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lynnoconnacht's post on Thursday re: 'She Walks In Beauty' included a link a beautiful rendition of the poem set to music. Online and off line most of us are accustomed to encountering poetry on the page or the screen, but poetry started as a spoken medium. For this upcoming week, I'm interested in sharing recordings of poems that I'll be performing myself. If anyone wants to join in, it would be wonderful to have a co-Host or two. No prior experience required, nor much in the way of fancy equipment; if you have access to a Mac like me, you can use the app Garageband which comes free with the computer. LibriVox has some good information for anyone looking for more tips on how to get started & other free software you can use.

In order for this to work, however, we need poems to record, recite, perform, declaim, spill forth from our tongues and hearts, and it would be most fun to do so with poems submitted by the audience. Any poem which has not yet been posted in full here at the comm is eligible. Please comment here with the text or a link to the text of any poem or poems you'd be interested in nominating, and don't be shy about putting forth your own work if you're comfortable with doing so.

ETA: old recordings (yours or others') of poetry are also welcome.

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This is a great idea. I encourage people to read poetry aloud, and listen to it, although I'm not into podcasts myself.

Feel free to use any of my published poems. There's a "poem" tag on my LiveJournal. Some that I think would be particularly good choices:

"Fair Maiden Meets Fierce Villain"

"The Snake Goddess"

"Stellar Spectres"

Neat! Thank you for the suggestions. Re: the first one, anything I should keep in mind pronunciation-wise? I'm always suspicious that I'm mangling the heroine's name in my head.

If I do record one of your poems (quite likely), is it okay to include the full text of the poem in the post here as well as a link to the original, or would you prefer I stick to just the link? I know some people like to read along when they listen to poetry performed, but they can do that at your journal if you'd prefer to restrict the circulation.

"Fiorenza" means "flower" or "blossoming." The second letter is "i" not "l" -- I've had people make that mistake. It has four syllables (fee-o-REN-sa) with the accent on the third. I found a sound file with the original Italian pronunciation:
http://hearnames.com/pronunciations/italian-names/italian-femalegirls-names/fiorenza-f.html

>>If I do record one of your poems (quite likely),<<

Yay! Thank you.

>> is it okay to include the full text of the poem in the post here as well as a link to the original, or would you prefer I stick to just the link?<<

Please do include the text. I want to maximize exposure for my work. The stuff I'm sharing in this community is mostly published already, so promotion is a good thing. A link back to the Serial Poetry page would also be helpful, in case people want to explore more poems about Fiorenza the Wisewoman:
http://penultimateproductions.weebly.com/serial-poetry.html

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