Freedom is not free, make a visit to Arlington , Va. walk through the white crosses..... These are Heros, ... these are the Honored sacrifice... May God Bless their souls....
Although this is one of my very favourite poems, and I know it almost word for word, well, your rendition held me spellbound. Absolutely wonderful, though I should not be suprised after listening to "Sam Magee." You are a treasure.
Urgelt's rendition of this romantic supernatural tale is note perfect. This and The Cremation of Sam McGee make wonderful companions. My only wish is for more... You've been awfully quiet of late Mr Urgelt... please grace us with more recordings.
i find you very interesting and i would like to thankyou for making this wonderful video. even though it does not have any pictures i believe you made this video perfectly . so finally i would like to say thankyou.
i find you very interesting and i would like to thankyou for making this wonderful video. even though it does not have any pictures i believe you made this video perfectly . so finally i would like to saycthankyou.
You have given the Best rendition of this work I have heard on youtube thus far. However, you are a singer with perfect pitch and clarity but you have not the rhythm to carry this tune. This poem has a meter to it, you glance by it on the "clop-clop" verse. I have heard this poem at correct meter and miss your sublime tones at the rhythm the author intended. Think of the horse and examine the phrasing of the words, they are segments ment to be spoken in rhythmic cadance. your next will shine
I beleive this was a very noble thing for her to do. I love this poem it's the first we read in class i was sad the firs time but i get why she did it and i think it was noble
Oh, Bravo! I am quite certain that I have not heard anyone give a better, more enchanting recitation of any poem. There simply isn't enough stars to do it justice.
Yeh i learnt it about 1 or 2 years ago in year 5, on the page when the highwayman fell to the ground, if you turn the page upsidedown, he looks like a drunkie who just crashed into a wall. lol
And Roy Helton is a mystery. After publication of his last book in 1946, he seems to have faded from view. No-one seems to know the circumstances of his death, though it's pretty certain he has passed on by now. He was born in 1886.
A fascinating poem, and a real-life mystery. You made my day.
mr urgelt i won my schools creative writing,and poetry competition,im scottish
and im a fan of the poet robert burns among others.If you dont mind me asking are you english as you have a great radio voice or narrator ,anything you could do it movies voice overs.
Pacing and practice, those are the keys. Avoid reading too fast; poetry is usually too dense to digest if you just rip through it. It helps if you record your practice sessions and then listen to them critically.
My earliest videos, I used a built-in mic in a digital still camera with slight video capabilities.
For my later videos, I used either a Samson USB mic (usually with a web cam for visuals) or a Rode mic and a stand-alone digital audio recorder (for sound-only projects).
we're reading this in my language arts class it is a pretty good story we just started today but so farwe are at the part where the police kissed the landlord's daughter
As a youmg student I was taught an appreciation of poetry through this poem and "Sam McGee" That was over 65 yeras ago but your skilled reading revives many good memories of long ago, Thank you Sir.
This is art, not a news report. Art is not limited to what is; it may explore the contours of what might be, or even what can never be. Its sole purpose is to make us think new thoughts.
Some new thoughts might do you some good. The ones you have now are full of cruelty and hatred.
I have one, too. Romanticism doesn't begin to grasp the competitive mate-selection routine people go through. Biology illuminates this topic better than romantic poets ever did.
Reducing women to "sluts and bitches" is, at the core, male resentment at women who refuse sexual favors (bitches) or grant them to competing males (sluts).
No woman can win this game. She can't please no matter what she does.
It's past time to categorize women as what they are - humans, with the same right to self-determination that men take for granted. Let's kick our resentment to the curb and get on with more important things.
The "highwayman" is indeed a bad boy. But he's quite sincere in his devotion to her. He deliberately joins her in death, after all. One cannot argue he did not know what redcoats could do with their muskets; his trade would have made him rather intimately aware.
I don't quite see how you can argue he was "playing" her, or that she was "slutty" for choosing him.
Why fault her for wanting a man to love her, and to love him in return?
Alliteration is a poor excuse for cruelty, methinks.
I have always loved this poem. I love your rendition, but most of all I must thank you for "Sam Magee." You introduced me to a great poet, who incidentally was born not far from me.
I've heard the recording of Alfred Noyes reading his own poem, but you, sir, do it better. The rhythm, the syntax, the inflection- all better than Mr. Noyes himself. Thank you. Thanks also to many good and dedicated English teachers who instilled a love of the English language and poetry in me.
You can learn a lot about how a poet thinks of his poem by listening to him read it, whatever his presentation skills.
When I first heard a recording of Robert Service reading his poem "The Cremation of Sam McGee," my first thought was, I wouldn't read it that way. But it was illuminating. Mr. Service presented his poem as an absurd tall tale - which is just what it is. I could almost hear him wink!
Greetings from Berlin/Germany. That was great reading of a great poem I only know from the awesome singer Loreena McKennitt, and I can say: There are many differences between both interpretations, but they have something in common:
They are just great!
