Here’s a virtual movie of the great Edgar Allan Poe reading his much loved and very dark poem “The Raven” ………. courtesy of Jim Clark at Poetryanimations!

The Raven” is a narrative poem by the American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in January 1845.In our opinion, it is the ultimate “Halloween classic”!

Poe claimed to have written the poem very logically and methodically. His intention was to create a poem that would appeal to both critical and popular tastes, as he explains in the follow-up essay: “The Philosophy of Composition”. The poem was inspired in part by a talking raven in the novel Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of ‘Eighty by Charles Dickens.[3] Poe borrows the complex rhythm and meter of Elizabeth Barrett’s poem “Lady Geraldine’s Courtship”.

HAVE A HAPPY, SAG=FE AND GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT HALLOWEEN!!!

Once again, in honor of Halloween approaching… we give you, courtesy of poetryanimations,  Irish author Bram Stoker reading from his great novel “Dracula” first published in 1897.

It was first published as a hardcover in 1897 by Archibald Constable and Co.

The excellent virtual recitation is provided by the very talented American voice artist LordJazor who has a very interesting youtube channel where you can hear a longer segment of his reading of Dracula.

Here is a lovely animation, from our friend poetryanimation’s, of Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855) reading from her much loved poem “Mementos” first Published under her nom de plume ‘Currer Bell’ in 1846. We dedicate this little video to our friend mycroft7.

English author and poet Vita Sackville-West reading from her long narrative poem dated 1926, “The Land” part one “Winter” Sackville-West’s long poem of 1926, The Land, one of the most popular and successful English poems of the 1920s, 30s and 40s.

The sound recording comes from a set of four 78 rpm records she made of the poem in 1931.

Sylvia Plath reads “A Birthday Present”.

Written in September and recorded in October of 1962.

Happy Birthday Ms. Plath! (October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963)

A lovely little poetry animation just in time for Halloween! Edgar Allan Poe “reading” his classic THE RAVEN!

Poe claimed to have written the poem very logically and methodically. His intention was to create a poem that would appeal to both critical and popular tastes, as he explains in the follow-up essay: “The Philosophy of Composition”. The poem was inspired in part by a talking raven in the novel Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of ‘Eighty by Charles Dickens.[3] Poe borrows the complex rhythm and meter of Elizabeth Barrett’s poem “Lady Geraldine’s Courtship”.

“One Art” by Elizabeth Bishop  (February 8, 1911 – October 6, 1979)

Read by the very talented Tom O’Bedlam. 

Our favorite line:

so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster

A reading of Hart Crane’s “The Bridge” set to music and some beautiful photographs.

Hart Crane (July 21, 1899 – April 27, 1932)