views - 8 months ago

Lord Byron - There Is a Pleasure in the Pathless Woods (from Childe Harold) |Dramatic poetry reading

Lord Byron - There Is a Pleasure in the Pathless Woods (from Childe Harold) |Dramatic poetry reading John Reads Poetry

305 views - 8 months ago

John Keats - To Autumn (Poem reading) | Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness

John Keats - To Autumn (Poem reading) | Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness John Reads Poetry

743 views - 9 months ago

Percy Bysshe Shelley - Love's Philosophy | Classic love poems reading

Percy Bysshe Shelley - Love's Philosophy | Classic love poems reading John Reads Poetry

119 views - 9 months ago

W. B. Yeats - The Song of Wandering Aengus (I Went Out to the Hazel Wood) | Dramatic Poetry Reading

W. B. Yeats - The Song of Wandering Aengus (I Went Out to the Hazel Wood) | Dramatic Poetry Reading John Reads Poetry

225 views - 9 months ago

Wilfred Owen - Futility | WW1 Trench War Poetry Reading

Wilfred Owen - Futility | WW1 Trench War Poetry Reading John Reads Poetry

97 views - 9 months ago

Christopher Marlowe - The Passionate Shepherd to His Love (Come live with me and be my love)

Christopher Marlowe - The Passionate Shepherd to His Love (Come live with me and be my love) John Reads Poetry

405 views - 9 months ago

Lord Byron - When We Two Parted | Dramatic poem reading audio

Lord Byron - When We Two Parted | Dramatic poem reading audio John Reads Poetry

261 views - 10 months ago

John Keats - Ode on Melancholy | Dramatic poetry reading audio

John Keats - Ode on Melancholy | Dramatic poetry reading audio John Reads Poetry

483 views - 10 months ago

Gabriele D'Annunzio - Rimani | Italian love poem reading with English translation

Gabriele D'Annunzio - Rimani | Italian love poem reading with English translation John Reads Poetry

460 views - 10 months ago

Emily Dickinson - Fame is a Fickle Food (Poetry reading)

Emily Dickinson - Fame is a Fickle Food (Poetry reading) John Reads Poetry

158 views - 10 months ago

William Henry Davies - Leisure (Stand and Stare) | Poem Reading

William Henry Davies - Leisure (Stand and Stare) | Poem Reading John Reads Poetry

814 views - 10 months ago

Arthur O'Shaughnessy - Ode (We Are the Music Makers and We Are the Dreamers of Dreams)|Complete Poem

Arthur O'Shaughnessy - Ode (We Are the Music Makers and We Are the Dreamers of Dreams)|Complete Poem John Reads Poetry

858 views - 10 months ago

Percy Bysshe Shelley - Adonais. An Elegy on the Death of John Keats (Go Thou to Rome)

Percy Bysshe Shelley - Adonais. An Elegy on the Death of John Keats (Go Thou to Rome) John Reads Poetry

272 views - 11 months ago

Dylan Thomas - Fern Hill ("Time held me green and dying") | Dramatic Poetry Reading Audio

Dylan Thomas - Fern Hill ("Time held me green and dying") | Dramatic Poetry Reading Audio John Reads Poetry

399 views - 11 months ago

Dante Alighieri - Tanto gentile e tanto onesta pare (Italian poetry reading with English translation

Dante Alighieri - Tanto gentile e tanto onesta pare (Italian poetry reading with English translation John Reads Poetry

581 views - 11 months ago

Wilfred Owen - Anthem for Doomed Youth | Trench War Poetry WW1

Wilfred Owen - Anthem for Doomed Youth | Trench War Poetry WW1 John Reads Poetry

258 views - 11 months ago

Emily Dickinson - A Light Exists in Spring | Poems Read Aloud

Emily Dickinson - A Light Exists in Spring | Poems Read Aloud John Reads Poetry

529 views - 11 months ago

Emily Dickinson - I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed | Poem Reading

