Let's Hear It For The Poets

[Lyricalli]

I'm not sure if Vocaroo has a similar function, someone who uses it could let us know. If not, I'm sure there's another way we could work it, possibly by emailing the sound file to the author and allowing them to post.

When you record/upload at Vocaroo, it also provides a delete link. That link could also be sent to the author. Also, Vocaroo will delete the file after about three months, I think, perhaps a bit longer. Another thing to know about Vocaroo is that files there are easily downloaded.

 

[Trixareforkids]

When you record/upload at Vocaroo, it also provides a delete link. That link could also be sent to the author. Also, Vocaroo will delete the file after about three months, I think, perhaps a bit longer. Another thing to know about Vocaroo is that files there are easily downloaded.

Hmm, I'm liking Soundcloud better and better, lol. Files there can't be downloaded unless you check a box that makes it downloadable and files stay until you delete them yourself, there is no automatic deleting of files.

 

[legerdemer]

I was having trouble getting the avocado files but figured out a way (logistics, logistics). At any rate, all very nice recordings.

Gosh I'd love to hear Shell in a better recording - such a beautiful poem but it's very hard to hear it.

 

[Trixareforkids]

I was having trouble getting the avocado files but figured out a way (logistics, logistics). At any rate, all very nice recordings.

Gosh I'd love to hear Shell in a better recording - such a beautiful poem but it's very hard to hear it.

Autocorrect strikes again! LOL

 

[legerdemer]

Autocorrect strikes again! LOL

I JUST noticed - LMAO!

 

[Trixareforkids]

Before You Leap

I Hear Poetry as a Conversation

Storm Ridden

 

[Angeline]

Before You Leap

I Hear Poetry as a Conversation

Storm Ridden

These are all great to hear and that last one? Whew! Smokin hot. Musta been some lightning with that storm!

 

[Trixareforkids]

These are all great to hear and that last one? Whew! Smokin hot. Musta been some lightning with that storm!

Thank you Angeline. I was going through my pieces from this yea consolidating everything into one file and I set aside the ones that called to be voiced. I've got a couple more to do but my laptop battery died so they'll have to wait for another night.

I'm looking forward to the voice requests, that's gonna be fun

 

[Trixareforkids]

And round two:

Buried Treasure

Burning Waters

Cellist

 

[Trixareforkids]

And a favorite by David Lerner, Mein Kampf.

Not my best reading but after 5 tries my tongue is tired, so unfortunately you'll hear where it kept tripping .

 

[Lyricalli]

Since it's officially Christmas, and this was written for the Holiday Poem Swap thread, I thought I'd make this my audio poem debut.

A bit of nudging and a request may have helped me decide to do this, so thanks for that. I think.



Accidental Poet


If not for you
would I have written
words on a page
played with sounds
to make them sing
a song that
someone else might hear?

In truth
there is a piece of you
in each rhyme
regardless of reason

Watching you dance
with words enticed me
to discover my own grace
until the reader
chanced the writer
and I found a place
for me
on this stage

 

[legerdemer]

Welcome to the Funhouse

Welcome to the Funhouse

In funhouse mirrors, reflected off the walls and ceiling,
we see ourselves as abstract shapes, projected through so many prisms,
broken yet fluid,
Marcel Duchamp's
Descending
Nude

when you write of what could be me, or a projection, or the essence - sweet? tangy? bitter?
I only hope not bland or tasteless

water quenches thirst, and sates, but not this hunger to touch, to know, to taste

your memory, I see it now, the foamy sea easily conjured: the shape quite well, the longing less so
memory ebbs and flows, it coats, it sweeps… all that you've said

you pick and choose what might be me

what could be you revealed, elusive glimpses, just a hint
it nearly is, and then, diffuse, it floats away... and disappears

but more than "me,” reflections you would see of you - I wish that I could see them clearly too
the mirror held just so... the shapes receding to eternity, smaller and smaller,
more abstract,
more you
than I
in fact

 

[Remec]

*stunbling through the doorway*

Found it!

So, in anticipation of the Jan challenge in PF&D, I was asked if I minded leaving an example of my voice.

Any requests?

 

[HarryHill]

*stunbling through the doorway*

Found it!

So, in anticipation of the Jan challenge in PF&D, I was asked if I minded leaving an example of my voice.

