Each week a poem is chosen to be recorded by as many LibriVox volunteers as possible!Alfred Joyce Kilmer was an American writer and poet mainly remembered for a short poem titled "Trees" (1913. While most of his works are largely unknown today, a select few of his poems remain popular and are published frequently in anthologies.
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This week's poem can be found here.
Project Code: 6fHx81FX
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Leave ½ to 1 second of silence at the beginning.
Then read the poem:The Apartment House by Joyce Kilmer, read for librivox.org by [your name].
[Add, if you wish, date, and/or your location.]
At the end of your reading, leave a space and then say:Severe against the pleasant arc of sky
The great stone box is cruelly displayed.
The street becomes more dreary from its shade,
And vagrant breezes touch its walls and die.
Here sullen convicts in their chains might lie,
Or slaves toil dumbly at some dreary trade.
How worse than folly is their labor made
Who cleft the rocks that this might rise on high!
Yet, as I look, I see a woman's face
Gleam from a window far above the street.
This is a house of homes, a sacred place,
By human passion made divinely sweet.
How all the building thrills with sudden grace
Beneath the magic of Love's golden feet!
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.End of poem. This recording is in the public domain.
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good first reading. One comment - the volume is a bit too high at 95.8 dB. You should aim for your waveforms to peak near the 0.5 mark, like this:
Length 1:10. Any feedback is greatly appreciated. Thanks! Natalie Fortier