Emily Dickinson - I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed | Poem Reading John Reads Poetry

470 views - 11 months ago

Emily Dickinson - A Bird Came Down the Walk | Poem Reading

Emily Dickinson - A Bird Came Down the Walk | Poem Reading John Reads Poetry

1.1K views - 1 year ago

Emily Dickinson - The Soul Selects Her Own Society | Poems read aloud

Emily Dickinson - The Soul Selects Her Own Society | Poems read aloud John Reads Poetry

332 views - 1 year ago

Emily Dickinson - These Are the Days When Birds Come Back (Indian Summer) | Nature Poems Reading

Emily Dickinson - These Are the Days When Birds Come Back (Indian Summer) | Nature Poems Reading John Reads Poetry

99 views - 1 year ago

Emily Dickinson - I'm Nobody! Who Are You? | Dramatic Poem Reading

Emily Dickinson - I'm Nobody! Who Are You? | Dramatic Poem Reading John Reads Poetry

245 views - 1 year ago

Emily Dickinson - Hope is the Thing with Feathers | Poem reading

Emily Dickinson - Hope is the Thing with Feathers | Poem reading John Reads Poetry

462 views - 1 year ago

Emily Dickinson - Because I Could Not Stop for Death (Death Kindly Stopped for Me) | Poem Reading

Emily Dickinson - Because I Could Not Stop for Death (Death Kindly Stopped for Me) | Poem Reading John Reads Poetry

2K views - 1 year ago

Percy Bysshe Shelley - Stanzas Written in Dejection, Near Naples | Classic Poetry Readings

Percy Bysshe Shelley - Stanzas Written in Dejection, Near Naples | Classic Poetry Readings John Reads Poetry

401 views - 1 year ago

Lord Byron - She Walks in Beauty | British Romantic Poetry Reading

Lord Byron - She Walks in Beauty | British Romantic Poetry Reading John Reads Poetry

437 views - 1 year ago

Lord Byron - My Soul is Dark | Famous poems read aloud

Lord Byron - My Soul is Dark | Famous poems read aloud John Reads Poetry

961 views - 1 year ago

Edgar Allan Poe - Dreamland | Dark Poetry Reading

Edgar Allan Poe - Dreamland | Dark Poetry Reading John Reads Poetry

493 views - 1 year ago

Walter de la Mare - The Listeners (Ghost Story Poem)

Walter de la Mare - The Listeners (Ghost Story Poem) John Reads Poetry

2.8K views - 1 year ago

Dino Campana - La chimera | Italian Poetry Reading

Dino Campana - La chimera | Italian Poetry Reading John Reads Poetry

126 views - 1 year ago

Dino Campana - A una tr*** dagli occhi ferrigni | Italian Poetry Reading

Dino Campana - A una tr*** dagli occhi ferrigni | Italian Poetry Reading John Reads Poetry

82 views - 1 year ago

John Keats - On the Sea | Poetry reading with text

John Keats - On the Sea | Poetry reading with text John Reads Poetry

2K views - 1 year ago

Robert Frost - The Road Not Taken (The Road Less Travelled) | Poem recitation

Robert Frost - The Road Not Taken (The Road Less Travelled) | Poem recitation John Reads Poetry

591 views - 1 year ago

William Blake - London | Poetry reading with text

William Blake - London | Poetry reading with text John Reads Poetry

251 views - 1 year ago

William Blake - The Tyger | Poem recitation

William Blake - The Tyger | Poem recitation John Reads Poetry

801 views - 1 year ago

Edgar Allan Poe - Annabel Lee | Dramatic poem reading audio

Edgar Allan Poe - Annabel Lee | Dramatic poem reading audio John Reads Poetry

6.1K views - 2 years ago

S. T. Coleridge - Kubla Khan or A Vision in a Dream | Poem reading with text

S. T. Coleridge - Kubla Khan or A Vision in a Dream | Poem reading with text John Reads Poetry

844 views - 2 years ago

John Keats - Ode to a Nightingale | Poetry reading with text

John Keats - Ode to a Nightingale | Poetry reading with text John Reads Poetry

4.8K views - 4 years ago

W. B. Yeats - Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven ("Tread softly because you tread on my dreams")

W. B. Yeats - Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven ("Tread softly because you tread on my dreams") John Reads Poetry

