Does my voice really sound like that?

Does my voice really sound like that?: For this year's National Poetry Month, the Poetry Foundation has set up a SoundCloud group called "Record-a-Poem." They're inviting people to record themselves reading their favorite poems. (via)

Some of the Poetry Foundation's favorites:



"Susie Asado" by Gertrude Stein, read by Fred & August Sasaki.

"To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" by Robert Herricik, read by

Garrison Keillor.

"The Crocodile" by Lewis Carroll, read by 1st grade students from St.

Giles School in Oak Park, Illinois.

"Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" by Wallace Stevens, read by Charles Morello.

"'Hope' is the Thing with Feathers" by Emily Dickinson, read by Emma Rahme.



The Poetry Foundation's instructions for recording your own:



"1. Join SoundCloud and the Record-a-Poem Group.

2. Hit the round Rec (record button).

3. Check the box to approve that Flash can access your microphone.

4. Hit round Rec button again.

5. Record.

6. Hit the square Stop button.

7. Upload the sound.

8. Name the recording following this format: 'POEM TITLE' by 'POET' read by 'YOU'; add author tags and the word 'poem' and 'poetry.'

9. Keep in mind that we have to approve the tracks before they're added to the group, so it may take a day before you see it."