Easy French Poetry Podcast

Easy French Poetry Podcast is a French conversation podcast about poetry. This unique project combines listening practice with an analysis of French poetry and is ideal for high-intermediate French students, though any level student from low-intermediate to advanced can benefit from listening to French poetry read by a native French speaker.

Each podcast lasts about 20 minutes and is entirely in French. Camille reads the French poem slowly and then more quickly, paraphrases it, then does a poetic analysis, presents the author's life, and finally reads the poem faster. The French poem, its translation, and a glossary are provided here for each podcast. The transcript and translation of the podcasts themselves are available on the author's website.

To download the podcast, you need to have iTunes installed on your computer (see What is a podcast? below for help). Or you can just download the mp3 using the link provided with each poem.

Easy French Poetry Podcast

Le Corbeau et le Renard, by Jean de La Fontaine

Ode à Cassandre, by Pierre de Ronsard

Chant d'automne, by Paul Verlaine

Demain dès l'aube, by Victor Hugo

Je vis, je meurs, by Louise Labé

Parfum exotique, by Charles Baudelaire

Easy French Poetry Podcast was created by Camille Chevalier Karfis, audio book & podcast author at French Today.


What is a podcast?

A podcast is a digital audio recording that can be downloaded to your computer or iPod and/or burned onto a CD. Many podcasts are available through the free program iTunes. Just install this program on your computer (it's available for both Windows and Mac). Once it is open on your computer, click "podcasts" in the menu and do a search for French poetry. Select Easy French Poetry Podcast and then return to this page to continue.