COMPLETE: Weekly Poetry - In Flanders Field, by John McCrae

Post by **hugh** » November 11th, 2005, 6:13 am

all audio files can be found here:
http://librivox.org/in-flanders-fields-by-john-mccrae/

Nov 11 is Rememberence Day in Canada & Commonwealth. So lets see how many versions of In Flanders Field we can get today. Here's the full text. Public domain.

In Flanders Fields
by John McCrae

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

File name (@ 128 kbps SVP): in_flanders_fields_mccrae.mp3

send with www.yousendit.com to hugh AT dosemagazine DOT com

I'll put all recordings up on a single page, with your name if you like, in a couple of days.

GordMackenzie · Post by **GordMackenzie** » November 11th, 2005, 7:49 am

Ok, here's my reading... a bit rushed to get it out before 11am EST, but here it be:

http://gordmackenzie.com/librivox/flanders_fields_mcrae.mp3

Peace.

Post by **hugh** » November 11th, 2005, 8:11 am

my version:
http://www.westmountrugby.com/misc/in_flanders_fields_mccrae.mp3

kayray · Post by **kayray** » November 11th, 2005, 9:19 am

here's mine -- it's Veterans' Day here in the US.

http://kayray.org/audiobooks/librivox/misc/in_flanders_fields_mccrae_kayray.mp3

Good idea, hugh.

kara

rfrancis · Post by **rfrancis** » November 11th, 2005, 3:42 pm

Here's mine.

http://www.randomcasts.com/flanders_fields_mccrae_random.mp3

-R

mtl3p · Post by **mtl3p** » November 11th, 2005, 4:30 pm

"hugh's idea" pfft!

http://mtl3p.ilesansfil.org/blog/audio/in_flanders_fields_mccrae.mp3

Post by **hugh** » November 11th, 2005, 6:31 pm

oh yeah, this was mtl3p's idea...mike, welcome.

mtl3p · Post by **mtl3p** » November 11th, 2005, 6:35 pm

(looks around) cozy. i think i'll hang out a bit here if everyone's cool with that. i'm a fan.

Squiddhartha · Post by **Squiddhartha** » November 11th, 2005, 6:56 pm

Here's mine: http://surly.org/librivox/in_flanders_fields_mccrae_squiddhartha.mp3

I wanted to record it at 11:11, but I was at work, and between the noise and the builtin PowerBook microphone, it sounded awful. So I waited until I got home.

Kristen · Post by **Kristen** » November 11th, 2005, 7:15 pm

I'm awful at poetry (embarrassing, as my sister is a poet!) but here's my version:

http://www.mediatinker.com/librivox/in_flanders_fields_mccrae.mp3

Post by **hugh** » November 12th, 2005, 10:08 pm

thanks for this everyone.