Thank you very much for this video. You have THE voice for this kind of work.
Your written English is as good as most native speakers', and is a credit to you and your excellent education. You need never apologize for it again.
I agree with your comment. There is always more than one way to read a poem, more than one way to understand it. And I agree, too, Loreena McKennit is amazing.
Ah ! Yes ! ..... memories of a childhood filled with poetry ...... thanks to my now dead parents ............
Are you watching, Mom? ... Dad? ..... still ?
Thanks, Urgelt ...... for the superb reading.
Thanks, Alfred Noyes ...... for the imagination and the enrichment of our language and our lives by this piece of YOUR life ......... in a time now long gone.
I'll echo your thanks to Alfred Noyes, and to all who strive to create poetry and literature for our enjoyment. It is through them that we gain a sense of who we are, and why.
it was about this lady named bess who shot herself to warn the highwayman and the highwayman went away. the others caught him and shot him down in the end. they started the same thing again but the next time they were ghosts!
I used to have a picture book of this poem when I was a child, and I loved it. This brought me back, of course you read it much better than my mother ever did lol
I love this poem so much. I think I first read it when I was about 8, at Primary School, and I've loved it ever since. Thank you so much for this reading, a poem like this needs a voice like yours to make it come alove. ^_^
I have to agree. It's a great speaking voice. i should be in bed by now... but this has just kept me up. And remember, we can't build on the future unless we know the past. It's a shame we've lost the sense of poetry.
Thank you once again Urgelt, you have delivered yet another gem to this website, Thank you for sharing this. I enjoyed the other poems you performed. Is it wrong for me to ask if you might do something by Poe at some point, The Raven, or the Bells. This and the other poems having been delivered so well.
Both of the poems you mentioned are old favorites of mine. Challenging stuff, though. The performances of "The Raven" by a variety of professionals has left me unsatisfied. If the pros struggle, it's got to be daunting to an amateur.
I will hope to get a poem by Poe onto this web site eventually. It probably won't be soon.
I thoroughly agree - when I think of the Raven, I think of a man at the end of his rope, clawing frantically at the last little bit of light he can glimpse. I would love to see your interpretation, however!
Just a question; I'm not insulting you or poems. But what is the purpose of poems? Is there some aesthetic beauty? To me, it seems straight concepts presented is more amusing rather than using metaphors and junk to explain some concept. It takes a lot longer to try to understand what is being said than if someone would just say the concept. Its like they are trying to have beauty and significants in vagueness.
It's an art form. Art has relevance to people who like it, and little or no relevance to people who don't.
Me, I hate modern sculpture that looks like industrial debris. You can't get me to spend 30 seconds looking at that stuff. So I understand perfectly if poetry does not move you.
I will say, though, that people who dig poetry tend to come away with a richer and more nuanced grasp of language. That's kind of cool.
I like modern sculture, but don't care for abstract painting very much. So, I know what you mean.
However, I would add that poetry can express profound ideas and truths that are far more difficult to express in prose. The same is true for video, I think.
Makes sense to me. Each is a different medium, and each excels in some different aspect of expression.
Most abstract paintings leave me unmoved, too. That's certainly not a slam against the art form. If there are people who like it, that's good enough justification for it to exist.
That was just beautiful. Your voice mas meant to read poetry! I love all of your videos and i appreciate it for bringing this poem to me. It got me thinking about writing some poetry myself. I might put up some videos of some poetry i have written. Have a nice day! =D
your delivery is insanely amazing I hope to learn to speak like that in my poetry classes you rock urgelt! any poets you recommend for me to practice with I mean at getting better reading for people
Well, Shakespeare, of course, is the ultimate challenge. If you can interpret his sonnets and not feel utterly defeated by them, you're onto something.
Aside from him, I prefer poets who write tightly metered and rhymed poems and who write with imagination and passion. You can see some of my favorites in the videos I've posted.
I love your videos. I am glad you've been posting again some. It's been a few months since I've been to your youtube account. I caught up on the videos though. Some of the comments on some of your videos were silly, I don't know why people feel the need to attack someone when unprovoked. Well, maybe I have a little insight. --- -Anyway, I loved the story. :P
I think I've heard this one before somewhere, probably for Halloween or something, but this takes it to a whole new dimension. I love it so much! It's a little blank. I prefer a set of images like in The Cremation of Sam McGee.
Thanks for your comment and good wishes, Catherine.
I suppose a pure audio recording doesn't really belong on YouTube. But I haven't developed an audio-only outlet for them, and some of my audience members seem to enjoy these recordings.
Also, in the spirit of the Creative Commons, I like to put these up in the hopes that some enterprising videographer will add images and repost as a response video. That actually happened for my reading of "The Old Apple Tree."
