Leave Them in the Carrels

There are library books
lying on the street.
Books.
Lives are torn out by children…
pages…I'm sorry, are torn out.
These books have been taken from
theirshelves
By God
knows who
And now, no one reads them.
Someone carelessly per
using left them
having not
fully found what
was within is now
lost.

© tony baldwin

http://tonyb.us/carrels

#poetry #poem #literature

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The Firewater

Read the poem here: The Firewater.

voice recordings

Voice recordings by Tony Baldwin:

Notes: These recordings were made in my office, not a professional studio, using a cheap microphone plugged into my soundcard.
All software used to make these recordings was Free Open Source Software.
I used Audacity to record and export files to .wav and .ogg, and ffmpeg to create mp3 files.

The computer used runs Debian Gnu/Linux (stable/lenny).

To hear music I've recorded in similar fashion (I play guitar and sing): click here.

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English Literature:

Chaucer

Prologue to the Canterbury Tales (in Middle English): mp3 / ogg

Edgar Allen Poe

The Telltale Heart: mp3 / ogg

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Spanish Literature / Literatura en Español

Pablo Neruda

Cuerpo de Mujer: mp3 / ogg

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French Literature / Literature en Français

Charles Beaudelaire:

L'Homme et la Mer: mp3 / ogg

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Brazilian and Portuguese Literature / Literatura Brasileira e Portuguesa

Brasileira:

Soneta de Fidelidade por Vinícius Moraes: mp3 / ogg