COMPLETE Short Poetry Collection 183 - rap

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Rapunzelina
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Post by Rapunzelina »

Thank you, Craig and Sonia! Your contributions are now in the Magic Window, marked PL OK!

And a warm welcome to CGilliganBerryman! What a lovely voice! Congratulations on your very first Librivox recording! You now have a Reader page in the catalogue, here: https://librivox.org/reader/12697 It lists all projects you've been involved in, and I'm sure it will fill up quickly! :D
Your recording has all tech specs correct, but it's somewhat low in volume. A visual hint in Audacity for a nice volume is when the wave-form peaks just above the 0.5 mark:
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Would you be able to amplify and re-upload? Amplify with about 20db. You may also need to noise-clean after amplifying, if the background noise gets too amplified. Let me know if you need more guidance since you're new, or when you're ready, go ahead and re-upload your file here with the same name. :thumbs:
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Post by Foon »

I've always wanted to do a full reading of this brilliant (and frustrating!) poem, so I figured it was time! :lol:

The Chaos by Gerard Nolst Trenité (1870-1946)
Text URL: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ruize-rijmen/De_Chaos
Duration: 7:38
MP3 URL: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc183_chaos_fh_128kb.mp3

I really hope I didn't mess up any pronunciations, but pleeeeaaaase correct me on them :D
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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That was really amusing! Thank you, Foon! I can't comment on pronunciation, I'm sure with all those different accents and dialects there's not one correct way to pronounce all those words! Certainly you did great! :D
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Post by Foon »

I have another one for you (I recorded it for a group project--but it wasn't my section so I'm just submitting it here :lol: )

A Day of Days by Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)
Text: https://archive.org/details/fromqueensgarden00port (p.178)
Duration: 1:00
MP3: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc183_dayofdays_fh.mp3
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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Thank you for offering it to this collection! It's PL OK and in the Magic Window!
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Post by Newgatenovelist »

A classic for my last one. See you next month!

'Now' by Robert Browning (1812-1889)
Text: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50954
Duration: 1.15
MP3: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc183_now_el_128kb.mp3

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Thank you, Erin! Very romantically touching!
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Post by ColleenMc »

Here is my contribution for this month -- what a fun poem to read!

Kate Shelly by Eugene J. Hall (1845-1932)

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18909/18909-h/18909-h.htm#Kate_Shelly

https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc183_kateshelly_cm_128kb.mp3

4:21
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That was so amazing, I got goose bumps!
Thank you, Colleen! PL OK and in the MW!
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Wow, thanks! I came across that poem in a school text on Gutenberg and was like, wow, why I haven't I heard of this girl before? Sent me down a Wikipedia/internet rabbit hole, reading about her!
Colleen McMahon

No matter where you go, there you are. -- Buckaroo Banzai
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Hi Matityahu! Welcome to the Poetry collection! Thank you for your contribution! Walt Whitman is a great choice! :D
PL OK and in the Magic Window!
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Post by k5hsj »

Rapunzelina,

My contribution for the month of August:

Long Island Sound by Emma Lazarus (1849-1887)
Text: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3295
Duration: 1:16
MP3: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc183_longislandsound_wt_128kb.mp3

Smile by William Blake (1757–1827)
Text: https://www.bartleby.com/235/132.html
Duration: 1:02
MP3: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc183_smile_wt_128kb.mp3

Humdrum by Carl Sandburg (1878-1967)
Text: https://archive.org/details/othersforananth00kreygoog
Duration: 0:55
MP3: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc183_humdrum_wt_128kb.mp3

Cheers,

Winston
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Hi Winston! Thank you for your contribution!
PL OK and in the MW!
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Post by WiltedScribe »

These are my selections for August:

"A Ballad of Hell" by John Davidson (1857-1909)
Text: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26785
Duration: 5:52
MP3: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc183_balladofhell_tp_128kb.mp3

"Romance" by Walter J. Turner (1889-1946)
Text: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26785
Duration: 1:46
MP3: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc183_romance_tp_128kb.mp3

"A Thrush before Dawn" by Alice Meynell (1847-1922)
Text: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26785
Duration: 2:05
MP3: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc183_thrushbeforedawn_tp_128kb.mp3
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