Poet Duncan M. Matheson lived in troubled times. These were times of World War I and its accompanying carnage, privation and pervasive adversity. Then to add to this there was the explosion - the December 1917 Halifax explosion - the Canadian maritime disaster that would leave in its wake nearly 2,000 dead and 9,000 injured. Matheson was the principal of Alexander McKay School in Halifax at the time of the explosion and would witness the resultant death of fifty of his school's students.
But despite this backdrop of horror, Matheson - the skilled and observant poet, the man who not only was responsible as principal for the edification of young minds, but who, as a poet, assumed the added burden of explicating life's events through his writing - shone as a bastion of hope and courage in a seemingly crumbling world.
This man, this principal, this scholar, this gifted poet could in his writing transcend the horror of everyday events and speak of the beauty, splendor and potential of life. Matheson possessed the hope and fervent desire for a brighter future a world away from this current outbreak of destruction, this explosion of death and grief. You will hear his passion for what is, what is not, and what should and can be in these, Duncan M. Matheson's transcendent works of inspirational poetry. (Bruce Kachuk)
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Hi Rapunzelina and Sarah, thank you both for doing this.
Here we go with another wonderful book of poetry, this time from the Canadian Atlantic province of Nova Scotia during the particularly grim years of the First World War.
Rapunzelina, I would like to continue to use the short intro/extros as in previous projects, viz.,
For the first section:
"Poems, by D.M. Matheson, read for LibriVox dot org by Bruce Kachuk." [poem title]
Then read the poem.
At the end of the poem say: "End of poem. This recording is in the public domain" and leave five seconds of silence.
For the second and subsequent sections:
"[poem title] by D.M. Matheson, read for LibriVox dot org"
Then read the poem.
At the end of the poem say: "End of poem. This recording is in the public domain" and leave five seconds of silence.
At the end of the book, add: "End of Poems, by D.M. Matheson"
I'm having trouble with the workflow at the moment and I can't get us an MW. It might be that my internet connection is unstable. I'll try again later. Sorry for the wait!
