"Ode to a Nightingale" by John Keats (poetry reading)

[TheUtopianidealist]

Thank you. Poetry is meant to be read out loud.

[danielzeak]

Beautiful poem..... and charmingly read

[3damnthis]

ok. you won't like this- but then your voice reminds me of Paul Auster's. He has an awesome voice by the way. Nice Poetry voice. 5 stars!

[nickidame]

That last line "Do I wake or sleep"... seems to hang there. There's an unresolved feel to it... As if there's a missing verse or conclusion. That lack of resolution is implied on the page... and you carry it over into your read. Since you're obviously a very thoughtful interpreter, I wonder if you have any comments?

On an unrelated note, I've shared some of your readings with girlfriends of mine - And you offer Mr. Rickman stiff competition in the knicker-removal department.

[SpokenVerse]

@nickidame Poetry does have its seductive properties, particularly this poem which, as an astute observer, you may have noticed was implied earlier in my notes.... (good choice of epithet qualifying competition, by the way). Yes, the nightingale flies away at the end of the poem, leaving only an ephemeral memory of lingering sweetness. .

[souljaEXVOTO]

Tom O' Bedlam doing Keats, that is.