COMPLETE Short Poetry Collection 181 - rap

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Boris
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Kitty wrote: June 14th, 2018, 1:13 am Hallo Boris :) so now I get to listen to you in English as well
Boris wrote: June 11th, 2018, 2:04 pmI also would like to try and contribute (for the first time) a poem to this collection. As English is not my mother tongue, I would be delighted if you could give me some feedback if you think this recording is understandable and suitable for this collection.
your English is excellently understandable :clap: in fact I detect a slight verge toward a real British accent, so you need not fret at all, the poem is wonderfully read, with your usual expressiveness and passion. :9: Absolutely PL ok and I think you need to participate more often in English projects. Hey you could be an excellent addition to the drama section, plenty of roles only waiting for you to grab them :mrgreen:

You also chose "the poet's corner" link, but I found another archive scan, so the text is exactly the same.

Thanks !!! This was a really nice choice for this collection.

Sonia
Dear Sonia,

grüß Dich :D thank you very much for your feedback and your kind words, they surely encourage me to go on recording also in other languages :clap:
Indeed, it will have a look also at the dramatic section to see if I can contribute there too.

kind regards,

Boris
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Here's my contribution!

The Bride of Corinth by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), translated by John Anster (1793-1867)
Text URL: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044072004856;view=1up;seq=397
Duration: 9:31
MP3 URL: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/sps181_brideofcorinth_foon_128kb.mp3


... and now that I'm putting the link in I notice that I made a typo in the title, sps instead of spc... Should I correct that and reupload?
Foon - Real life is getting in the way of LV, will be slow until all is back on track, please bear with me!


Readers needed:
Dramatic Reading: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Folklore/legends: Arabian Nights Vol. 11
Play: Zeus the Tragedian
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Foon wrote: June 14th, 2018, 11:01 am Here's my contribution!
The Bride of Corinth by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), translated by John Anster (1793-1867)
Text URL: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044072004856;view=1up;seq=397
Duration: 9:31
MP3 URL: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/sps181_brideofcorinth_foon_128kb.mp3
... and now that I'm putting the link in I notice that I made a typo in the title, sps instead of spc... Should I correct that and reupload?
thank you, Foon, I'm looking forward to this poem :9: I read parts of it in the original German, so let's see how well translated it is. No need to reupload immediately. If I find nothing to correct, I can rename the file "behind the scenes". If there are any corrections to make, you can always reupload with the correct filename then.

I'll PL tomorrow morning, for now updating MW.

Sonia
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You're so fast Foon :clap:
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Foon wrote: June 14th, 2018, 11:01 am The Bride of Corinth by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), translated by John Anster (1793-1867)
... and now that I'm putting the link in I notice that I made a typo in the title, sps instead of spc... Should I correct that and reupload?
so I just listened to your recording, Foon :) It's very nicely narrated and everything clearly understandable. It's a very cool story too. :thumbs:

I found no errors, so you need not reupload, I will change the filename this evening. This is PL ok.

I have only one suggestion to make, and that is concerning the pauses. After the intro and before the outro you leave almost 4 seconds of silence. :shock: For a listener this is much too long, one may start to wonder if there is something wrong with the audio. ;)

1.5 seconds, or absolute maximum 2 seconds, will be fully enough. Longer pauses really feel unnatural while listening. Also between your stanzas, sometimes you leave too much silence. This way, the flow of the text is unnecessary broken. The listener should be hooked and "into the story". If the pause is too long, there is the risk of getting pulled out of the story.

Nothing you need to change here, unless you wish, but I just wanted to mention it, so you maybe could consider it for further recordings. :)

In any case, it's a great reading of a wonderful poem, so thanks for your contribution :9:

Sonia
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Kitty wrote: June 15th, 2018, 1:29 am
Foon wrote: June 14th, 2018, 11:01 am The Bride of Corinth by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), translated by John Anster (1793-1867)
... and now that I'm putting the link in I notice that I made a typo in the title, sps instead of spc... Should I correct that and reupload?
so I just listened to your recording, Foon :) It's very nicely narrated and everything clearly understandable. It's a very cool story too. :thumbs:

I found no errors, so you need not reupload, I will change the filename this evening. This is PL ok.

I have only one suggestion to make, and that is concerning the pauses. After the intro and before the outro you leave almost 4 seconds of silence. :shock: For a listener this is much too long, one may start to wonder if there is something wrong with the audio. ;)

1.5 seconds, or absolute maximum 2 seconds, will be fully enough. Longer pauses really feel unnatural while listening. Also between your stanzas, sometimes you leave too much silence. This way, the flow of the text is unnecessary broken. The listener should be hooked and "into the story". If the pause is too long, there is the risk of getting pulled out of the story.

