Spontaneous poetry reading

[luzula]

For no particular reason, here's me reading Gerard Manley Hopkins' Spring and Fall: To a Young Child. Struck by inspiration, I guess? Although I ought to be finishing my big bang draft.

I dunno, maybe the adult being bitter shines through a little too much in lines 5-8 in the reading? But that's the way I was feeling it when I read it, so. Comments on the reading welcome. : )

Comments

[cahn]

oooooh, thank you for this! I LOVE GMH, he's quite possibly my favorite poet ever, and this was one of my early favorites.

Interestingly, I've always thought of it in my head read much quicker, and with more stress on the rhythm, but now that I think about it I'm not sure I've ever actually heard it read out loud. And it's so cool to hear another interpretation than the one in my head, if you know what I mean :) Thanks again!

[luzula]

Yeah, I love GMH, too--his language is just so rich, which makes it even more rewarding to read out loud.

Re: the slowness, I guess I was feeling contemplative? And I do like reading the first lines as if it's actually dialogue.

I love hearing many different versions of poems--Librivox has a fun project where lots of people record a poem of the week, and then it's posted as an anthology.

[ride-4ever.livejournal.com]

One of my favorite poems, and I'd never heard it read aloud before...now read by one of my favorite readers! TYK for this!

(And how about doing GMH's "The Windhover" some time if you are in a VS mood?)

[luzula]

This seems to be a popular poem! But then, GMH is so awesome in general that I'm not surprised. And thanks. I will consider "The Windhover". : )