COMPLETE [Weekly Poetry] My Comforter by anonymous - dl

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My Comforter by anonymous ( - ) .

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(Please leave no more than 0.5-1 second of silence at the beginning of your recording!)
My Comforter by anonymous , read for LibriVox.org by [your name].
[Add, if you wish, date, your location, and/or your personal url.]
Then read the poem:
The world had all gone wrong that day
And tired and in despair,
Discouraged with the ways of life,
I sank into my chair.

A soft caress fell on my cheek,
My hands were thrust apart.
And two big sympathizing eyes
Gazed down into my heart.

I had a friend; what cared I now
For fifty worlds? I knew
One heart was anxious when I grieved—
My dog's heart, loyal, true.

"God bless him," breathed I soft and low,
And hugged him close and tight.
One lingering lick upon my ear
And we were happy—quite.
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File name - all in lowercase: mycomforter_anon_your initials in lowercase.mp3 eg. mycomforter_anon_klh )

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Artist Name: anonymous
Track Title: My Comforter - Read by YOUR INITIALS (eg. My Comforter - Read by KLH)
Album Title: LibriVox Weekly Poetry
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Post by Snapdragon »

Thanks!
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Post by LenXZ1 »

Here is my version of this tribute to our canine companions:

http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/dl/mycomforter_anon_llw.mp3
Duration: 1:11

This reminds me of the occurrence of a very bitter family tragedy years ago. When I was alone the next day, for one of the very few times ever, I broke into loud sobs of grief. Our beautiful and intelligent boxer, Vikki, came to me and stared at me with her big brown eyes, whining softly. I am sure that she understood my sadness and shared it with me.

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Post by RuthieG »

Upload URL: http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/dl/mycomforter_anon_rg.mp3
Duration: 1:12
Size: 1.09MB

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Caprisha

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Post by sonnethaiku »

~ Chessie Joy
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Post by mlcui »

I love love LOVE dogs :D
They are one of the best things life ever gave to me.

http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/dl/mycomforter_anon_mc.mp3
duration: 1:04
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Post by aradlaw »

WOW !! Great start to this project Image

Thank you Ginger, Len (thanks for the anecdote), Ruth, Caprisha and mlcui. :thumbs:

Chessie, your file did not upload properly, could you please upload again, thanks. :wink:
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Post by sonnethaiku »

David, I think it was the same difficulty I've had before - rogue blanks in the filename. I've re-uploaded it, which I think will fix it.

~ Chessie Joy
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Post by Algy Pug »

Here is Ernst's reading:

http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/dl/mycomforter_anon_eep.mp3
1:10

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Post by cynm1788 »

There are dogs, and there are dog-myths:

Section: My Comforter - Read by CAM
URL: http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/dl/mycomforter_anon_cam.mp3
Length: 01:11

Glad to imagine {thanks, David; thanks, Len} there's probably more truth in some than I can hope to know.
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Post by aradlaw »

Got it this time Chessie :D

Thanks Jannie and Cynthia :clap:

Thank you Ernst, there is still the artifact problem, probably due to aggressive Noise Reduction.

See you all on Friday when we change over to out new servers.
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Post by catrose »

I expect you'll get loads of these this weekend! Are you extending it?
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/dl/mycomforter_anon_cd.mp3 0:46
:D
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Post by aradlaw »

I was thinking of extending the weekly, thanks Cat. :D

* You have a bit of DC offset in your recordings this week, you may want to use Normalize to correct this in future. :wink:
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