COMPLETE: Short poetry (Volume 1)

kayray · Post by **kayray** » December 14th, 2005, 11:13 am

Thanks, Annie :) That makes 15!

LibraryLady · Post by **LibraryLady** » December 14th, 2005, 11:36 am

kayray wrote:Thanks, Annie That makes 15!

I've got a few more planned from the Bartleby site, we'll get to 20 for sure!

LibraryLady · Post by **LibraryLady** » December 14th, 2005, 12:28 pm

"Thou art not lovelier than lilacs, --no" by Edna St. Vincent Millay

http://www.anniecoleman.com/resources/thou_art_not_lovelier_than_lilacs_no_millay_ac.mp3
Runtime: 00:01:29
Name: Annie Coleman
URL: www.anniecoleman.com

From Bartleby: http://www.bartleby.com/131/18.html

kayray · Post by **kayray** » December 14th, 2005, 12:33 pm

got it!

kara

LibraryLady · Post by **LibraryLady** » December 14th, 2005, 2:16 pm

"For Annie" by Edgar Allan Poe ... an admittedly self-indulgent choice! It's far from romantic, however, it's all about death, as embodied by a woman named Annie.

http://www.anniecoleman.com/resources/for_annie_poe_ac.mp3
Runtime: 00:04:23
Name: Annie Coleman
URL: www.anniecoleman.com

From Bartleby: http://www.bartleby.com/101/696.html

kayray · Post by **kayray** » December 14th, 2005, 2:22 pm

Well, we're not going to have any trouble making it to 20 by December 31 :)

Kara

LibraryLady · Post by **LibraryLady** » December 15th, 2005, 10:40 pm

"Heat" by Hilda Doolittle, aka H.D.

http://www.anniecoleman.com/resources/heat_doolittle_ac.mp3
Runtime: 00:00:49
Name: Annie Coleman
URL: www.anniecoleman.com

From Bartleby: http://www.bartleby.com/271/91.html

kayray · Post by **kayray** » December 15th, 2005, 11:38 pm

Annie you should go by PoetryLady :)

LibraryLady · Post by **LibraryLady** » December 16th, 2005, 1:06 am

kayray wrote:Annie you should go by PoetryLady

LOL. My love for poetry has been renewed by LibriVox! I find myself looking through old college poetry anthologies, filled with notes and marked pages and finding more and more to record. Too bad a few of my all time favorites were published in 1923.

drwls · Post by **drwls** » December 17th, 2005, 6:55 pm

I'd like to try a few pre-1800 poems that I understand, and happen to like very much, from Harold Bloom's anthology "The Best Poems in the English Language". One of my favorites is Milton's "Lycidas". Would that be OK?

kayray · Post by **kayray** » December 17th, 2005, 6:58 pm

Yup! Go for it!

kara

pkolter · Post by **pkolter** » December 17th, 2005, 8:23 pm

I was browsing Christmas Poems. This one seems timely with is message of war and Christmas. I was considering if it might be anti or pro war, and it occured to me that there's something for everyone. I think that's why it's considered poetry

http://www.kolterman.com/librivox/christmas_bells_longfellow_pmk.mp3

pmk

kayray · Post by **kayray** » December 17th, 2005, 9:08 pm

Thanks, Philip. I've heard this as a carol, I think -- didn't realize it was Longfellow.

drwls · Post by **drwls** » December 17th, 2005, 10:07 pm

I would have enjoyed contributing, but I lack the computer literacy to record and send MP3 files using the instructions provided. I cannot get Audacity recording software to incorporate the LAME MP3 conversion software, and I cannot get AudioRoom to record at all. I am in awe of all of you who have managed to figure this out.

cachondo · Post by **cachondo** » December 18th, 2005, 4:14 am

drwls wrote:I would have enjoyed contributing, but I lack the computer literacy to record and send MP3 files using the instructions provided.

There are other programs out there to let you record and save to mp3 and, while the sending of files may be difficult to manage, it's doable at least (and if you can't, there are always people to help out).

I personally use Gold Wave to record my audio (http://www.goldwave.com/ ) because although it's not free, you can use it without paying for a time, and it's more accessible for me as a blind computer user anyway (although I should work on something free, really, see if I can't make it work better for the blind community).

That's just my take on things, so if you need further help - that's what all these people are for!