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yesterday i went to /soc/ and asked them to read poetry for me.

welcome is everything remotely lit-related (and nearly everything is lit-related)! feel free to request or publish your own ideas, read or quote stuff, sing or just express your thoughts.

>> No.2402831

might have gone wrong because i asked them to read german poetry, but might as well be caused by them being busy rubbing their genitalia, so i figured out this might be a better place for this kind of stuff. lets see if it works!


Der Erlkönig
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Erlk%C3%B6nig

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0kcaC87eRUD

>> No.2402839

>>2402831
where are you from ?

>> No.2402842

>>2402839

germany, thats why i started with something german. im not sure if i could do that stuff in english (without ruining it). but i would love to hear english, japanese or indian poetry too.

>> No.2402846

>>2402842
I was actually wondering about the specific region, I study German and I'm curious about accents.

>> No.2402856

>>2402846

oh, sorry. in this case i'm from osnabrück, niedersachsen. it should be almost accent-free high-german, but its hard to judge your own accent...

>> No.2402868

>>2402856
Thanks for the info! It was a beautiful reading.

>> No.2402901
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2402901

que ferais-je sans ce monde sans visage
sans questions
où être ne dure qu'un instant où chaque instant
verse dans le vide dans l'oubli d'avoir été
sans cette onde où à la fin
corps et ombre ensemble s'engloutissent
que ferais-je sans ce silence gouffre des murmures
haletant furieux vers le secours vers l'amour
sans ce ciel qui s'élève
sur la poussière de ses lests
que ferais-je je ferais comme hier comme aujourd'hui
regardant par mon hublot si je ne suis pas seul
à errer et à virer loin de toute vie
dans un espace pantin
sans voix parmi les voix
enfermées avec moi

>> No.2402902

>>2402868

you are welcome, and thank you! thats very relieving to hear, its the first feedback i got so far.

on a sidenote: if someone wants to do something in a different language than english an english translation would be highly appreciated.

>> No.2402904

>>2402902
>>2402901

>> No.2402917

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0dTGhsF5Dch

not waving but drowning - stevie smith

>> No.2402923

>>2402917

sounds like there is an airstream near your microphone, its almost as loud as your voice, so difficult to understand.

this is the text:

Stevie Smith - Not Waving But Drowning

Nobody heard him, the dead man,
But still he lay moaning:
I was much further out than you thought
And not waving but drowning.

Poor chap, he always loved larking
And now he's dead
It must have been too cold for him his heart gave way,
They said.

Oh, no no no, it was too cold always
(Still the dead one lay moaning)
I was much too far out all my life
And not waving but drowning.

>> No.2402929

>>2402901

i guess you are a native french speaker. even with the translation its hard for me to figure it out.. why did you choose this one?

>> No.2402934

>>2402929
Not native but nearly so. I wanted to read something by Beckett because I am a fan of his and I know he translated most of his works himself, though I had never read this poem in particular before tonight. I read it once in my head and enjoyed it immediately.

>> No.2402959
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2402959

Both of these were surprisingly nice to hear, though the English guy seems to have been recording in a truck.

Lorry.

>> No.2402962

>>2402923
>>2402959

lol my microphone sucks. All apologies for the background noise.

>> No.2402963

>>2402959
Just so you know, you only need to type out the word with the black circle on it. Instead of England you can just type a space.

>> No.2402964

>>2402923
http://vocaroo.com/i/s03ShKTUiyHy
Here you are.

>> No.2402966

>>2402959
>typing out both words

lol

>> No.2402973

>>2402964
hahahaha wtf

>> No.2402975

>>2402964

Drama king.

>> No.2402977 [DELETED] 

The first person I thought of was Raymond Carver so here is the first Carver poem I found.

"An Afternoon"

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0Ss0ENBexJ5

>> No.2402988

where are the female voices. you better sound cute.

>> No.2403033

>>2402827

>> No.2403110

>>2402964

thats way better, qualitywise. i also enjoyed voice and reading. thank you for contributing. enjoy this and OP, theres a good chunk of emotion in it!

>> No.2403228

im very happy that some people seemed to be at least remotely interested in it! i will contribute another german one, era of enlightenment this time.

[German] Der Mensch

Matthias Claudius

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0EhetLNlkLs

Empfangen und genähret
Vom Weibe wunderbar,
Kömmt er und sieht und höret
Und nimmt des Trugs nicht wahr;

Gelüstet und begehret
Und bringt sein Tränlein dar;
Verachtet und verehret,
Hat Freude und Gefahr;
Glaubt, zweifelt, wähnt und lehret,
Hält nichts und alles wahr;
Erbauet und zerstöret
Und quält sich immerdar;
Schläft, wachet, wächst und zehret;
Trägt braun und graues Haar.
Und alles dieses währet,
Wenns hoch kommt achtzig Jahr.
Dann legt er sich zu seinen Vätern nieder,
Und er kömmt nimmer wieder.

