COMPLETE Short Poetry Collection 217 - rap

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brucek
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Post by brucek »

Hi Rapunzelina. Here are three from me.

1)
The Condemned, by Edward Howland (1832 - 1890)
Text URL: https://archive.org/details/masterpiecesofso00neal/page/86/mode/2up
Duration: 1:45
MP3 URL: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc217_condemned_bk_128kb.mp3

2)
Dejection, by Severn Teackle Wallis (1816 - 1894)
Text URL: https://archive.org/details/masterpiecesofso00neal/page/256/mode/2up
Duration: 2:34
MP3 URL: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc217_dejection_bk_128kb.mp3

3)
The Curfew, by Severn Teackle Wallis (1816 - 1894)
Text URL: https://archive.org/details/masterpiecesofso00neal/page/258/mode/2up
Duration: 1:16
MP3 URL: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc217_curfew_bk_128kb.mp3

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Bruce.
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Post by JoannaHoyt »

I've tried something a bit different from my usual. Let me know if my attempts to imitate drunken singing at a few spots in the monologue are too raucous for the poetry collection and I'll re-record, just sort of chanting the flower songs...

"Fra Lippo Lippi" by Robert Browning, 1812-1889
Text link (to book, not specific poem): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17393
Duration 18:14
https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc217_fralippolippi_jmh_128kb.mp3
Back from a low-internet no-Librivox year in Georgia. Glad to be with you again.
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Post by Rapunzelina »

:clap: :clap: Thank you Craig, Bruce and Joanna! :9: MW updated with PL OKs!

JoannaHoyt wrote: June 7th, 2021, 5:00 pm I've tried something a bit different from my usual. Let me know if my attempts to imitate drunken singing at a few spots in the monologue are too raucous for the poetry collection and I'll re-record, just sort of chanting the flower songs...
There are countless of ways to deliver a poem, and there's no wrong way :D I like what you did there; it offers some further diversity to the poetry collection!
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Post by mac268 »

This is my test to be part of this short poetry collection

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https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/test_mac268.mp3
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Post by mac268 »

Here is the other info for the review my 1-minute test:

Windows
Audacity
USB

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https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/test_mac268.mp3
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Post by Rapunzelina »

Hi Matt! You're ready to roll! Your recording setup is great! All tech specs correct and volume at the desired levels!
Optionally you could try the Noise Reduction in Audacity, but really your background noise is low enough to ignore. If you'd like to try and see if it makes any difference, here's info about Noise Reduction: https://wiki.librivox.org/index.php?title=Noise_Cleaning#Noise_Reduction_with_free_Audacity_2.1.0_and_later_versions
Welcome to Librivox, and to the Poetry Collection! Have fun here! :clap:
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Post by mleigh »

Here is my first one for the month:

The Little Peach by Eugene Field (1850-1895)
Text URL: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9606
Duration: 1:42
MP3 URL: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc217_littlepeach_mlm_128kb_.mp3

Thanks,

M
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Post by mac268 »

https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc217_juvenilehymn_mac_128kb.mp3

Juvenile Hymn
by Eliza R. Snow
https://archive.org/details/poemsreligioushi01snow
(It is on page 44; publication date is 1856)

1'30"
Read by Matt Crawford
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Post by mac268 »

Sorry, this one includes the author's birth and death dates

https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc217_juvenilehymn_mac_128kb.mp3

Juvenile Hymn
by Eliza R. Snow (1804-1887)
https://archive.org/details/poemsreligioushi01snow
(It is on page 44; publication date is 1856)

1'30"
Read by Matt Crawford
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Post by mleigh »

Rapunzelina -

Here is my second offering for the month:

Wild Animals I Have Met by Carolyn Wells
Text URL: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18734
Duration: 2:51
MP3 URL: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc217_wildanimalsihavemet_mlm_128kb.mp3

Thanks,

M
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Post by leeann »

The West by Francis Borton (1862 - 1929)
Text URL: https://archive.org/details/callofcali00bortrich/page/n19/mode/2up
Duration: 3:37
MP3 URL:https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc217_west_lak_128kb.mp3

Also, I wanted to check whether or not these are PD in the US and Australia?
To Sydney by Louise Mack https://www.bartleby.com/249/151.html
My Country by Dorothea Mackellar https://www.bartleby.com/249/196.html
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leeann wrote: June 14th, 2021, 6:04 am Also, I wanted to check whether or not these are PD in the US and Australia?
These are both PD in USA, Mack is also PD in Australia but I think Mackellar is not. I won't pretend to be familiar with Australian copyright law, but Wikipedia says it's Life + 70 years (and Life + 50 years for deaths before 1955).
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Post by silverquill »

First selection starts out strange, but with a nicer twist at the end.

Borrowing Brains by Charles William Wallace 1865 –1932
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65564
4:03
https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc217_borrowedbrains_lcw_128kb.mp3
(slightly different from the actual title)

I don't think this author is in the LV catalog so here is a wiki link: (not that Charles Wallace :lol: )
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_William_Wallace

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The Broken Hearted Gardener by John Ashton 1834-1911
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65524
2:04
https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc217_brokenheartedgardener_lcw_128kb.mp3

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Old Ship Church by Crawford Jackson
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65571
1:16
https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc217_oldshipchurch_lcw_128kb.mp3

I couldn't find any information on this author at all. :(

I wanted to include this poem because I have worshiped in this church. We lived in Hingham, MA where I was pastor of another church and my daughter and the daughter of Old Ship Church were classmates in elementary school. The name Old Ship come partly from the interior design of the building which is said to resemble the prow of a ship. Still standing strong!
~ Larry
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Post by Rapunzelina »

I had a wonderful poetry session! Thank you, M, Matt, LeeAnn, and Larry! Everything perfect and PL OK!
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Post by iBeScotty »

Hi,
I just uploaded this fun little poem. I don’t do impressions (at least not well) but had in mind an Ed Wynn type character as father William, if anyone still remembers him (i was a wee lad when he passed)

You are old, father William by Lewis Carroll
Text: https://www.theotherpages.org/poems/carrol01.html#3
1:49
https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/spc217_oldfatherwilliam_sws_128k.mp3

Scotty
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