COMPLETE-Weekly Poetry: Early Spring, by Fay Inchfawn -PO/ll

LibraryLady · Post by **LibraryLady** » March 18th, 2006, 11:15 pm

All audio files can be found on our catalog page: http://librivox.org/early-spring-by-fay-inchfawn/

Each week a poem is chosen to be recorded by as many Librivox volunteers as possible!

This week we read Early Spring by Fay Inchfawn. Thanks to ChipDoc for suggesting we do this for the Vernal (or Spring) Equinox! The poem can be found in the following collection on Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3477

Early Spring
By Fay Inchfawn

Quick through the gates of Fairyland
The South Wind forced his way.
'Twas his to make the Earth forget
Her grief of yesterday.
"'Tis mine," cried he, "to bring her joy!"
And on his lightsome feet
In haste he slung the snowdrop bells,
Pushed past the Fairy sentinels,
And out with laughter sweet.

Clear flames of Crocus glimmered on
The shining way he went.
He whispered to the trees strange tales
Of wondrous sweet intent,
When, suddenly, his witching voice
With timbre rich and rare,
Rang through the woodlands till it cleft
Earth's silent solitudes, and left
A Dream of Roses there!

At the beginning, read the abbreviated "librivox disclaimer":
"Early Spring, by Fay Inchfawn, read for librivox.org by [your name], for the Vernal Equinox" or some variation on that, adding date, location, your personal url, if you wish.

At the End say: End of poem.

Save your recording as an mp3 file using the following filename and ID3 tag format:

File name ? all in lowercase: early_spring_inchfawn_[your initials].mp3

ID-3 tags:
Title: Early Spring - Read by [your initials]
Artist: Fay Inchfawn
Album: LibriVox Weekly Poetry

Please be sure that your recording software is set to the following technical specifications:
Bit Rate: 128 kbps
Sample Rate: 44100 kHzs

Please check the Recording Notes thread before recording:
http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6427#6430
If this is your first recording, you'll also find this useful:
http://librivox.org/wiki/moin.cgi/NewbieGuideToRecording

You may either post a link to your completed files here in the thread or email them to me via http://www.yousendit.com/ at this address: ac DOT timshel AT gmail DOT com. If you use yousendit, please post the link it generates in this thread as well.

When you post your link, please include your name as you would like it credited on the catalog page and any URL by which you would like it accompanied.

If you wish to contribute, please have your readings submitted by 3:00 p.m. PST on Saturday, March 25th (that's 23.00 gmt, on the same day).

Enjoy!

(And remember, anyone who submits a recording can choose the next weekly poem! If you'd like to suggest a poem or coordinate a future Weekly Poetry project, please visit this thread: http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1114)

LibraryLady · Post by **LibraryLady** » March 18th, 2006, 11:31 pm

And here is my version: http://www.anniecoleman.com/resources/early_spring_inchfawn_apc.mp3

ChipDoc · Post by **ChipDoc** » March 19th, 2006, 12:50 am

Merry Meet! A Blessed Vernal Equinox to all.

http://ChipDoc.com/LibriVox/early_spring_inchfawn_chip.mp3
1.15Mb/1:15
Chip - http://ChipDoc.com/

LibraryLady · Post by **LibraryLady** » March 19th, 2006, 8:49 am

Thanks Chip, got it.

kri · Post by **kri** » March 19th, 2006, 10:33 am

http://www.greenkri.com/librivox/early_spring_inchfawn_kll.mp3
1:28 min. / 1.35 MB

I really couldn't resist this one. I'm so anxious for spring; hopefully our chants for spring will encourage it along.

LibraryLady · Post by **LibraryLady** » March 19th, 2006, 10:54 am

Got it, kri, thanks.

StefanS · Post by **StefanS** » March 19th, 2006, 4:02 pm

A very nice poem to welcome spring!!!

This is my try.

LibraryLady · Post by **LibraryLady** » March 19th, 2006, 4:05 pm

Thanks Stefan. I love your accent so much, it never fails to enchant me!

StefanS · Post by **StefanS** » March 19th, 2006, 4:07 pm

Thank you Annie

Plum Hill · Post by **Plum Hill** » March 20th, 2006, 10:57 am

This is my version:

Early Spring - Fay Inchfawn

Best wishes -

Graham Williams

LibraryLady · Post by **LibraryLady** » March 20th, 2006, 1:34 pm

Thanks Graham, got it!

Fox in the Stars · Post by **Fox in the Stars** » March 20th, 2006, 2:09 pm

Here's mine:

http://www.shininghalf.com/sharepics/early_spring_inchfawn_lf.mp3

Very fun poem!

LibraryLady · Post by **LibraryLady** » March 20th, 2006, 8:44 pm

Got it Laura, thanks!

SpectralDesign.Net · Post by **SpectralDesign.Net** » March 21st, 2006, 6:41 am

00:01:09
1.1 MB

http://s50.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1L5NBZ0CXUOWR2HWMYRY9FIXWM

PS - for those following along at home, I (with a great bit of help from the IRC network) finally managed to get our Echo Mia card working under Ubuntu! (And there was much rejoicing!) This will certainly facilitate our recording sessions as we no longer have to boot into windows to record... (Audacity runs very poorly under windows on our humble PC.)

LibraryLady · Post by **LibraryLady** » March 21st, 2006, 6:59 am

File received, Spectral, thanks! And glad to hear you have your technical stuff figured out.