>> No.2403262

bumpin this shit

The Lightkeeper by Carolyn Forche
http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/poetry/2010/05/03/100503po_poem_forche

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0LrFrNMjFSM

>> No.2403424

Bumping
Late Echo-John Ashbery
http://vocaroo.com/i/s03Sxr7uXiEB
I fucked up a couple of the words here and there.

>> No.2403455

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0OLUf0fdiCE
>implying any of you plebs will know from which book I took this

>> No.2403464

>>2403262
i really like the text, the centric put on light.

>>2403424
i think the first 1/3 is amazing! my favourite piece out of this thread so far (beside my own stuff obviously, otherwise i wouldnt have bothered other people with it). it also sounded like you were a little nervous?

>> No.2403470

>>2403455

are you... reading the quran backwards while shoving a microphone up your ass?

>> No.2403733
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2403733

What about some new voices?

>> No.2404031

bump for new exciting things to learn, hear and enjoy!

>> No.2404376

bump!

>> No.2404389

My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky:
So was it when my life began;
So is it now I am a man;
So be it when I shall grow old,
Or let me die!
The Child is father of the Man;
And I could wish my days to be
Bound each to each by natural piety.

could somebody do this one? It's Wordsworth.

>> No.2404394 [DELETED] 

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOn-ejzUkqU

won't get better than that; enjoy.

>> No.2404396

>>2404389

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOn-ejzUkqU

won't get better than that; enjoy.

>> No.2404412

>>2404389
I'll do it, but I have a thick, male, aussie accent and don't want to ruin it for you! haha

>> No.2405008

>>2402831
>>2402901
>>2402917
>>2402964
>>2403228
>>2403262
>>2403424


moar!

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2405020

>>2405008

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0CK6GzTmVY0

>> No.2406531 [DELETED] 

bump

>> No.2406542

>>2402827
>request or publish your own ideas, read or quote stuff, sing or just express your thoughts.
What, like Youtube?

>> No.2407097

>>2406542

ja. just with a different audience, and without video. im glad you got the idea.

>> No.2408027

Wrote it myself too... hope thats ok. German.

>> No.2408030

http://soundcloud.com/kzumrizzla/weroderwas

>> No.2408049

>>2405020
ROSE?!

>> No.2408061

>>2408049
>all English people are ROSE
Hulk mad.

>> No.2408158

dulce et decorum est -wilfred owen

http://vocaroo.com/i/s01xOZplfKKn

Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs
And towards our distant rest began to trudge.
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots,
But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;
Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots
Of tired, outstripped Five-Nines that dropped behind.

Gas! GAS! Quick, boys! – An ecstasy of fumbling,
Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time;
But someone still was yelling out and stumbling
And flound'ring like a man in fire or lime . . .
Dim through the misty panes and thick green light,
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.

In all my dreams before my helpless sight,
He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.

If in some smothering dreams, you too could pace
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin;
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues, –
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.

>> No.2409224

>>2404396
>>2404389

Actually, it does get better than that. Here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3ZuPR8QQ1g

Enjoy, Wordsworth fans.

>> No.2409241

A Word On Statistics - Wislawa Szymborska
Words: http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/unbound/poetry/antholog/szymbors/stats.htm
Voice: http://vocaroo.com/i/s0RkRJiuybLl

Forgive me, I guess. I needed to talk out loud for a little bit. (Also forgive me, I had no desire to try her name out loud.)

>> No.2409245
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>>2408049
it could be, she does sound quite like her.
Rose has a great taste in books anyway, judging by one of the comments in her video.
sidenote: i read that comment on youtube and it made me seriously want to get back to reading which i had kinda stopped for about 6months due to work.it just made me feel nostalgic for the time when i did read a lot (video:http://youtu.be/ujzIgm_wvKE ) so if rose is around thankyou

>> No.2409257

>>2409245
Aside from being English and female, she sounds nothing like Rose. They don't have the same accent.

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http://vocaroo.com/i/s0TH2gS6vr5q

>> No.2409309

bump for readings

>> No.2409385

>>2408049
>>2409245
Nah, it's the second time I've read on here and the second time someone has made that joke/observation.

>> No.2409386

>>2409385
*second time I've read on here in English

>> No.2409388

>>2409245
>palahniuk was my favourite author when i was around 16.

all of my nope

>> No.2409502

FUCK ROSE IN THE FACE WITH B&Q DISCOUNT CARD!

She's probably a nice girl (never cared enough to look) but you sad lonely fucks ahve make me hate her so much.

Get a job you bums.

>> No.2411157

bump

>> No.2411190

Why just vocaroo?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfZhfbTujvA
Prufrock

>> No.2411193

>>2409502
>she

>> No.2411612 [DELETED] 

moar

>> No.2411911
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2411911

http://vocaroo.com/i/s01mnH3xTgCj
hurr asstralian durr

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>>2411911

i love aussie accents

>> No.2411972
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2411972

http://vocaroo.com/i/s05x1yki7kzu

>> No.2411989
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>>2411911

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0nvx46AqEcr