A Gibbet Against the Sky
129 Poems by Robert E. Howard
Audio recordings
For more about and by Robert E. Howard go to the Dunyazad Library’s
Robert E. Howard page.
Audio Recordings of Poems by Robert E. Howard
This selection of Howard’s poems, most of which were not published during the author’s lifetime, reflects the editor’s personal choices; it does not try to give a balanced picture of Howard’s poetic oeuvre, nor of the poet’s person. Not only the selection, which is arguably biased towards the dark, but also the order in which the poems are here presented, and their division in five sections, are based upon nothing but the editor’s fancy.
Last updated with a new poem: November 26, 2019 – 123 poems so far.
The audio recordings are still work in progress. The few poems which have not yet been read require a female voice. If you want to contribute, please contact me at
librarian@dunyazad-library.net
For private use only. Do not redistribute any of the audio files without the respective voice artist’s written consent. If you link directly to any of the audio files, also provide a link to this page.
My thanks to the voice artists!
In alphabetical order:
Allison Rose (10) – Allison Rose, voice actor
Azure (9) – Games, Writing, Coffee
Falk Gündel (1) – Falk’s page on Hoer-talk.de
Jim Bowering (1) – Green Comet
Kevin Cunningham (15)
Meri Paite (2)
Michael Freund (3)
Rafael Del Valle Jr (1)
Ranger Fox (4) – Ranger H Fox
Tom Beaty (15)
Venessa (8)
and your humble librarian himself, yhl (55)
If you want to thank them, too, please contact them directly if possible, or tell me and I’ll forward your message. Also, please leave a note in the Guestbook.
Sum is more than number of poems read, because of alternate versions (so far, one).
Btw, I’ve got a new and better microphone, and I’m re-recording the poems I’ve already recorded. The old recordings are marked yhl°, the new ones yhl. Having started September 25, 2019, this will take a while. (Latest update: July 2, 2020)
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| # | Title | read by | m:ss |
| 0-01 | Musings | yhl | 0:59 |
| 1-01 | Ambition | yhl | 0:41 |
| 1-02 | A Stirring of Green Leaves | Allison Rose | 0:50 |
| 1-03 | The Adventurer | Tom Beaty | 2:49 |
| 1-04 | A Challenge to Bast | yhl | 1:03 |
| 1-05 | Egypt | yhl | 1:13 |
| 1-06 | Ivory in the Night | Kevin | 0:30 |
| 1-07 | Desire | Kevin | 0:51 |
| 1-08 | Scarlet and gold are the stars tonight | yhl | 0:44 |
| 1-09 | Love | Kevin | 0:43 |
| 1-10 | The Sea Girl | Michael | 1:08 |
| 1-11 | Ocean-Thoughts | Jim Bowering | 1:08 |
| 1-12 | Love’s Young Dream | yhl | 1:45 |
| 1-13 | The Myth | Ranger Fox | 1:47 |
| 1-14 | The Weakling | Michael | 0:48 |
| 1-15 | Men are toys on a godling’s string | yhl | 0:23 |
| 1-16 | Nectar | Tom Beaty | 1:08 |
| 1-17 | Moonlight on a Skull | Tom Beaty | 0:52 |
| 1-18 | Recompense | Allison Rose | 2:06 |
| 1-19 | Slumber | Allison Rose | 0:59 |
| 1-20 | An Open Window | Tom Beaty | 0:20 |
| 1-21 | Shadow of Dreams | Tom Beaty | 2:33 |
| 1-22 | The ages stride on golden feet | Allison Rose | 0:34 |
| 1-23 | Desert Dawn | Kevin | 0:56 |
| 1-24 | L’Envoi | Allison Rose | 0:24 |
| 1-25 | The Call of Pan | Venessa | 0:45 |
| 1-26 | Earth-born | Allison Rose | 1:11 |
| 1-27 | The Day Breaks Over Simla | yhl° | 1:17 |
| 1-28 | A Moment | Venessa | 0:48 |
| 1-29 | A Riding Song | yhl | 1:06 |
| 1-30 | Deeps | Kevin | 0:21 |
| 1-31 | The Sea-Woman | Kevin | 0:36 |
| 1-32 | Black Seas | yhl | 0:47 |
| 1-33 | Surrender (The Road to Rest) | yhl° | 2:35 |
| 1-34 | A Man | Michael | 0:42 |
| 1-35 | The Gods I Worshipped | yhl | 0:34 |
| 1-36 | Monarchs | yhl | 0:21 |
| 2-01 | The Heart of the Sea’s Desire | Meri Paite | 2:19 |
| 2-02 | Flaming Marble | Kevin | 0:54 |
| 2-03 | Lesbia | - | - |
| 2-04 | A Roman Lady | - | - |
| 2-05 | Nun | Venessa | 0:17 |
| 2-06 | Prude | Venessa | 0:18 |
| 2-07 | The Choir Girl | Venessa | 0:33 |
| 2-08 | Girl | Venessa | 0:29 |
