This audiobook is now complete and available to download from the catalogue page: http://librivox.org/moments-of-vision-and-miscellaneous-verses-selection-by-thomas-hardy/
There are over 150 poems by Thomas Hardy in the collection titled "Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses", but for this audiobook version we will limit ourselves to about 40. Please choose any poem from the Gutenberg text linked below, but avoid any that have already been chosen by another reader.
Hardy is of course better known as a novelist, but his poems have a strong emotional and visual appeal that I think you will like.
Here's one example, very quickly chosen, for those new to Hardy as a poet:-
Please use this text - http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3255TRANSFORMATIONS
Portion of this yew
Is a man my grandsire knew,
Bosomed here at its foot:
This branch may be his wife,
A ruddy human life
Now turned to a green shoot.
These grasses must be made
Of her who often prayed,
Last century, for repose;
And the fair girl long ago
Whom I often tried to know
May be entering this rose.
So, they are not underground,
But as nerves and veins abound
In the growths of upper air,
And they feel the sun and rain,
And the energy again
That made them what they were!
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Recording Information
At the beginning, read the abbreviated "librivox disclaimer":
"[Poem title], by Thomas Hardy read for LibriVox.org by [your name]".
At the End say: "End of poem. This recording is in the public domain" and leave 5 seconds of silence.
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Sample Rate: 44100 kHzs
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File name, all in lowercase (no leading articles - the, a, an): [poemtitle]_hardy_[your initials].mp3
(e.g. transformations_hardy_drb.mp3)
ID3 tags (version 2):
Title: Poem Title (e.g. Transformations)
Artist: Thomas Hardy
Album: Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses (Selection)
Genre: Speech
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