I'm an occasional poster, AsherDov. I do plan to post new videos, though. Happily, there's tons of content on YouTube to entertain you when I'm silent. :-)
There are restrictions on what I can do. The 10-minute limit and the copywrite limit narrows the possibilities. I won't rule out reading prose at some point, but thus far poetry seems to work better here.
this is really cool i could picture everything in my mind. Srry i couldnt be on for so long :P, grounded for grades then vaction kept me away. Another great video, keep up the good work!
Wow. I've never been much for spoken poetry, but you may have changed my mind. And I do agree that spoken word is better for expanding and encouraging imagination. Again, wow.
Humans have been telling each other stories since language was invented, who knows how many thousands of years ago. I think the magic is still there, and still can be enjoyed.
Some of my other viewers have remarked that I put them to sleep. That's a rather odd distinction, I suppose, but if they enjoyed listening, it's all good.
I'll continue to post from time to time, never fear.
Urgelt, it's so true. You're one of those few people blessed with a voice so incredibly soothing that it actually has the power to send people off to Little Nemoland. Maybe you should package and market your regardings as a kind of sleep aid for insomniacs!
Thank you, Urgelt, for bringing this beloved art of story telling to our community. In an often times overstimulating multimedia bombardment your style sooths and stimulates imagination. -db
I'm glad you enjoyed it, Deb, and thank you for commenting.
Multimedia is here to stay, of course. But there should be room for old-fashioned story-telling, too. It would be a shame if humanity were to forget the pleasures of reading to one another.
omfg...I remember this poem from ninth grade. I remember this soooo much because I kept asking my teacher "why does his face burn like a brand?" LOL I remember that...I had such a crush on her and she blushed when I asked her. Now that I think about it, she probably thought that I did that on purpose but, I really didn't know (back then) when he face burned like a brand. :)
that made me think of "Trigun" (a japanmies anime worth watching for the morals and only 26 episodes so to say i now want to re watch them all again :P) the fact its only audio, each individual person has his own version of how it looks, feel or what surrounding that whole atmosphere. (now that my mouse is broken from age, i can now spend the whole day on youtube, but i allredy had 1/2 spread around listening to music (or playing it) the rest in the rest i guess :P)
I think the spoken word alone remains the key to firing the imagination. Seeing the scene constrains the imagination to what you see. Hearing it frees the imagination to soar.
I love this poem ever since I was in the fifth grade. right now my head is bowed and my eyes are closed, plus me shivering
DidyouhearThe 4 months ago
Freedom is not free, make a visit to Arlington , Va. walk through the white crosses..... These are Heros, ... these are the Honored sacrifice... May God Bless their souls....
sayagainrogerthat 9 months ago
That was...wow. WOW. You have a beautiful gift.
DuchessAliana 11 months ago
Is this the same guy that tell the tales in IceWind Dale? the game
it sounds freakishly much like him
Embrikkkk 1 year ago 2
Sorry to disappoint, but no. I'm just an amateur.
Urgelt 1 year ago
Although this is one of my very favourite poems, and I know it almost word for word, well, your rendition held me spellbound. Absolutely wonderful, though I should not be suprised after listening to "Sam Magee." You are a treasure.
normalil 1 year ago
Urgelt's rendition of this romantic supernatural tale is note perfect. This and The Cremation of Sam McGee make wonderful companions. My only wish is for more... You've been awfully quiet of late Mr Urgelt... please grace us with more recordings.
designanddirection 1 year ago 2
@designanddirection I agree.
normalil 1 year ago
My all-time favorite poem.
dearest27helpless 1 year ago
Thanks for posting this..read it in school wanted to read the whole thing
bigshow457 1 year ago
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screamingcow16 1 year ago
Eh? The description doesn't credit a different narrator, for good reason. I narrated and produced this video, and all of the content on my channel.
It was a logical choice, since I'm not likely to file suit against myself for copyright infringement. :P
Urgelt 1 year ago
@Urgelt Ah. Clearly I should take my own advice and *read* the description instead of merely skimming it. ;)
/insert foot into mouth.
screamingcow16 1 year ago
No worries. You weren't unkind, merely temporarily mistaken.
Urgelt 1 year ago
i find you very interesting and i would like to thankyou for making this wonderful video. even though it does not have any pictures i believe you made this video perfectly . so finally i would like to say thankyou.
RozieBud10123 1 year ago
i find you very interesting and i would like to thankyou for making this wonderful video. even though it does not have any pictures i believe you made this video perfectly . so finally i would like to saycthankyou.
RozieBud10123 1 year ago
this is really helpful!
TheJas4001 1 year ago
I ALMOST chose this poem for my Poetry out Loud school thing, but I went with The Charge of the Light Brigade instead.
PwnageMewsic 1 year ago
You have given the Best rendition of this work I have heard on youtube thus far. However, you are a singer with perfect pitch and clarity but you have not the rhythm to carry this tune. This poem has a meter to it, you glance by it on the "clop-clop" verse. I have heard this poem at correct meter and miss your sublime tones at the rhythm the author intended. Think of the horse and examine the phrasing of the words, they are segments ment to be spoken in rhythmic cadance. your next will shine
ezgodave 1 year ago
Wow, you're great at narrating! You really should do voice over and audiobook narrating.
