Audio Poetry, Reimagined.

Listen to original chapbooks, micro poems, and spoken-word performances.

What is Chapbooks Online?

Chapbooks.Online is an exclusive audio poetry experience for listeners and readers.
Explore original chapbooks inspired by world-famous poets, micro archetypes, and spoken performances — and join as a member to unlock private access and downloadable content.

Latest Chapbooks

Short poetic journeys performed in voice and sound.

CH 01 Literature Music Reality
Member-OnlyChapbook Collections 2026February 12, 202600:15:01289.74 MB

CH 01 Literature Music Reality

CH O2 Writers and Astrology
Member-OnlyChapbook Collections 2026February 12, 202600:10:00198.62 MB

CH O2 Writers and Astrology

CH 03 Sisters
Member-OnlyChapbook Collections 2026March 11, 202600:06:03130.04 MB

CH 03 Sisters

Notes From A 30-Day Writing Challenge PDF

Notes From A 30-Day Writing Challenge PDF

$3/once

Insights gleaned from my 30-day poetry writing experience with members of The Grind, an invitation-only group founded by Ross White.

Upcoming Release: Chapbooks Collection

Upcoming Release: Chapbooks Collection

$9.99/once

Compilation of all 9 Chapbooks in an ebook and print format.

Release date: TBD

Broadside - The Lovers

Broadside - The Lovers

$10/once

To accompany my YouTube channel videos, I will be creating intuitive line drawings to match the [12 Standard Archetypes in Jungian symbolism.] When you purchase this first Broadside in the series, you are helping to fund my passion project

Print on cardstock 8.5" x 11" and frame it
Good Valentine's Day gift, or just because.
When you purchase this first Broadside in the 12 archetypes card series, you are helping to fund my passion project
Funding also covers hiring tech freelancers so I can write the poems and add the line drawings
Publication Package for A Poetry Opera - Standard

Publication Package for A Poetry Opera - Standard

$27/once

For individual artists, performers, and small ensembles.

  • 17‑minute audio performance of Unhinged read by Jason Braswell (high‑quality file)

  • Complete libretto of Unhinged by Alice Shapiro (PDF)

  • Printable PDF poster for promotion or projection

  • Non‑exclusive permission for the purchaser to perform, screen, or exhibit Unhinged in live, recorded, or digital formats, anywhere in the world, unlimited times for personal or small‑scale use.

Perfect for solo performers, small collectives, and experimental spaces who want a ready‑to‑present short opera work with a distinct authorial voice.

CREDIT:

Please credit as:

Unhinged by Alice Shapiro, performed by Jason Braswell.

Publication Package For A Poetry Opera - Company and Festival

Publication Package For A Poetry Opera - Company and Festival

$55/once

For theaters, galleries, festivals, and academic institutions.

  • Everything in the Standard Artist Set

  • Non‑exclusive permission to include Unhinged in multiple performances within a single production, season, or festival run

  • Permission to use stills, brief text excerpts, and the poster image in marketing and press materials. 

  • Simple performance log template to track dates and venues

Ideal for curated programs, mixed‑bill evenings, and festivals featuring Unhinged as part of a larger event.

CREDIT 

Please credit as: 

Unhinged by Alice Shapiro, performed by Jason Braswell.

Talks

Poetry conversations, reflections, and audio essays.

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Trailer for Unhinged an audio performance 16 minutes

Micro Poems

Season 1: 12 Archetypes.

One‑minute Jungian archetype‑inspired audio/video poems exploring inner life—60 seconds of symbolism and language.

Upcoming Events: NYC Exhibit

My digital art piece was picked up for a limited edition art book at NYC exhibit Jouissance curated by Michèle Saint-Michel, Curator & Experiential Producer, Leader, Artist Film Club (NYC).

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A suite of signature offers

Audio Chapbook Poems

Micro Poems Monthly

Behind-the-scenes videos and other ephemera

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Support independent audio poetry and unlock member-only access to exclusive releases and downloadable content.

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Circle

Circle

$79/yearly
Streaming access to Season 1's [12] one‑minute video poems as complete them (2 each month) for people who want to listen as creative prompts or mood pieces.
Audio‑only versions of each micro poem, for people who want to listen as creative prompts or mood pieces.
Voting rights: members choose which archetype I tackle first when I move into the Micro [Season 2.]
Patron

Patron

$179/yearly
Everything in the library
A complete PDF of librettos/chapbooks/eBooks
My undying gratitude for helping sustain Chapbooks Online and to get personalized poetry experiences 2-3 times a year.
Highly discounted access to a private poetry writing residency for beginners to seasoned poets. Potentially in-person.
2 signed copies of Family of Poems (Chapbooks 01-09) forthcoming September 2026.

About Alice Shapiro

Poet Laureate Emeritus Alice Shapiro grew up in New York and is author of a poetry collection "Saltian to dance" published by Unbound Content Press and an award-winning one-act tragedy in verse ("Four Voices").

She also was a recipient of The Bill C. Davis Drama Award, The Literary Titan Silver Book Award, and was twice Poetry Pushcart Prize nominee (2012). Essentially self-taught, she took a poetry class and a playwriting class at NYU with William Packard. She is based in Wilmington, Delaware.

“After sharing the podium at The Cultural Arts Council, Douglasville, Georgia with Alice Shapiro I see her as “A poet's poet” – Dr. David C. Axelrod, Fulbright Scholar and Poet Laureate