Nothing you need to change here, unless you wish, but I just wanted to mention it, so you maybe could consider it for further recordings. :)

In any case, it's a great reading of a wonderful poem, so thanks for your contribution :9:

Sonia

Gaaaaaah. Sorry. I'm aware of doing this, a long time of having to do a lot of public speaking has drilled into me to take deliberate pauses (instead of steamrolling over everything!) but it's gotten to be a bit much :p I shortened a lot of the silences and reuploaded, now with correct filename:
https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc181_brideofcorinth_foon_128kb.mp3 9:19
Foon - Real life is getting in the way of LV, will be slow until all is back on track, please bear with me!


Readers needed:
Dramatic Reading: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Folklore/legends: Arabian Nights Vol. 11
Play: Zeus the Tragedian
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Foon wrote: June 15th, 2018, 3:39 am Gaaaaaah. Sorry. I'm aware of doing this, a long time of having to do a lot of public speaking has drilled into me to take deliberate pauses (instead of steamrolling over everything!) but it's gotten to be a bit much :p
oh I understand and I personally also prefer if people don't "steamroll". With fast speakers who do not even take breath at a full stop, I quickly lose the thread of the plot :lol: But one second and a half as breaks is plainly enough. Anything that is over 2 seconds is really dragging on (at least in my opinion, of course, you cannot please everybody LOL).

With public speaking there is a difference too I think. People at least see you, even if you make a pause, you look into the crowd, assess their reactions, they see your movements, your posture, they keep listening. With an audiofile, nobody sees you, listeners only have the voice. It's strange then when you make a pause of 4 seconds.
I shortened a lot of the silences and reuploaded, now with correct filename:
https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc181_brideofcorinth_foon_128kb.mp3 9:19
ok thanks, I'll have another listen, just to make sure that no sentence got cut out along with the silence ;)

I'll be back shortly with feedback !

Sonia
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Foon wrote: June 15th, 2018, 3:39 am shortened a lot of the silences and reuploaded, now with correct filename:
https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc181_brideofcorinth_foon_128kb.mp3 9:19
listened to it again, and the shorter silences indeed are much better :thumbs: All PL ok (yet again)

Thanks

Sonia
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Post by Rapunzelina »

Thank you, Sonia, and everybody!!!! And a special welcome to Boris and Foon for their first contributions to our poetry collection :D :clap:

I got some online time, but I still can't download and listen for a few more days.
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Post by WiltedScribe »

This month's theme is nature... but I'm also going on holiday soon, and the colours in these poems' titles are in the flag of the country I'm visiting. :wink:

"The Green Linnet" by William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
Text URL: http://www.bartleby.com/106/242.html
Duration: 2:19
MP3 URL: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc181_greenlinnet_tp_128kb.mp3

"I Saw the Sun at Midnight, Rising Red" by Joseph Mary Plunkett (1887-1916)
Text URL: http://www.bartleby.com/236/341.html
Duration: 1:22
MP3 URL: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc181_isawthesunatmidnight_tp_128kb.mp3

"Yellow Jessamine" by Constance Fenimore Woolson (1840-1894)
Text URL: http://www.bartleby.com/248/871.html
Duration: 2:33
MP3 URL: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc181_yellowjessamine_tp_128kb.mp3
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WiltedScribe wrote: June 15th, 2018, 6:09 pm This month's theme is nature... but I'm also going on holiday soon, and the colours in these poems' titles are in the flag of the country I'm visiting. :wink:
what an ingenious idea :9: I'll get to PLing soon, stay tuned !

Sonia
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WiltedScribe wrote: June 15th, 2018, 6:09 pm "The Green Linnet" by William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
"I Saw the Sun at Midnight, Rising Red" by Joseph Mary Plunkett (1887-1916)
"Yellow Jessamine" by Constance Fenimore Woolson (1840-1894)
wonderful choices, Tomas. Was it difficult finding suitable poems ? My guess would be that yellow was a bit harder to find.

Anyway, all three poems PL ok and very emotionally narrated. Loved all three of them :9:

Thanks and enjoy your well-deserved holidays !

Sonia
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Post by Rapunzelina »

I just listened to Sonia's poem. It's melancholic, but it has a sweet sadness.

And have added all the new authors :thumbs: We are up to date!

Thank you Sonia, for your contributions, and for covering for me :9:
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Rapunzelina wrote: June 19th, 2018, 11:24 pm I just listened to Sonia's poem. It's melancholic, but it has a sweet sadness.
And have added all the new authors :thumbs: We are up to date!
Thank you Sonia, for your contributions, and for covering for me :9:
yay, you're back !! Hope your holidays have been nice and relaxing. :9:

and thanks for the PL !

Sonia
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Post by silverquill »

In view of the recent volcanic activity on the Big Island, and Pele's Hair be spewed out, I thought this poem, harking back to the days of human sacrifice, but be timely:

Kapiolani by John Oxenham ( 1852 - 1941 )
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9989
Duration: 12:25

https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc181_kapiolani_lcw_128kb.mp3

John Oxenham is a pseudonym for William Arthur Dunkerley
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