COMPLETE Short Poetry Collection 204 - rap

BWoodvig · Post by **BWoodvig** » May 18th, 2020, 11:40 am

Hi! My first (non-test) recording - feedback welcomed.

"Thoughts" by Myra Viola Wilds (? - ?) Poem from 1915
https://poets.org/poem/thoughts-0

Time: 45 seconds

https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc204_thoughts_bjd_128kb.mp3

Post by **Rapunzelina** » May 18th, 2020, 1:23 pm

Welcome to Librivox and to the Poetry Collection, Brian! That is a great first recording, and a worthy addition to the catalogue of a new author

I'll use this as the text source, as it's always preferable to use sources that offer publication information. https://archive.org/details/thoughtsofidleho00wild/page/44/mode/2up

This is your Reader Page https://librivox.org/reader/14334 which lists all projects you've read for, and helps you keep track of recordings and assigned sections (in the Reader Section Details). By what name would you like to be credited in the catalogue?

pschempf · Post by **pschempf** » May 18th, 2020, 9:11 pm

Hi Rapunzelina -

My first poem for this month -

Hialmar Speaks to the Raven by James Elroy Flecker (1884-1915)
Text URL: https://archive.org/stream/cu31924013611953#page/n91/mode/2up
Duration: 2:29
MP3 URL: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc204_hialmarspeaks_ps_128kb.mp3

Post by **ColleenMc** » May 19th, 2020, 8:45 am

Here are my 3 for this month:

To Celia by Ben Jonson (1572-1637)
Text URL: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5134
Duration: 00:52
MP3 URL: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc204_tocelia_cm_128kb.mp3

Oh! Death will find me, long before I tire by Rupert Brooke (1887-1915)
Text URL: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/262/262-h/262-h.htm#link2H_4_0021
Duration: 01:03
MP3 URL: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc204_ohdeathwillfindme_cm_128kb.mp3

Love the Light-Giver by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564)
Translated by J.A. Symonds (1840-1893)
Text URL: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10314 (number XXX)
Duration: 01:09
MP3 URL: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc204_lovethelightgiver_cm_128kb.mp3

Colleen

Post by **Rapunzelina** » May 19th, 2020, 9:22 am

Cool! Thank you, Fritz and Colleen!

MW updated with PL OKs!

Post by **Kitty** » May 21st, 2020, 5:52 am

my second poem, quite sad and melancholic, but beautiful (prepare your handkerchief):

"A sentimental sketch" by Alonzo Lewis (1794-1861) / new author: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alonzo_Lewis
Text URL: https://archive.org/details/poems03lewigoog/page/n136/mode/2up
https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc204_sentimentalsketch_ss_128kb.mp3
Recording time: 2:15 min.

Sonia

Grothmann · Post by **Grothmann** » May 21st, 2020, 9:02 pm

Hi:

The Three Brigands.
By Alfred M. Williams
Read by Dale Grothmann
Time 1:30

Audio at --
https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc204_threebrigands_dg_128kb.mp3

Text at --
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45277

Thanks -- and enjoy your holiday.
Dale

Post by **Rapunzelina** » May 22nd, 2020, 10:48 am

No holiday for the wicked!

Thank you, Sonia and Dale!! MW is now updated with PL OKs

Horner94 · Post by **Horner94** » May 22nd, 2020, 7:17 pm

Hello,
Author: Harry Graham (1874-1936)
Title: Plagues At The Play
URL to text: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/36543/36543-h/36543-h.htm#Page_57
Audio recording ready for PL'ing: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc204_plaguesattheplay_cjph_128kb.mp3
Time: 02:14

Kind regards,
Chad

Horner94 · Post by **Horner94** » May 22nd, 2020, 7:27 pm

Hello,
And other submission:
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
Title: The Cow
URL to text: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/25609/25609-h/25609-h.htm#THE_COW
Audio recording: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc204_thecow_cjph_128kb.mp3
Time: 00:46

Kind regards,
Chad

Grothmann · Post by **Grothmann** » May 22nd, 2020, 10:13 pm

Hi:

Something very different.

Tao Te Ching, by Lao-Tzu
Chapter 11
a translation for the public domain by j.h.mcdonald
read for LibriVox dot org by Dale Grothmann
Time :56

Audio at --
https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc204_chaptereleven_dg_128kb.mp3

Text at
http://www.wright-house.com/religions/taoism/tao-te-ching.html

Thanks
Dale

Post by **Kitty** » May 23rd, 2020, 10:09 am

and my last for this month, describing the moment of Napoleon's coronation, but this poem is not a heroic poem, but rather blaming the protagonist for his ambition

"Champ de Mai" by John Augustus Shea (1802-1845) / new guy in town: found a bit about him here: https://www.eapoe.org/people/sheaja.htm and here: http://spenserians.cath.vt.edu/BiographyRecord.php?action=GET&bioid=36536
Text URL: https://archive.org/details/adolphandotherp00sheagoog/page/n146/mode/2up
https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc204_champdemai_ss_128kb.mp3
Recording time: 5:54 min.

see you next month !

Sonia

GraceBuchanan · Post by **GraceBuchanan** » May 25th, 2020, 10:34 am

Hi Rapunzelina! I hope that you and your loved ones continue to be well.

[Title of Poem] by [Author] (BIRTH-DEATH): I’m Nobody, by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
Text URL: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12242
Duration: 0:44
MP3 URL:
https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc204_imnobody_gb_128kb.mp3

I welcome your comments. Thanks!

Grothmann · Post by **Grothmann** » May 25th, 2020, 11:55 am

Hi:

I am beginning to have second thoughts about Tao Te Ching Cha. 11. Translating poetry from one language to another, and keeping any semblance of meter or structure is difficult enough, but keeping the essential meaning is nearly impossible. This comes the closest I can find, in those translations which are in Public Domain. See what you think.

Thanks
Dale

silverquill · Post by **silverquill** » May 25th, 2020, 11:14 pm

A final short one for May:

Oxford Meadows by William Force Stead (1884 – 1967)
https://archive.org/details/sweetmiracleothe00steaiala/page/72/mode/1up
1:00
https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc204_oxford_lcw_128kb.mp3

I think he may be new to the LV Catalog, so here is a wiki link:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Force_Stead