RedeemedByGodsLove 1 year ago
Lovely voice sir. Absolutely lovely.
PeachyDelicious 1 year ago
chey dude.
sammionne239 1 year ago
i love this poem, we read it in my english class like 3 months ago. i almost cryed!!!
booklover573 1 year ago
I beleive this was a very noble thing for her to do. I love this poem it's the first we read in class i was sad the firs time but i get why she did it and i think it was noble
SEVSNAPE121 2 years ago
You should narrate books on tape. (Guess they are books on CDs or digital books or whatever they call them.)
WarriorLeonardo 2 years ago 5
im using my dads acount he let me, i love this poem its a great poem
fiorellomaffei 2 years ago
I love this poem. As soon as we studied poems in language, we did this poem first and I fell in love with it. Good reciting.
fourthtriforce 2 years ago 3
Oh, Bravo! I am quite certain that I have not heard anyone give a better, more enchanting recitation of any poem. There simply isn't enough stars to do it justice.
cbrusharmy 2 years ago 2
Great poem!! Thanx for the recitation!
Ifthisissin 2 years ago 2
I am larning about it now in year 5 its a very good poem i love this one thank you/yo uhave made it very good :)
MegaZombieBoy 2 years ago 3
Yeh i learnt it about 1 or 2 years ago in year 5, on the page when the highwayman fell to the ground, if you turn the page upsidedown, he looks like a drunkie who just crashed into a wall. lol
GENIUS73972 2 years ago
exactly i tried it
ndubzrule1231 2 years ago
@MegaZombieBoy me to.
ndubzrule1231 2 years ago
I studied this in junior high school. You read it so well. Thanks. Have you ever read 'Christmas Day At The Workhouse' by George R. Sims?
Bradoroo 2 years ago 2
Yes, I have. A powerful poem, and a prime example of poetry used for social criticism.
Poetry isn't all about flowers and snow, fortunately, else we'd tire of it in a hurry.
Urgelt 2 years ago
Still enjoying this reading. Cheers.
solorguy 2 years ago
i read this poem in 7th grade! it made me cry. so beuatyful
4everKamelot 2 years ago 3
I am so happy that you enjoyed reading this wonderful poem. I love poetry. Maybe one day you will recite it. I love how you recite poetry.
pamkayvan 2 years ago
Have you ever read the Poem Old Christmas Morn? It is another story poem. I love the Highway Man and The Cremation McGee as well.
pamkayvan 2 years ago
I had not, so I went a-searching.
It's a remarkable poem.
And Roy Helton is a mystery. After publication of his last book in 1946, he seems to have faded from view. No-one seems to know the circumstances of his death, though it's pretty certain he has passed on by now. He was born in 1886.
A fascinating poem, and a real-life mystery. You made my day.
Urgelt 2 years ago
Wonderful!
I love how you read this poem.
IndieGirl248 2 years ago
mr urgelt i won my schools creative writing,and poetry competition,im scottish
and im a fan of the poet robert burns among others.If you dont mind me asking are you english as you have a great radio voice or narrator ,anything you could do it movies voice overs.
jimpurdie 2 years ago
I'm an American, Jim, a mongrel of mixed ancestry like so many of my countrymen. Congrats on your competitive success!
Urgelt 2 years ago
Bravo!! Just wonderful! Thank you, Mr Urgelt. any tips for when i have to read to my class??
AL3XluvsD33 2 years ago
Pacing and practice, those are the keys. Avoid reading too fast; poetry is usually too dense to digest if you just rip through it. It helps if you record your practice sessions and then listen to them critically.
Urgelt 2 years ago
Bravo!! Just wonderful! Thank you, Mr Urgelt.
romyarena 2 years ago
im glad to here u finally have good quality to mesur youre genius =)
reedeema 2 years ago
Thank you I loved it
sherushamsher 2 years ago
mint poem we were doing this in english
cottoniol 2 years ago
That was lovely,thank you for reading it aloud for all to injoy.
K8Nicole 2 years ago
Well done - and excellent reading.
SpokenVerse 2 years ago
I enjoyed your reading as well, SV. Cheers, to a fellow poetry lover.
Urgelt 2 years ago
I love your reading; it's lovely. I have to be honest! 5/5 ^^
DarkAuctor 2 years ago
i love how your words just roll off your tongue lol.
BrettakaKatana 2 years ago
My earliest videos, I used a built-in mic in a digital still camera with slight video capabilities.
For my later videos, I used either a Samson USB mic (usually with a web cam for visuals) or a Rode mic and a stand-alone digital audio recorder (for sound-only projects).
"The Highwayman" was recorded with the Rode.
Urgelt 2 years ago
i am learning this in school,i have a whole display of it
qtpyebarbie 2 years ago
my teacher told us this i am only 11!!
