COMPLETE [Weekly Poetry] Sleep Is Supposed To Be by Emily Dickinson - dl

[aradlaw]

Sleep Is Supposed To Be by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886).

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A description of sleep according to Emily Dickinson. (David Lawrence)

Each week a poem is chosen to be recorded by as many LibriVox volunteers as possible!
This poem has been suggested by Ambsweet13
This week's poem can be found here.

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Channels: 1 (Mono)
Bit Rate: 128 kbps
Sample Rate: 44100 kHz

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Sleep Is Supposed To Be by Emily Dickinson, read for LibriVox.org by [your name].
[Add, if you wish, date, your location, and/or your personal URL.]

Then read the poem:

Sleep is supposed to be,
By souls of sanity,
The shutting of the eye.

Sleep is the station grand
Down which on either hand
The hosts of witness stand!

Morn is supposed to be,
By people of degree,
The breaking of the day.

Morning has not occurred!
That shall aurora be
East of eternity;

One with the banner gay,
One in the red array, --
That is the break of day.

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End of poem. This recording is in the public domain.

Please leave 5 seconds of silence at the end of your recording.
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[Horner94]

Hello,
Here is my attempt: https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/sleep_dickinson_cjph_128kb.mp3
Time: 00:47

Kind regards,
Chad

[aradlaw]

Thank you Chad, your volume is low at 83.2 dB. You should aim for your waveforms to peak near the 0.5 mark, like this:



You can check your volume using our Checker program - see info at http://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/Checker You will find the volume in decibels on the Information tab. For your information, we look for around 89 dB (87-91 is OK)

*Please post any edits in the project thread, otherwise there is no record of their being done.

[jdsouza27]

Hello,
Here is my reading: https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/sleep_dickinson_jkd_128kb.mp3
Time: 43 seconds


Jayden

[cavaet]

https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/sleep_dickinson_mdl_128kb.mp3

here ya go. Can't remember i ever did this but please credit this, and my other submissions as, Cavaet in catalogue. Thank you

[Claire]

Here's mine at 54 seconds:

https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/sleep_dickinson_lah_128kb.mp3

[EliseDee]

Hello --

Making my first attempt at reading. Would love feedback!

File is located here: https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/sleep_dickinson_ed_128kb.mp3

Elise

[quasimoir]

Allo allo David:

Here's the link to my recording of this week's poem: https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/sleep_dickinson_gd_128kb.mp3

Track Length: 0:53

Always,
Garfield

[grs2905]

https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/sleep_dickinson_grs_128kb.mp3 (0:59)

[aradlaw]

Hello,
Here is my reading: https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/sleep_dickinson_jkd_128kb.mp3
Time: 43 seconds

Jayden

Thank you Jayden, the volume is low at 84.8 dB. You should aim for your waveforms to peak near the 0.5 mark, like this:



You can check your volume using our Checker program - see info at http://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/Checker You will find the volume in decibels on the Information tab. For your information, we look for around 89 dB (87-91 is OK)

[aradlaw]

https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/sleep_dickinson_mdl_128kb.mp3

here ya go. Can't remember i ever did this but please credit this, and my other submissions as, Cavaet in catalogue. Thank you

Thanks Cavaet, the volume is low at 81.0 dB, you should aim for your waveforms to peak near the 0.5 mark, like this:



You can check your volume using our Checker program - see info at http://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/Checker You will find the volume in decibels on the Information tab. For your information, we look for around 89 dB (87-91 is OK)
*Your Catalog page has been updated.

[aradlaw]

Hello --

Making my first attempt at reading. Would love feedback!

Elise

Welcome to LibriVox Elise Good first reading, no issues at all.

*Please let me know under what name would you like to appear in the LV catalog and if you have one, we can put your personal URL link on your catalog page too.
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[aradlaw]

Thank you Lee Ann, Garfield and Graham.

[esjkim90]

Hey everyone!

Here is my recording:

https://librivox.org/uploads/aradlaw/sleep_dickinson_esjk_128kb.mp3 (Duration = 51 secs)

Thanks a lot.

[aradlaw]

Thank you Eric.