| 2-09 | Sailor | Kevin | 0:33 |
| 2-10 | Never Beyond the Beast | yhl | 1:07 |
| 2-11 | A Great Man Speaks | yhl | 1:14 |
| 2-12 | Rebellion | Tom Beaty | 0:51 |
| 2-13 | The Robes of the Righteous | - | - |
| 2-14 | Repentance | - | - |
| 2-15 | The Open Window | Venessa | 1:09 |
| 2-16 | The Witch | yhl° | 1:35 |
| 2-17 | Moon Mockery | Tom Beaty | 0:51 |
| Moon Mockery | yhl | 1:11 | |
| 2-18 | The Last Words He Heard | yhl | 1:24 |
| 2-19 | The Kiowa’s Tale | yhl° | 1:43 |
| 2-20 | A Buccaneer Speaks | Tom Beaty | 1:23 |
| 2-21 | A Dying Pirate Speaks of Treasure | Tom Beaty | 2:27 |
| 2-22 | The Skull in the Clouds (Reuben’s Brethren) | Tom Beaty | 0:58 |
| 2-23 | The Skull in the Clouds (Reuben’s Birthright) | Tom Beaty | 4:02 |
| 2-24 | The Ride of Falume | yhl | 2:47 |
| 2-25 | The Rhyme of the Three Slavers | Falk Gündel | 3:22 |
| 2-26 | Miser’s Gold | yhl | 1:14 |
| 3-01 | One Blood Strain | Kevin | 1:03 |
| 3-02 | To the Contented | yhl° | 1:27 |
| 3-03 | Red Thunder | yhl° | 2:04 |
| 3-04 | Man Am I | yhl | 2:08 |
| 3-05 | Symbols | Venessa | 0:23 |
| 3-06 | Match a toad with a far-winged hawk | Tom Beaty | 3:20 |
| 3-07 | Swords glimmered up the pass | Azure | 3:13 |
| 3-08 | Tarantella | Azure | 2:16 |
| 3-09 | The Adventurer’s Mistress | Kevin | 3:13 |
| 3-10 | The Day That I Die | yhl° | 2:18 |
| 3-11 | The Drum | yhl | 1:10 |
| 3-12 | Life | yhl | 1:39 |
| 3-13 | Nights to Both of Us Known | Ranger Fox | 1:33 |
| 3-14 | Forbidden Magic | - | - |
| 3-15 | A Sonnet of Good Cheer | yhl | 1:19 |
| 3-16 | Hope Empty of Meaning | yhl | 0:39 |
| 3-17 | To a Friend | yhl | 1:20 |
| 3-18 | Shadows | yhl | 1:44 |
| 3-19 | Secrets | Kevin | 3:48 |
| 3-20 | Memories | yhl | 2:54 |
| 3-21 | Against the blood red moon a tower stands | yhl | 0:54 |
| 3-22 | Remembrance | yhl | 1:13 |
| 3-23 | One Who Comes at Eventide | yhl° | 1:20 |
| 3-24 | Shadows from Yesterday | Tom Beaty | 2:29 |
| 3-25 | The Sands of Time | yhl | 1:06 |
| 3-26 | On with the Play | yhl° | 1:08 |
| 3-27 | Rebel souls from the falling dark | yhl | 0:41 |
| 4-01 | Romance | yhl° | 1:52 |
| 4-02 | Empire’s Destiny | Kevin | 1:21 |
| 4-03 | A Song Out of Midian | yhl° | 3:01 |
| 4-04 | For what is a maid to the shout of kings | Azure | 0:45 |
| 4-05 | Harvest | yhl | 0:28 |
| 4-06 | Dreams of Nineveh | Allison Rose | 1:06 |
| 4-07 | Babel | Allison Rose | 1:20 |
| 4-08 | The Path of the Strange Wanderers | Allison Rose | 1:28 |
| 4-09 | Crete | Allison Rose | 0:43 |
| 4-10 | Easter Island | yhl | 1:22 |
| 4-11 | The Isle of Hy-Brasil | Tom Beaty | 3:18 |
| 4-12 | The Gods of the Jungle Drums | Azure | 1:12 |
| 4-13 | Nocturne | Kevin | 0:32 |
| 4-14 | The Mountains of California | yhl | 0:52 |
| 4-15 | The Grim Land | Azure | 1:56 |
| 4-16 | Twilight on Stonehenge | yhl | 1:14 |
| 4-17 | A Song of the Legions | Ranger Fox | 1:47 |
| 4-18 | Shadows on the Road | yhl | 3:16 |
| 4-19 | The Cells of the Coliseum | yhl° | 1:19 |
| 4-20 | The Gold and the Grey | Tom Beaty | 5:12 |
| 4-21 | The Gladiator and the Lady | Kevin | 1:16 |
| 4-22 | Skulls and Dust | Azure | 1:05 |
| 4-23 | The Ghost Kings | Rafael | 1:06 |
| 5-01 | Visions | yhl | 0:34 |
| 5-02 | The spiders of weariness come on me | Meri Paite | 0:28 |
| 5-03 | Futility | Ranger Fox | 2:11 |
| 5-04 | The Bride of Cuchulain | - | - |
| 5-05 | Romany Road | Azure | 0:43 |
| 5-06 | Age (To the Old Men) | yhl° | 0:59 |
| 5-07 | The Voices Waken Memory | Azure | 1:25 |
| 5-08 | Lines Written in the Realization … | yhl° | 1:46 |
| 5-09 | Mingle my dust with the burning brand | yhl | 0:56 |
| 5-10 | An Outworn Story | yhl° | 1:28 |
| 5-11 | Tides | yhl | 1:18 |
| 5-12 | Surrender | yhl | 1:22 |
| 5-13 | The Chant Demoniac | yhl | 1:13 |
| 5-14 | The Dance with Death | Azure | 3:23 |
| 5-15 | The Tempter | yhl | 2:24 |
| 5-16 | After the trumps are sounded | Kevin | 0:24 |
Durations include 2 seconds of trailing silence.
Audio editing (with a few exceptions) done by your Librarian.