1.3K views - 4 years ago

John Keats - I Almost Wish We Were Butterflies (Love Letter to Fanny Brawne, 3 July 1819)

John Keats - I Almost Wish We Were Butterflies (Love Letter to Fanny Brawne, 3 July 1819) John Reads Poetry

3.1K views - 4 years ago

John Keats - La Belle Dame Sans Merci | Classic English poem recitation with text

John Keats - La Belle Dame Sans Merci | Classic English poem recitation with text John Reads Poetry

6.9K views - 4 years ago

William Wordsworth - Composed Upon Westminster Bridge ("Earth has not anything to show more fair")

William Wordsworth - Composed Upon Westminster Bridge ("Earth has not anything to show more fair") John Reads Poetry

6.7K views - 4 years ago

John Keats - On the Grasshopper and Cricket (The Poetry of Earth)

John Keats - On the Grasshopper and Cricket (The Poetry of Earth) John Reads Poetry

4.1K views - 4 years ago

Emily Dickinson - Wild Nights! Wild Nights! | Love Poems Reading

Emily Dickinson - Wild Nights! Wild Nights! | Love Poems Reading John Reads Poetry

1.3K views - 4 years ago

Dante da Maiano - Risposta a Dante Alighieri ("Di ciò che stato sei dimandatore")

Dante da Maiano - Risposta a Dante Alighieri ("Di ciò che stato sei dimandatore") John Reads Poetry

609 views - 4 years ago

Dante Alighieri - Vita Nuova (Audiolibro Integrale)

Dante Alighieri - Vita Nuova (Audiolibro Integrale) John Reads Poetry

10.2K views - 4 years ago

Emily Dickinson - One Need Not Be a Chamber to Be Haunted | Poetry Reading with Text

Emily Dickinson - One Need Not Be a Chamber to Be Haunted | Poetry Reading with Text John Reads Poetry

539 views - 4 years ago

Emily Dickinson - It Was Not Death for I Stood Up (Poems about depression)

Emily Dickinson - It Was Not Death for I Stood Up (Poems about depression) John Reads Poetry

1.7K views - 5 years ago

Emily Dickinson - There's a Certain Slant of Light (Winter Afternoons)

Emily Dickinson - There's a Certain Slant of Light (Winter Afternoons) John Reads Poetry

3.6K views - 5 years ago

William Sharp - A Crystal Forest ("The air is blue and keen and cold")

William Sharp - A Crystal Forest ("The air is blue and keen and cold") John Reads Poetry

1.2K views - 5 years ago

Gabriele D'Annunzio - La pioggia nel pineto (Versione sussurrata)

Gabriele D'Annunzio - La pioggia nel pineto (Versione sussurrata) John Reads Poetry

4.7K views - 5 years ago

Robert Frost - Fire and Ice ("Some say the world will end in fire...")

Robert Frost - Fire and Ice ("Some say the world will end in fire...") John Reads Poetry

2.8K views - 5 years ago

John Keats - I Cannot Exist Without You (Love Letter to Fanny Brawne, 13 October 1819)

John Keats - I Cannot Exist Without You (Love Letter to Fanny Brawne, 13 October 1819) John Reads Poetry

9.5K views - 5 years ago

John Keats - Bright Star (love poems) | Poetry reading with text

John Keats - Bright Star (love poems) | Poetry reading with text John Reads Poetry

15.8K views - 5 years ago

Christina Rossetti - Remember | Poetry reading with text

Christina Rossetti - Remember | Poetry reading with text John Reads Poetry

1K views - 5 years ago