Any requests?

hmnn, are you the mohab poet he asks without looking,
..
A chance missed looks good, interested in how you read it, especially after seeing a funny comma

 

[butters]

hmnn, are you the mohab poet he asks without looking,
..
A chance missed looks good, interested in how you read it, especially after seeing a funny comma

*distant tinkle of bells*

 

[Trixareforkids]

hmnn, are you the mohab poet he asks without looking,
..
A chance missed looks good, interested in how you read it, especially after seeing a funny comma

If you don't go for whatever it is Harry's referring to, I'd like to hear this one
https://www.literotica.com/p/strawberry-farm

 

[Remec]

If you don't go for whatever it is Harry's referring to, I'd like to hear this one
https://www.literotica.com/p/strawberry-farm

OKay...first take seemed okay, maybe a little rushed. Strawberry Farm

 

[Trixareforkids]

OKay...first take seemed okay, maybe a little rushed. Strawberry Farm

Even with my volume all the way up on my iPad I had to hold the speaker to my ear to hear you. That said, I now have a feel for the tone and timber of your voice, both very nice to my ear Those combined with your nearly accentless speech give me a wide open playing field to write from.

The reading itself did feel rushed, are you a natural fast talker?

I am and I have to consciously slow myself when I read. It's possible that part of my tendency to read in my southern drawl is because the rhythm of speech is naturally slower.

 

[Trixareforkids]

Angeline's Ever After. I couldn't resist voicing it and she said I could share it 'cause she's a

 

[Angeline]

Angeline's Ever After. I couldn't resist voicing it and she said I could share it 'cause she's a

Thank you. You read it exactly the way I intended it to be heard when I wrote it.

 

[Remec]

Even with my volume all the way up on my iPad I had to hold the speaker to my ear to hear you. That said, I now have a feel for the tone and timber of your voice, both very nice to my ear Those combined with your nearly accentless speech give me a wide open playing field to write from.

The reading itself did feel rushed, are you a natural fast talker?

I am and I have to consciously slow myself when I read. It's possible that part of my tendency to read in my southern drawl is because the rhythm of speech is naturally slower.

Sorry 'bout that. My headset doesn't let me hear myself as I speak into the mic, one of the reasons I had thought it was busted, and when I listened to it I thought it was a little soft, but wasn't sure how to adjust recording levels. Next one I will have to speak a little clearer and louder...

...and slower 'cause, yeah, born in Pennsylvania to a pair of Pennsylvanians has always made me speak quickly--was almost always the first note I would get in Voice and Diction class in college or from the director of shows or scenes I was in..."slow down, let us see the thoughts before the speech"...although, I suppose in this case it would be more letting people sense and anticipate what I might say, then slowing things down enough so they can clearly hear what I am saying.


I'll see about doing the triolet Harry asked about in the next day or so.

 

[Trixareforkids]

Sorry 'bout that. My headset doesn't let me hear myself as I speak into the mic, one of the reasons I had thought it was busted, and when I listened to it I thought it was a little soft, but wasn't sure how to adjust recording levels. Next one I will have to speak a little clearer and louder...

...and slower 'cause, yeah, born in Pennsylvania to a pair of Pennsylvanians has always made me speak quickly--was almost always the first note I would get in Voice and Diction class in college or from the director of shows or scenes I was in..."slow down, let us see the thoughts before the speech"...although, I suppose in this case it would be more letting people sense and anticipate what I might say, then slowing things down enough so they can clearly hear what I am saying.


I'll see about doing the triolet Harry asked about in the next day or so.

LOL, I come from fast talkers as well, though I'm not nearly as bad as my older sister who missed her calling as an auctioneer

I look forward to hearing the triolet.

 

[Trixareforkids]

There were a couple others I couldn't resist recording from the challenge, Tzara has also said it was cool to share, so here's his untitled piece. Which is my favorite piece from the challenge.

Honey said I could share her Phoenix Rising as well, but she plans on recording it herself and I think we'd all much rather hear her sexy librarian voice reading it to us. Though I will say it was terrific fun to voice.

 

[GuiltyPleasure]

Since I was trying out audio recordings........

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0SxjStWDV4a

 

[Angeline]

Since I was trying out audio recordings........

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0SxjStWDV4a

Nothing but Nonsense

Doppelganger cockle teasers
Waistcoat wearing pollen sneezers
Wasted wisdom basement hacker
Hardened jailbird sushi snacker
Sneaky reader book-end busters
Peeping Thomas lady lusters
Moose hair mittens, frog pool filter
Fanny whacker found off kilter
Mad on Monday, week-long wonder
Stunning sunsets, distant thunder
Pinching pinnies, itching bug bites
Daytime savings, restless midnights
Slightly flighty punctuation
Very awkward situation.

I love this! (And I remember it. Great read!)