[F] "Birches" by Robert Frost [Youth] [Isolation] [Nature] [Alternate Realities] [Daydreaming] [Spirituality] [2:50]
I feel like there's a drawl going on here, and I'm really not sure why I'm doing that because I'm not from anywhere that even remotely has a drawl. Link to the original poem if you like to read along: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/44260
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[F] "As I Walked Out One Evening" by W. H. Auden [2:49] [Time] [Futility?] [Existentialism?]
Recorded this one on my phone with a different mic, we'll see if it's better or worse than the other one I've been using. Link to the original poem for read-along purposes: https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/i-walked-out-one-evening
Play Count: 654
[F] "Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror" by John Ashbery [LONG] [25:37]
Y'all have no idea how long this one took me to record. If I had a dollar for every time I swore messing up recording this... Fifth reupload because I kept catching mistakes I neglected to cut out! Link to the original poem: https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/self-portrait-in-a-convex-mirror/
Play Count: 621
[F] "Poetry" by Pablo Neruda
yo we heard you liked poetry so we put some poetry in your poetry Link to the original poem: https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/poetry-2/
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[F] "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot
Please bear with me through the Italian at the beginning. Link to the original poem: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/detail/44212
Play Count: 663
[F] "To Summer" by William Blake
Thought it'd be appropriate to do some summer poetry in the spirit of the season. Link to the original poem: https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/summer-2
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[F] "Whatif" by Shel Silverstein
Read by echorange for /r/poetryreading. Link to the original poem: http://art-sheep.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/what-if.jpg
Play Count: 743
[F] "Where the Sidewalk Ends" by Shel Silverstein
As read by echorange for /r/poetryreading. Link to the original poem here: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/6e/9d/63/6e9d6373956db6f96222ece4b9e7813c.jpg
Play Count: 978
[F] [NSFW??] [1 Moan??] "Like This" by Rumi
"Like This" by Rumi, as read by echorange. I mean, there's two kissing noises and one moan. Maybe don't listen to on speakers at work? Unless you're close with your coworkers like that. Then go for it. Link to the poem: http://www.rumi.org.uk/love_poems.html#IfAnyoneAsksYou
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[F] [Better version??]"I am still learning how to do the easy things" by Fortesa Latifi
Uh take 2 because I think the original version wasn't in the right tone of voice.
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"I am still learning how to do the easy things" by Fortesa Latifi
"I am still learning how to do the easy things" by Fortesa Latifi, as read by echorange. I feel this one in my bones. Link to the poem as it exists on Fortesa's blog: http://madgirlf.tumblr.com/post/99702319325/there-is-sadness-that-has-been-living-in-my-bones
Play Count: 639
"A Moment of Happiness" by Rumi
"A Moment of Happiness" by Rumi, as read by echorange for /r/poetryreading.
Play Count: 707