atole wrote: ↑August 3rd, 2023, 9:26 am
I think "Night-Gaunts" by Lovecraft (published 1939) would be a fun read.
It is out of copyright, since its copyright was never renewed [source] (though no Gutenberg source)
Sorry, atole and Michele, I've double-checked and we cannot use this poem.
Reading this policy, it does say that 'Wikisource is not acceptable... because they restrict use of the texts with a CC license'.
What if we read from the cited archive.org scan ? Page 3 clearly shows it's the December 1939 issue, volume 34 and we know it's in the public domain...
Would this not fall under 'Texts from other sites that state clearly which edition the text came from, and that do not restrict the use of their text with a CC or other license'?
atole wrote: ↑October 9th, 2023, 8:45 am
Reading this policy, it does say that 'Wikisource is not acceptable... because they restrict use of the texts with a CC license'.
What if we read from the cited archive.org scan ? Page 3 clearly shows it's the December 1939 issue, volume 34 and we know it's in the public domain...
Would this not fall under 'Texts from other sites that state clearly which edition the text came from, and that do not restrict the use of their text with a CC or other license'?
How do we know this issue is PD?
Since it was published less than 95 years ago, its copyright status is murky. In this case, we'd need it to be copyright-cleared through Project Gutenberg or HathiTrust.
As per our text policy stated above, if it's less than 95 years old, we need either PG or HT as the source.
lortizsouza wrote: ↑December 7th, 2023, 4:57 am
How about "Ode to the West Wind" by Percy Bysshe Shelley? It's this epic poem that really brings nature to life, and it's totally free to use.
That poem has been recorded for Librivox 5 times already (just go to the home page and search anything by title to find out if we have it). But it would make a good poetry fortnightly, unless 5 minutes is too long, where more than one person could submit it.
I was thinking this version: https://allpoetry.com/Johnny-Armstrong
The only thing is, it says 'Ionne' instead of 'Johnny', but it is said the same way. (I think)
"A smile is a curve that sets everything straight."
-Phyllis Diller
"There’s nothing stronger than the heart of a volunteer.” – Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle
OK, we'd need to find a clearly PD version of that. (Just because it's freely available on some website doesn't mean it's PD. It may have been altered from its original form, etc.)
In the meantime (or in case it's not used as a weekly/fortnightly), you could always submit it in the short poetry collection! The current one will be wrapping up next week.
The Gutenberg text is clearly PD, so that could be used as the weekly or fortnightly poem. 