COMPLETE Short Poetry Collection 193 - rap

Solo or group recordings that are finished and fully available for listeners
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LibriVox Short Poetry Collection 193

This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/short-poetry-collection-193-by-various/

This is an open collection of poems for the month of June 2019. When this month is over, another one will be started. Don't despair if the sections are all filled up! I will add more sections as needed. :)
  1. How to record a poem - Initial Guidelines:
    • All poems read must be in the public domain (that is, not copyrighted).
    • You do not have to "sign-up" to submit a poem; as long as it's clearly in the public domain, just start recording!
    • There is a limit of 3 poems per person per collection.
    • Poems can be as short as you like, but not longer than 74 minutes (so as to fit in an audio CD)
    • To see what's been recorded already, you can search the LibriVox Catalog - but remember that we welcome multiple versions! :)
  2. Find a public domain poem:
    The Poets' Corner is a great resource for public domain poetry. Other sources to try are Bartleby and Project Gutenberg.
    • You may use other websites if you like, but they need to state date of publication (or book edition) to verify public domain status.
    • Please read from the text you post! You may not read from another source, as the other source may not be public domain!
    • See this page for more info on copyrights. You can always ask me in this thread if you're not sure whether a poem is public domain.
  3. BEFORE recording:
    • If you are new to LibriVox, please check the Recording Notes thread first.
    • If this is your first time recording, you'll find this useful as well: The Newbie Guide to Recording.
    Set your recording software to:
    Bit Rate: 128 kbps
    Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz (44100 Hz)
    Channels: 1 (Mono)
  4. DURING recording:
    • At the beginning of the recording, leave no more than one second of silence and read the abbreviated "LibriVox disclaimer":
    "[Poem title], by [author], read for LibriVox dot org by [your name]" or some variation on that, adding date, location, your personal URL, etc., if you wish.
    • Then read the poem.
    • At the end, say: "End of poem. This recording is in the public domain." and leave five seconds of silence.
    • No recordings can be accepted without the LibriVox disclaimer.
  5. AFTER recording:
    ID3 tags: Not needed for this project. (You may put "Recorded by [your name]" in the comments section if you wish)

    Save file as:
    spc193_[poem's title in short form - no leading articles]_[your initials]_128kb.mp3
    Put file name all in lowercase, and the title all in one word (no leading articles - the, a, an, without the square brackets, please, and NO SPACES):
    e.g. spc193_roadnottaken_apc_128kb.mp3

    When submitting, please post in the thread, following this template:
    [Title of Poem] by [Author] (BIRTH-DEATH)
    Text URL:
    Duration:
    MP3 URL:
  6. Upload your completed recording:
    • Upload your file with the LibriVox Uploader:
    http://librivox.org/login/uploader
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    (If you have trouble reading the image above, please message an admin)
    You'll need to select the MC, which for this project is: Rapunzelina
    When your upload is complete, you will receive a link. Please click "Post Reply" at the top left of this thread, and post the link there.
    Also post the following information:
    • The title and author of the poem.
    • A link to the poem's text online (Poets' Corner, Bartleby, Gutenberg, etc.) so it can be verified as public domain. Please READ FROM the text you post!
    • The length of your recording in minutes & seconds.
    • If this is your first recording for LibriVox, please give us your name as you'd like it to appear in the catalog (that is, either your real name or some pseudonym). Also let us know if you have a personal URL you'd like to list (e.g. a personal blog).
PL Type: Special - Standard PL, plus checking all tech specs including ID tags, file names, volume, background noise, and plosives for new readers. For everyone, follow along with text and check to make sure any deviations from text don't affect rhyme, meter, or meaning.

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Please post below or PM me. :)
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Post by KevinS »

https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc193_mowerssong_ks_128kb.mp3

2:04

"The Mower's Song" by Andrew Marvell (1621-1678.)

http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/marvell/mowersong.htm (Let me know if this source is not adequate.)

EVERYONE is mowing their lawn, interfering with my recording! Haha! So ... this poem.
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Post by Grothmann »

Hi:

AUGUST, 1918
(In a French Village.)

By
Maurice Baring

Read by Dale Grothman
Time 1:17

Audio File at-
https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc193_august1918_dg_128kb.mp3

Text at
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/52236/52236-h/52236-h.htm

Thanks
Dale
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Post by Grothmann »

And another (dedicated to the Calif. Legislatures, old and current)

The Committee On Public Morals
By Ambrose Bierce

Read by Dale Grothmann
Time :40

Audio File at --
https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc193_committeeonpublickmorals_dg_128kb.mp3

Text at--
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12977

Thanks
Dale
Last edited by Grothmann on June 1st, 2019, 9:50 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Post by Grothmann »

And a third.


The Wounded
By
Maurice Baring

Read by Dale Grothmann

Time 1:20

Audio at--
https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc193_wounded_dg_128kb.mp3

Text at
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52236

Thanks
Dale
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Post by Kitty »

and my first for this month :)

"Not old, not new" by John T. McFarland (1851-1913) - this is a new author in the database, the only thing I could find about him was on this page: https://hymnary.org/person/McFarland_JT
Text URL: https://archive.org/details/poems00mcfa/page/28
MP3 URL: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc193_notoldnotnew_ss_128kb.mp3
Recording time: 2:11 min.

Sonia
I will be on vacation from Wednesday 27 March till Sunday 14 April
and unable to PL during that time. Thank you for your patience.
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Post by Rapunzelina »

Thank you, Kevin, Dale and Sonia, for starting us off!

MW is updated.
I only have a PL note for Dale:

In AUGUST, 1918 there is a short repetition just at the beginning of the poem.
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Post by Grothmann »

Sorry about that. Sloppy editing.

Corrected and reloaded

https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc193_august1918_dg_128kb.mp3

Thanks for catching that.

Dale
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The world needs some positive fanaticism.

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Post by Rapunzelina »

Thank you, Dale! All good now!

Thank you, Craig and Mark! MW updated with PL OKs :D
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Can you use this link for Rule Britannia Rapunzelina?

https://archive.org/details/poemsplaysofjame00thom/page/165

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Hi Rapunzelina,

Here are three from me: :)

1)
An Interlude, by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837 - 1909)
Text URL: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35402
Duration: 3:50
MP3 URL: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc193_interlude_bk_128kb.mp3

2)
Coming of the Fog, by Dhan Gopal Mukerji (1890 - 1936)
Text URL: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22848
Duration: 1:30
MP3 URL: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc193_comingofthefog_bk_128kb.mp3

3)
The Upland, by Henry A. Beers (1847 - 1926)
Text URL: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34741
Duration: 2:46
MP3 URL: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc193_upland_bk_128kb.mp3

~~~~
Bruce.
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Spring Rain by James Thomson

https://archive.org/details/poemsplaysofjame00thom/page/2

Starts with The north-east spends his rage - second column bottom p. 2

https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc193_springrain_cc_128kb.mp3

3:24

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Post by Rapunzelina »

soupy wrote: June 5th, 2019, 7:23 am Can you use this link for Rule Britannia Rapunzelina?

https://archive.org/details/poemsplaysofjame00thom/page/165

Craig
Yes, I can see it. Do you prefer it to the Bartleby one?
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