MysterioGhirl 2 years ago
I hope your teacher told it as well as Urgelt.
DoogieHowserPhD 2 years ago
we reead this in the seventh grade
but that was like......4 years ago.
ddeeaannaal 2 years ago
I remember reading this poem in my English class 8 years ago. Such an elegant reading.
LaPutainDeLaMort 3 years ago
I read this in english class today!
chibirobo99999 3 years ago
This is just beautifully recited. My English teacher read this to us. I liked it alot. Thanks.
punkkitten63 3 years ago
Great reading.
HumanTruth0000 3 years ago
GREAT!!
rahulgamer101 3 years ago
we're reading this in my language arts class it is a pretty good story we just started today but so farwe are at the part where the police kissed the landlord's daughter
shaynark 3 years ago
None taken. This is how I visualized the cadence; by no means do I imagine it to be superior to other interpretations.
I'd enjoy hearing your version.
Urgelt 3 years ago
Beautifully read.
WOBXW 3 years ago
It is an excellent reading!
Dexter1O 3 years ago
Very well done. I love the song made from this story too. You paint a very lovely picture in the mind and your voice is very soothing.
aliengrrl 3 years ago
Excellent reading :)
Mystwicca 3 years ago
Thanks!
Urgelt 3 years ago
That is one of my favorite poems and you did an awesome job.
And I don't think she was a whore for falling in love, you can't control who your meant to be with.
xXnonRETARDXx 3 years ago
I'm not much for predestination. I think we make choices and live with them.
It's perfectly natural for a person, man or woman, to search for a mate and develop feelings for one. I agree, there's no good reason to condemn it.
Urgelt 3 years ago
As a youmg student I was taught an appreciation of poetry through this poem and "Sam McGee" That was over 65 yeras ago but your skilled reading revives many good memories of long ago, Thank you Sir.
pligrimsam 3 years ago
I'm glad you enjoyed it, Sam.
Urgelt 3 years ago
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major600 3 years ago
Granted, romanticism isn't real.
Your anger seems to come from being lied to.
This is art, not a news report. Art is not limited to what is; it may explore the contours of what might be, or even what can never be. Its sole purpose is to make us think new thoughts.
Some new thoughts might do you some good. The ones you have now are full of cruelty and hatred.
Urgelt 3 years ago
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major600 3 years ago
Heh, well, you have a point.
I have one, too. Romanticism doesn't begin to grasp the competitive mate-selection routine people go through. Biology illuminates this topic better than romantic poets ever did.
Reducing women to "sluts and bitches" is, at the core, male resentment at women who refuse sexual favors (bitches) or grant them to competing males (sluts).
No woman can win this game. She can't please no matter what she does.
Urgelt 3 years ago
It's past time to categorize women as what they are - humans, with the same right to self-determination that men take for granted. Let's kick our resentment to the curb and get on with more important things.
Urgelt 3 years ago
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major600 3 years ago
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major600 3 years ago
The "highwayman" is indeed a bad boy. But he's quite sincere in his devotion to her. He deliberately joins her in death, after all. One cannot argue he did not know what redcoats could do with their muskets; his trade would have made him rather intimately aware.
I don't quite see how you can argue he was "playing" her, or that she was "slutty" for choosing him.
Why fault her for wanting a man to love her, and to love him in return?
Alliteration is a poor excuse for cruelty, methinks.
Urgelt 3 years ago
You are more than welcome, and I hope that you keep up your good work, though I am sure that this good wish has been sent to you already many times.
Bless you.
normalil 3 years ago
I have always loved this poem. I love your rendition, but most of all I must thank you for "Sam Magee." You introduced me to a great poet, who incidentally was born not far from me.
normalil 3 years ago
Glad to hear it, Norma, and thank you for your comment.
Urgelt 3 years ago
pretty good but i read the origional copy of alfreds poem and some words wer a bit diffrent
chocolateluveryum99 3 years ago
I've provided a link to my source in the text box. My reading is, I hope, faithful to that text.
It's possible that I do not know about other versions published by the poet.
Urgelt 3 years ago
You werent that off though, just by a few words. but this is my favorite poem of all time! thanks for uploading
chocolateluveryum99 3 years ago
I've heard the recording of Alfred Noyes reading his own poem, but you, sir, do it better. The rhythm, the syntax, the inflection- all better than Mr. Noyes himself. Thank you. Thanks also to many good and dedicated English teachers who instilled a love of the English language and poetry in me.
whuduhheck 3 years ago
Ah, did you? I haven't heard his recording.
You can learn a lot about how a poet thinks of his poem by listening to him read it, whatever his presentation skills.
When I first heard a recording of Robert Service reading his poem "The Cremation of Sam McGee," my first thought was, I wouldn't read it that way. But it was illuminating. Mr. Service presented his poem as an absurd tall tale - which is just what it is. I could almost hear him wink!
Thanks for your comment, whuduhheck.
Urgelt 3 years ago
Back for another listen. You're such a brilliant orator! I absolutely love your poetry readings.
