I will take the blame on that one 🙂 not only did I understand your meaning better, the music choice added a polished depth to the reading. I guess we’ve been spoiled by all of the musical scores in our movies and such. Listening to poem recitation that is voice alone leaves me to envision the poet in a “clean room” wearing a paper suit and a shower cap. Never read poetry while wearing gloves in an hermetically sealed environment! I would put this recording on my phone and listen to it as a creative kick start to my day. (Which is what I did today, so thank you.)
How did you know about my clean room and shower cap? Ha! I do enjoy mixing the recordings. The hard and time-consuming part is finding the right music.
Thank you for not posting the poem, Robert😊. At first I thought I wanted to follow along, but it was a pleasure to close my eyes to hear you say things like “in our house/the tang of burnt sugars….;” “fragmented memories fill our cupboards;” and then to try and visualize words being buried in daylight.
You’re welcome, Leslie! Since the publication was so recent, I didn’t want to post the poem on the blog, and instead provided a link. I get requests for both – recordings with poems, and recordings without them, so I suppose I’ll do a little of both. 🙂
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Love it!
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Thank you, Tami. You’re to blame! 😀
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I will take the blame on that one 🙂 not only did I understand your meaning better, the music choice added a polished depth to the reading. I guess we’ve been spoiled by all of the musical scores in our movies and such. Listening to poem recitation that is voice alone leaves me to envision the poet in a “clean room” wearing a paper suit and a shower cap. Never read poetry while wearing gloves in an hermetically sealed environment! I would put this recording on my phone and listen to it as a creative kick start to my day. (Which is what I did today, so thank you.)
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How did you know about my clean room and shower cap? Ha! I do enjoy mixing the recordings. The hard and time-consuming part is finding the right music.
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Beautiful, Robert.
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Thank you, Merril.
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Awesome Robert! Sjoe! 👏👏
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Thank you, Rob!
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Thank you for not posting the poem, Robert😊. At first I thought I wanted to follow along, but it was a pleasure to close my eyes to hear you say things like “in our house/the tang of burnt sugars….;” “fragmented memories fill our cupboards;” and then to try and visualize words being buried in daylight.
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You’re welcome, Leslie! Since the publication was so recent, I didn’t want to post the poem on the blog, and instead provided a link. I get requests for both – recordings with poems, and recordings without them, so I suppose I’ll do a little of both. 🙂
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You carry the tone of this very well, Bob. The music is a nice fit.
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Thanks, Ken. The music seemed appropriate.
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Just lovely. And so much more to savor when read aloud by the author. Thank you.
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So pleased you like it. Thank you!
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So beautiful! This music was a perfect accompaniment.
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Thank you, Lynne. It was fun to mix.
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Beautiful! I love the musical accompaniment.
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Thanks very much. I enjoy matching music to poems.
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Could you print words with it for those of us who are hard of hearing?
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It’s printed here: https://icarusanthology.org/robert-okaji
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Thanks. Just wish I could listen as I look at the words. I can turn up volume, but no way to make it less blurry
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I’ve just emailed a word document of the poem to the cox address in your profile.
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I look forward to these so much! This one gave me goosebumps. 😍 Amazing. 🌹
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You have made my evening! Thank you.
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Heartbreakingly beautiful
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You’re very kind.
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