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  I Will Get Up Off Of - Why We...

  Simina Banu

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  Overthinking simple actions leads to overwhelming poems about what one can lean on if promised help doesn’t help 
  I Will Get Up Off Of is a book about trying to leave a chair. How does anyone ever leave a chair? There are so many muscles involved – so many tarot cards, coats, meds, McNuggets, and memes. In this book, poems are attempts and failures at movement as the speaker navigates her anxiety and depression in whatever way she can, looking for hope from social workers on Zoom, wellness influencers, and psychics alike. Eventually, the poems explode in frustration, splintering into various art forms as attempts at expression become more and more desperate. What is there to lean on when avenues promising help don’t help? Bell may want to #talk but does it want to listen? I Will Get Up Off Of explores the role art plays in survival and the hope that underlies every creative impulse. 
  "The voice of these poems moves like a magical fish trapped in a small square bowl, dazzlingly alive inside an almost annihilating constriction. These poems play a serious game in a tight space, caught in the looping limbo between intention — 'I will…' 'I will…', 'I will…'— and action. Simina Banu’s skill and humour animate every line and gesture within this inventive drama that begins '(I will get up off of) this monobloc but I’ve been sentenced…' Sentenced to form and to language, Banu gives us a mind thinking its way toward freedom." – Damian Rogers, author of Dear Leader

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  Maggots

  Farah Najib

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  'She scrubs desperately. Fervently. Furiously. The filth is in the walls and she can feel it in her bones and under her skin.'
  As the stench in their building intensifies and infestations spread, a group of lonely tenants starts to ask questions.
  The housing association will barely lift a finger and pest control 'don't deal with maggots', so the neighbours are left to grapple with their suspicions and fears alone – blurring the boundaries of their usually private lives in the process.
  Farah Najib's play Maggots explores loneliness, systemic failure and what it means to build community. It was first performed in this version at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2026, directed by Jess Barton and produced by Jessie Anand Productions.

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  Dirtbag Gets Stranded - An...

  Jack MD, Jack Sivyer

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  After unknowingly waking up in the bathroom of a cruise ship in the Gulf of Thailand, Cameron has a lot of questions for David. Their trip is cut short when security catch on that they're trespassers. Cameron unwillingly joins David in running away, resulting in the two jumping off the cruise, causing them to wash up on a nearby island. How will David and Cameron get themselves out of this one?

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  The Raven

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  Step into the shadowed chamber of grief and longing in The Raven, Edgar Allan Poe's most celebrated and haunting poem. First published in 1845, this timeless masterpiece of gothic literature explores the fragile boundary between memory and madness, love and despair, reason and the supernatural.
  
  On a bleak December night, a solitary scholar sits alone, mourning the loss of his beloved Lenore. As he attempts to distract himself with old books and fading embers, a mysterious tapping at his chamber door disrupts the silence. What begins as a faint sound soon becomes an unforgettable encounter when a dark, stately raven enters and perches above his door—an uninvited guest who utters only a single, chilling word: "Nevermore."
  
  With each question the grieving narrator asks, the raven's refrain deepens his anguish. Is the bird merely a mindless creature repeating what it has learned? Or is it a supernatural messenger sent to torment him with the permanence of his loss? As the night stretches on, hope dissolves into obsession. The scholar's fragile composure unravels, and readers are drawn into a psychological descent where sorrow transforms into despair.
  
  Poe's masterful use of rhythm, repetition, and musical language creates a hypnotic atmosphere that lingers long after the final line. The poem's intricate structure and haunting refrain mirror the narrator's spiraling thoughts, building an emotional intensity that is both beautiful and devastating. Through vivid imagery and rich symbolism, The Raven captures the universal pain of lost love and the terrifying power of memory.
  
  More than a poem, The Raven is an experience—an immersion into the human soul at its most vulnerable. Its themes of grief, longing, isolation, and the search for meaning continue to resonate with readers across generations. The mysterious raven itself has become one of literature's most iconic figures, symbolizing both unrelenting sorrow and the shadowy depths of the mind.
  
  Darkly lyrical, emotionally charged, and unforgettable, The Raven stands as a cornerstone of gothic poetry and a testament to Poe's genius. Whether encountered for the first time or revisited anew, this classic work invites readers to listen closely in the quiet of the night—where a single whispered word can echo forever.

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  Short Poetry Collection 114

  Various

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  This is a collection of poems read by LibriVox volunteers for November 2012.

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  O Southland!

  James Weldon Johnson

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  In celebration of Juneteenth, LibriVox volunteers bring you five different versions of O Southland!, by James Weldon Johnson.  This was the weekly poetry project for 18 June 2006.(Summary by Annie Coleman)

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