A Day With Great Poets by May Gillington Byron -phi

Post by **philchenevert** » August 8th, 2012, 8:49 am

OK! three more fabulous poets have been added to the menu for your delectation and enjoyment.

A Day in the Life of William Shakespeare 5400 words
A Day in the Life of Tennyson 4500 words
A Day in the Life of Robert Browning 5100 words

Lots of great poetry included in each and some are by different authors; i will try to list them later

J_N · Post by **J_N** » August 8th, 2012, 9:58 am

Thank you, Caprisha - spot-checked and PL:OK

catrose · Post by **catrose** » August 8th, 2012, 9:59 am

Hey Phil, can I swap Lord Byron for Tennyson? Byron's getting me down, he's so depressing!

Cat

P.S. Just making sure you know, this hasn't got anything to do with Tennyson being 200 words shorter!

Post by **philchenevert** » August 8th, 2012, 11:02 am

catrose wrote:Hey Phil, can I swap Lord Byron for Tennyson? Byron's getting me down, he's so depressing!

Cat

P.S. Just making sure you know, this hasn't got anything to do with Tennyson being 200 words shorter!

Certainly. will do so in a few hours. sorryabout the depressing life of Byron. ....

I always thought he was a wild and crazy guy....

CaprishaPage · Post by **CaprishaPage** » August 8th, 2012, 9:05 pm

J_N wrote:Thank you, Caprisha - spot-checked and PL:OK

Awesome! :o)

CaprishaPage · Post by **CaprishaPage** » August 8th, 2012, 9:06 pm

philchenevert wrote:
catrose wrote:Hey Phil, can I swap Lord Byron for Tennyson? Byron's getting me down, he's so depressing!

Cat

P.S. Just making sure you know, this hasn't got anything to do with Tennyson being 200 words shorter!
Certainly. will do so in a few hours. sorryabout the depressing life of Byron. .... I always thought he was a wild and crazy guy....

Cat, I took an entire Master's class on Byron! lol! He is one crazy dude!

And that crazy runs the whole spectrum! I learned WAY more than I wanted to know!

bobgon55 · Post by **bobgon55** » August 12th, 2012, 11:29 pm

02 A Day With Samuel Taylor Coleridge

http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/phi/dayswithgreatpoets_02_coleridge.mp3

Duration - 47:36

Whew! Very challenging. But I loved it. Not only the excerpts of his poetry, but the author's narrative around them was very well written and not the easiest to articulate and deliver with fluidity. Lovely to really read a piece where the prose as well as the poetry plays with the language. Thanks again for finding these gems, Phil!

Bob

Post by **philchenevert** » August 13th, 2012, 12:44 am

bobgon55 wrote:02 A Day With Samuel Taylor Coleridge

http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/phi/dayswithgreatpoets_02_coleridge.mp3

Duration - 47:36

Whew! Very challenging. But I loved it. Not only the excerpts of his poetry, but the author's narrative around them was very well written and not the easiest to articulate and deliver with fluidity. Lovely to really read a piece where the prose as well as the poetry plays with the language. Thanks again for finding these gems, Phil!

Bob

Thank you Bob and you are welcome. Wow! 48 minutes of challenging reading; I am proud of you and look forward to hearing you caress each word and phrase in your usual beautiful way. (and you read good too)

bobgon55 · Post by **bobgon55** » August 13th, 2012, 1:07 am

philchenevert wrote:Thank you Bob and you are welcome. Wow! 48 minutes of challenging reading; I am proud of you and look forward to hearing you caress each word and phrase in your usual beautiful way. (and you read good too)

You are too kind, good sir.

I look forward to editing the other two, which are already recorded. But the editing and the patching, ... well, you know ...

catrose · Post by **catrose** » August 13th, 2012, 2:26 am

bobgon55 wrote:02 A Day With Samuel Taylor Coleridge

http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/phi/dayswithgreatpoets_02_coleridge.mp3

J_N · Post by **J_N** » August 13th, 2012, 12:23 pm

bobgon55 wrote:02 A Day With Samuel Taylor Coleridge

http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/phi/dayswithgreatpoets_02_coleridge.mp3

Duration - 47:36

PL:Perfect

well read

bobgon55 · Post by **bobgon55** » August 13th, 2012, 12:38 pm

J_N wrote:PL:Perfect well read

Thank you, Julia!

catrose wrote:

(and Cat!

)

lubee930 · Post by **lubee930** » August 31st, 2012, 3:11 pm

Hi, Phil--

Here is my Section 08 (A Day With William Morris):
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/phi/dayswithgreatpoets_08_byron.mp3
55:02

I was beginning to be concerned that I wouldn't get the recording completed within our time limit (72 minutes?)--I don't read aloud very speedily, even if I consciously attempt to speed up. This one is my longest recording to date (very nearly 7000 words)--and I truly did enjoy it. Let me finish up some of my claims (I have another big one for Leni), and then I'll take another section.

Post by **philchenevert** » August 31st, 2012, 4:56 pm

lubee930 wrote:Hi, Phil--

Here is my Section 08 (A Day With William Morris):
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/phi/dayswithgreatpoets_08_byron.mp3
55:02

I was beginning to be concerned that I wouldn't get the recording completed within our time limit (72 minutes?)--I don't read aloud very speedily, even if I consciously attempt to speed up. This one is my longest recording to date (very nearly 7000 words)--and I truly did enjoy it. Let me finish up some of my claims (I have another big one for Leni), and then I'll take another section.

Thank you Lucretia. I have NEVER read something that long ... I am impressed. Ignatius, the Penguin of Happiness

will put this into the Magic Window for proof listening.

And don't worry about time; this project will be here for a long time. It is just a big undertaking.

J_N · Post by **J_N** » September 1st, 2012, 10:29 am

sorry, but it says "no file" when I try to download section 8... Phil, could you please check if there was a problem with the upload or if the URL is faulty? Thank you!