Cheers!
CR
CircaRigeI 3 years ago
Thanks, CR. Pardon me while I install a valve in my head so it doesn't explode from ego pumping. :P
Urgelt 3 years ago
hey urgelt I love your poems if you are ever out of poem ideas the devel and tom walker is a great one
Skinnyoompalumpa 3 years ago
hello
uwais01254 3 years ago
Hello Urgelt!
Greetings from Berlin/Germany. That was great reading of a great poem I only know from the awesome singer Loreena McKennitt, and I can say: There are many differences between both interpretations, but they have something in common:
They are just great!
Thank you very much for this video. You have THE voice for this kind of work.
I am looking forward for another poems...
I hope my english wasn't too bad...
Nazdreg1 3 years ago
Your written English is as good as most native speakers', and is a credit to you and your excellent education. You need never apologize for it again.
I agree with your comment. There is always more than one way to read a poem, more than one way to understand it. And I agree, too, Loreena McKennit is amazing.
Urgelt 3 years ago
Ah ! Yes ! ..... memories of a childhood filled with poetry ...... thanks to my now dead parents ............
Are you watching, Mom? ... Dad? ..... still ?
Thanks, Urgelt ...... for the superb reading.
Thanks, Alfred Noyes ...... for the imagination and the enrichment of our language and our lives by this piece of YOUR life ......... in a time now long gone.
LORNATOM 3 years ago
Welcome, Tom, glad you enjoyed it.
I'll echo your thanks to Alfred Noyes, and to all who strive to create poetry and literature for our enjoyment. It is through them that we gain a sense of who we are, and why.
Urgelt 3 years ago
it was about this lady named bess who shot herself to warn the highwayman and the highwayman went away. the others caught him and shot him down in the end. they started the same thing again but the next time they were ghosts!
songer885 3 years ago
i remember this, we did this at school!!!
songer885 3 years ago
nice iam from school and we doing this i like beth the lanlords` daughter lol
buninay222 3 years ago
You should be an orator.
PolarEclipse211 4 years ago
We are all orators, Polar, save for the unfortunate few who cannot speak.
Urgelt 4 years ago
I guess that is one way of putting it...
PolarEclipse211 4 years ago
This is one of my favourite poem!
tartarcandy123 4 years ago
It's a good 'un, to be sure!
Urgelt 4 years ago
You have a fabulous voice for this sort of reading. Thanks for posting...
PuzzledDragonVideo 4 years ago
I'm glad you enjoyed it, PDV, and thanks for your kind comment.
Urgelt 4 years ago
This was one of my favorite poems I liked to read in high scool. I always thought it was so romantic but so tragic. Thanks for posting.
olgamarie888 4 years ago
Most welcome, Olgamarie.
Urgelt 4 years ago
hey Urgelt! This is paratrooper543. I had to
delete my old account for a reason. I had to read The Highwayman in my school and thanks for
uploading it.
82ndAirborne123 4 years ago
Welcome! Glad to have repeat business from you. :-)
Urgelt 4 years ago
I used to have a picture book of this poem when I was a child, and I loved it. This brought me back, of course you read it much better than my mother ever did lol
threetard132 4 years ago
Your mother didn't get to edit her worst mistakes out, as videography permits me to do.
Think kindly of her; she read to you, an act of purest love.
Urgelt 4 years ago
My 7th grade science teachcer used to awe our class with his thundering voice speaking those words.
BeeverMan 4 years ago
I admire teachers like that. They get it - education is about inflaming students' minds, not controlling and limiting them.
Urgelt 4 years ago
I love this poem so much. I think I first read it when I was about 8, at Primary School, and I've loved it ever since. Thank you so much for this reading, a poem like this needs a voice like yours to make it come alove. ^_^
Meg
~x~
SecretlyDead 4 years ago
Glad you enjoyed it, Meg. :-)
Urgelt 4 years ago
Urgelt,
One day I am going to see you on "Larry King Live". You are going to become famous with a voice like that.
sumstew 4 years ago
Nonsense! TV is old school. The internet is the future.
If he plays his cards right, though, Larry might win a guest appearance on my channel. :P
Urgelt 4 years ago
I have to agree. It's a great speaking voice. i should be in bed by now... but this has just kept me up. And remember, we can't build on the future unless we know the past. It's a shame we've lost the sense of poetry.
crstprst 4 years ago
What is your opinion of Poe Urgelt? I enjoy hearing you read these quite an amazing reading as always :D
Xreaper21X 4 years ago
Poe was a moping, self-absorbed, self-pitying madman.
He was also quite possibly the best poet America has ever produced. I love virtually everything he wrote.
Urgelt 4 years ago
Thank you once again Urgelt, you have delivered yet another gem to this website, Thank you for sharing this. I enjoyed the other poems you performed. Is it wrong for me to ask if you might do something by Poe at some point, The Raven, or the Bells. This and the other poems having been delivered so well.
