COMPLETE: Weekly Poetry - May Day by Sara Teasdale - PO/ll

Fox in the Stars · Post by **Fox in the Stars** » May 1st, 2006, 7:45 am

All recordings can be found on the catalog page: http://librivox.org/may-day-by-sara-teasdale/

This weekly poem is now complete. If you still wish to record this poem, please submit it to the current Short Poetry Collection. Thanks to everyone who participated!

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

This week we celebrate May Day with Sara Teasdale's poem of the same name. Thanks to Annie for suggesting it!

Here is the poem at Poet's Corner: http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/teasd02.html#139
And Wikipedia on the author: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Teasdale

Before Recording,
Please check the Recording Notes thread:
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

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

Start Recording!

Because we use the abbreviated "librivox disclaimer" for weekly poetry, start by saying the title and author/source. This week, that's:

May Day,
by Sara Teasdale.

Then, say the abbreviated disclaimer (with special occasion additions):

read for Librivox.org
for May Day 2006,
by [Your Name]
(If desired, add your location, your personal URL, etc.)

Now read the body of the poem:

A delicate fabric of bird song
Floats in the air,
The smell of wet wild earth
Is everywhere.

Red small leaves of the maple
Are clenched like a hand,
Like girls at their first communion
The pear trees stand.

Oh I must pass nothing by
Without loving it much,
The raindrop try with my lips,
The grass with my touch;

For how can I be sure
I shall see again
The world on the first of May
Shining after the rain?

At the end, say:

End of Poem.
(I personally like to add "This recording is in the public domain.")

Leave maybe 3-5 seconds silent, then stop recording.

After Recording,

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

File name ? all in lowercase: may_day_teasdale_[your initials in 4 letters or less].mp3

ID-3 tags:
Title: May Day - Read by [your initials]
Artist: Sara Teasdale
Album: LibriVox Weekly Poetry
Genre: Speech
Comments (Optional): Public Domain; read by [your name]

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: foxinthestars AT yahoo DOT co DOT yoo-kay. 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 5:00 p.m. CDT on Saturday, May 6th (that's 22:00 GMT/UTC/Zulu time same date).

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
Coordinating a weekly poem isn't hard, and it's a good way to gain experience and confidence if you're thinking of coordinating a book---plus being a much-appreciated service to the community! The next two weeks are open for coordinators, so please visit the above-linked thread if you're interested.)

Fox in the Stars · Post by **Fox in the Stars** » May 1st, 2006, 7:47 am

Here's my own version:

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

Deborah.stafford · Post by **Deborah.stafford** » May 1st, 2006, 11:38 am

My first official weekly poetry. http://download.yousendit.com/52D66DED75746ECE

I had done Shakespeare's sonnet last week, but didn't post it here.

Found that it wasn't all that difficult todo.

Fox in the Stars · Post by **Fox in the Stars** » May 1st, 2006, 12:06 pm

Got it, Deborah! In the future please leave 3 seconds or so of silence at the end of your recordings, but don't worry about re-doing this one.

Also, how do you want your name to appear in the catalog? Is there a personal URL you want to include?

Thanks!

Deborah.stafford · Post by **Deborah.stafford** » May 2nd, 2006, 10:39 am

I would prefer just Deborah Stafford, Librarian, Gen H H Arnold High School Wiesbaden Germany

There is no URL

I will try and remember about the 3 seconds. I would like to get the weekly poetry down before doing a larger work. :)

Fox in the Stars · Post by **Fox in the Stars** » May 2nd, 2006, 10:49 am

I don't think we'll have room for more than just "Deborah Stafford." ^_^;

Thanks!

katiekind · Post by **katiekind** » May 2nd, 2006, 5:40 pm

I just made my first ever recording and sent it to you. The download link is here: http://download.yousendit.com/EF9C9860482760F4

I'm Kara's big sister by the way.

She is the willowy one with the mellifluous voice!

~Kathy

Fox in the Stars · Post by **Fox in the Stars** » May 2nd, 2006, 8:22 pm

Got it, Kathy. Good job! Everything is just right except the "title" and "comments" ID3 tags were a little weird, but that's easily fixed on my end.

Oh, also, how do you want your name to appear in the catalog? Is there a personal URL you'd like to include?

...Kara as in KayRay's sister?

Welcome to Librivox and thanks for lending a voice!

kayray · Post by **kayray** » May 2nd, 2006, 9:14 pm

Yup, Kathy's my big sister! I have fond memories of her reading The Just So Stories and Narnia to me when I was tiny :)

I'll nag her to come back and tell you how she wants to be listed on the catalog.

katiekind · Post by **katiekind** » May 2nd, 2006, 9:47 pm

Kathy Thile

http://www.xanga.com/katiekind

I'm sorry about the ID3 tags. I don't know what I did wrong. I did those in the itunes thingie. If it seems like it's a problem again another time I guess we'll have to figure out what's going wrong.

Fox in the Stars · Post by **Fox in the Stars** » May 2nd, 2006, 11:04 pm

Thanks!

With the ID3 tags, the Title looked like the filename and the Comments were a weird series of numbers---I suspect it was the software, not something you did. Worst case, that's a very easy thing to fix on our end, so if you can track down what happened, great, if not, it's nothing horrible.

banlon1964 · Post by **banlon1964** » May 3rd, 2006, 12:57 pm

As I was recording this poem, I could hear the "delicate fabric of bird song" outside my window, but my microphone didn't pick it up. Intonation is everything isn't it ? You can quickly go from May Day (pause between words) to Mayday ! Mayday ! (a cry for help) with this poem.

Please let me know if this very first Librivox recording passes muster.

http://download.yousendit.com/D8E37B786799739D

Banlon1964 (Michael)

ps I enjoyed the other recordings - so interesting to hear other versions.

Fox in the Stars · Post by **Fox in the Stars** » May 3rd, 2006, 1:05 pm

Got it, Banlon. Excellent! Good reading, and you did everything just right!

Now, how do you want your name to appear in the catalog? Is there a personal URL you'd like to include?

banlon1964 · Post by **banlon1964** » May 4th, 2006, 12:13 am

Thanks Fox in the Stars for your message.
I am happy to appear as Banlon 1964. Is it bad form to just use my Flickr screen name ?
No URL though although slices of my life can be seen at http://www.flickr.com/photos/banlon1964/

What do you think ?
Thanks for helping me with my first reading. I am envious of other peoples intonations and their ability to bring shades of meaning to the poem.

Cheers

Fox in the Stars · Post by **Fox in the Stars** » May 4th, 2006, 9:09 am

You can use whatever name you want. We can include the flickr url if you want to, also.