Thank you and well done, I salute you.
auuurgh423 4 years ago
Both of the poems you mentioned are old favorites of mine. Challenging stuff, though. The performances of "The Raven" by a variety of professionals has left me unsatisfied. If the pros struggle, it's got to be daunting to an amateur.
I will hope to get a poem by Poe onto this web site eventually. It probably won't be soon.
Urgelt 4 years ago
I thoroughly agree - when I think of the Raven, I think of a man at the end of his rope, clawing frantically at the last little bit of light he can glimpse. I would love to see your interpretation, however!
RinionTheWise 4 years ago
For "The Raven," mejpye (my collaborator) and I are aiming for Hallowe'en, if we can accomplish it. Stay tuned.
Urgelt 4 years ago
Fantastic rendition of this poem! Really enjoyed it... thanks urgelt!
zuzumoxie 4 years ago
Just a question; I'm not insulting you or poems. But what is the purpose of poems? Is there some aesthetic beauty? To me, it seems straight concepts presented is more amusing rather than using metaphors and junk to explain some concept. It takes a lot longer to try to understand what is being said than if someone would just say the concept. Its like they are trying to have beauty and significants in vagueness.
7x5Blunt 4 years ago
It's an art form. Art has relevance to people who like it, and little or no relevance to people who don't.
Me, I hate modern sculpture that looks like industrial debris. You can't get me to spend 30 seconds looking at that stuff. So I understand perfectly if poetry does not move you.
I will say, though, that people who dig poetry tend to come away with a richer and more nuanced grasp of language. That's kind of cool.
Urgelt 4 years ago
I like modern sculture, but don't care for abstract painting very much. So, I know what you mean.
However, I would add that poetry can express profound ideas and truths that are far more difficult to express in prose. The same is true for video, I think.
JohnNoZ35 4 years ago
Makes sense to me. Each is a different medium, and each excels in some different aspect of expression.
Most abstract paintings leave me unmoved, too. That's certainly not a slam against the art form. If there are people who like it, that's good enough justification for it to exist.
Urgelt 4 years ago
Poems require more wit to write, likewise to listen and understand. And why say somthing simply, when you can say it beautifully
Theotokos86 4 years ago
That was just beautiful. Your voice mas meant to read poetry! I love all of your videos and i appreciate it for bringing this poem to me. It got me thinking about writing some poetry myself. I might put up some videos of some poetry i have written. Have a nice day! =D
Magicianxox 4 years ago
That would be a lovely outcome, Max.
Just about anyone who uses YouTube to express his passions will gain from the experience. I feel I have.
Reach for your dreams!
Urgelt 4 years ago
Thanks for this. This was one of my favorites as a kid.
takerdust 4 years ago
Most welcome, Takerdust, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Urgelt 4 years ago
You read that so well & with such gusto. I really enjoyed it. Seems like I read that when I was a young teenager.? mc
mcurren2004 4 years ago
Probably so - it's a very well-known and oft-taught poem. Glad you enjoyed it, MC.
Urgelt 4 years ago
This conjures up days when the roads we built had mystery contained within their journey.
Now its just Seven Elevens.
icecorescientist 4 years ago
We are not done with mystery, I think.
Perhaps we will not find it on roads dotted with 7-Elevens.
But there is a boundary between what we understand and what we do not, and as plastic as that boundary may be, beyond it lies the inexplicable.
Urgelt 4 years ago
your delivery is insanely amazing I hope to learn to speak like that in my poetry classes you rock urgelt! any poets you recommend for me to practice with I mean at getting better reading for people
5stringpoet 4 years ago
Well, Shakespeare, of course, is the ultimate challenge. If you can interpret his sonnets and not feel utterly defeated by them, you're onto something.
Aside from him, I prefer poets who write tightly metered and rhymed poems and who write with imagination and passion. You can see some of my favorites in the videos I've posted.
Urgelt 4 years ago
Urgelt, Have you heard Lorenna McKennit's beautiful musical rendition of this poem? It's awesome! I love this poem--its so dramatic.
JstJuls47 4 years ago
I have, indeed! And yes, it's awesome. :-)
Urgelt 4 years ago
I love your videos. I am glad you've been posting again some. It's been a few months since I've been to your youtube account. I caught up on the videos though. Some of the comments on some of your videos were silly, I don't know why people feel the need to attack someone when unprovoked. Well, maybe I have a little insight. --- -Anyway, I loved the story. :P
SomewhereInTheGray 4 years ago
I'm glad you did, Mitchell. I love the story, too.
Urgelt 4 years ago
i know a serie movie called with that title lol :-D good voice amigo :-D
tinotrivino 4 years ago
Thanks, Tino.
Urgelt 4 years ago
Very true, Mr. Urgelt. Lots of talented people here. None quite as entertaining as you though. Looking forward to that next occasional post. :)
AsherDov 4 years ago
I think I've heard this one before somewhere, probably for Halloween or something, but this takes it to a whole new dimension. I love it so much! It's a little blank. I prefer a set of images like in The Cremation of Sam McGee.
Hope you are well.
Catherine
cuthr343 4 years ago
Thanks for your comment and good wishes, Catherine.
I suppose a pure audio recording doesn't really belong on YouTube. But I haven't developed an audio-only outlet for them, and some of my audience members seem to enjoy these recordings.
Also, in the spirit of the Creative Commons, I like to put these up in the hopes that some enterprising videographer will add images and repost as a response video. That actually happened for my reading of "The Old Apple Tree."
Urgelt 4 years ago
Where have you been Urgelt? Been missing your updates.
AsherDov 4 years ago
I'm an occasional poster, AsherDov. I do plan to post new videos, though. Happily, there's tons of content on YouTube to entertain you when I'm silent. :-)
Urgelt 4 years ago
Urgelt! Outstanding reading here! You are just made for this time of thing my friend. - Russ
Frequency100 4 years ago
Russ, you moved! I'm glad you poked your nose in here, I found your new account. :-)
Urgelt 4 years ago
You have a great voice for this kind of thing!!!
wupeide 4 years ago
Thank you, Wupeide, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Urgelt 4 years ago
hey urgelt i was wondering, you've read us many poems and you've posted many times... could you read us a horror story sometimes?
Sankekor 4 years ago
There are restrictions on what I can do. The 10-minute limit and the copywrite limit narrows the possibilities. I won't rule out reading prose at some point, but thus far poetry seems to work better here.
Urgelt 4 years ago
this is really cool i could picture everything in my mind. Srry i couldnt be on for so long :P, grounded for grades then vaction kept me away. Another great video, keep up the good work!
Sankekor 4 years ago
Some poetry is pretty dense, and takes an effort to follow. Not this poem. A lovely piece of writing it is. Glad you enjoyed it, Sankekor.
Urgelt 4 years ago
Wow. I've never been much for spoken poetry, but you may have changed my mind. And I do agree that spoken word is better for expanding and encouraging imagination. Again, wow.
RazelG 4 years ago
I'm glad, Ryan.
Humans have been telling each other stories since language was invented, who knows how many thousands of years ago. I think the magic is still there, and still can be enjoyed.
Urgelt 4 years ago
Your voice is very relaxing, whether you're reading a poem or telling a theory or opinion.
Keep making stuff. It's really relaxing to listen to while I'm stressed out (final exams are comin' up...)
Nyiddle 4 years ago
Some of my other viewers have remarked that I put them to sleep. That's a rather odd distinction, I suppose, but if they enjoyed listening, it's all good.
I'll continue to post from time to time, never fear.
Urgelt 4 years ago
Urgelt, it's so true. You're one of those few people blessed with a voice so incredibly soothing that it actually has the power to send people off to Little Nemoland. Maybe you should package and market your regardings as a kind of sleep aid for insomniacs!
sanjuniban 4 years ago
Thank you, Urgelt, for bringing this beloved art of story telling to our community. In an often times overstimulating multimedia bombardment your style sooths and stimulates imagination. -db
debzbeezine 4 years ago
I'm glad you enjoyed it, Deb, and thank you for commenting.
Multimedia is here to stay, of course. But there should be room for old-fashioned story-telling, too. It would be a shame if humanity were to forget the pleasures of reading to one another.
Urgelt 4 years ago
Your Awsome
paratrooper543 4 years ago
The audio sounded very clear on this one. Your reading is powerful and moving. One of your best among your many excellent spoken works. Bravo!
KennyWrites 4 years ago
Thanks, Kenny, your encouragement is most welcome.
Urgelt 4 years ago
Wow your voice sounds just like the Gandalf Form
Lord Of the Rings
paratrooper543 4 years ago
Thanks i love the poem 5/5.
paratrooper543 4 years ago
Glad you liked it, Para.
Urgelt 4 years ago
omfg...I remember this poem from ninth grade. I remember this soooo much because I kept asking my teacher "why does his face burn like a brand?" LOL I remember that...I had such a crush on her and she blushed when I asked her. Now that I think about it, she probably thought that I did that on purpose but, I really didn't know (back then) when he face burned like a brand. :)
chesmaster2 4 years ago
Heh, great story. Thanks for commenting. :-)
Urgelt 4 years ago
that made me think of "Trigun" (a japanmies anime worth watching for the morals and only 26 episodes so to say i now want to re watch them all again :P) the fact its only audio, each individual person has his own version of how it looks, feel or what surrounding that whole atmosphere. (now that my mouse is broken from age, i can now spend the whole day on youtube, but i allredy had 1/2 spread around listening to music (or playing it) the rest in the rest i guess :P)
Slayer7666COF 4 years ago
I think the spoken word alone remains the key to firing the imagination. Seeing the scene constrains the imagination to what you see. Hearing it frees the imagination to soar.
Urgelt 4 years ago
Awesome delivery.
Risk2029 4 years ago