I want to hear voices

I want to hear the beautiful voices of DU members!  

Uploading to YouTube will probably be the easiest for everyone to access. If you need help making a video, shoot me a message, i would be happy to help!!

This competition does not evaluate recording quality!

One entry per user!

Open vote!

<3

Does it have to be YouTube?  I use SoundCloud, is that alright?

Here is where you can hear me reciting my poem below.  The link will also show the artwork I did for the piece:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsM7eFqgx_s&feature=youtu.be

Temple of Isis

Like papyrus blossoms sprung from the Nile,  
towering pillars stand as a forest ablaze  
with temple torch lights.  
 
While above, through crossbeams of  
cedars from Lebanon, are seen constellations    
that the pyramids of Giza mapped out    
on an earthbound grid.  
 
A stellar connection from the golden seat of    
the Sun God, to the darkness of the Underworld.  
 
The One who graces this place on such a night    
before the act, whose success is sanctioned    
by her utterances, comes:  
 
The Eye of Re,  
overseen by the Phallus of Osiris  
in the Shrine of Sokar,  
The confederacy of Seth, wherein  
what is near is burning.  
 
The stone gods bear witness  
as voices are raised  
to chant in solemn song  
the words she speaks—    
 
O you who are invisible,  
do not await me, for I am Isis.  
You found me when I had  
disarranged the hair round my face  
and my scalp adornments disordered.  
I have become pregnant as Isis,  
I have conceived as Nephthys.  
Isis drives out  
those who would disturb me.  
The dread of me  
follows after me.  
My dignity is before me.  
Millions bend their arms to me.  
The common folk serve me.  
The associates of my enemies  
are destroyed for me.  
The grey-haired ones  
uncover their arms for me.  
The well-disposed  
give sweet things to me.  
Those who are in Heliopolis  
create things for me.  
I live according to my will,  
for I am Wadjet,  
Lady of the Devouring Flame,  
and few approach me.  

that works Trix!

Jade-Pandora said:Here is where you can hear me reciting my poem below.  The link will also show the artwork I did for the piece:

 

That is bonus points in my book for the picture ;)

gazellemon said:

That is bonus points in my book for the picture ;)

Why thank you so much, Brad.

A nice idea, Brad, putting voices to the words on the screen. I have several videos up on Youtube and DUP. This is the latest one, “Wardrobe Malfunction,” from the annual Calling All Poets marathon held this year in New Paltz, New York.

   https://youtu.be/RJD9xcJ5OZ8




Wardrobe Malfunction

I've ridden the roads of the Hudson Valley
From Sleepy Hollow to Walden,
From Beacon to Poughkeepsie and beyond.
Scouring secondhand shops for the perfect
Brown corduroy jacket with black suede
Elbow patches, maybe a monocle and a black
Basque beret to round out the uniform
Guaranteed to garner literary respect
In the grand old taverns of New York City
Where numb neurons engage in battle with the coat
Providing pauldron, plackart and chainmail protection
Against the high minded and the dirty lowdown.
I stop off at a consignment shop by the river
Rummaging through the closets of the dead
Where a ghost of a seaman whispers in my ear
That I might look quite fetching in a flapper's
Sequined cocktail dress from the twenties.
I keep that in mind but the clothes racks spin on
As I sort through gold nehru suits, leather chaps,
Iridescent green tie dyed tees and bell bottoms.
A shinola brown blazer with gray patches catches
My eye and I do the once over in an ornate mirror
Where at first glance I'm thinking GQ but then it's PU
As like the picture of Dorian Gray morphing,
My image shadows a portly Shrek like creature.
A crime against nature and I realize that even dressed
To the nines the beast within shall not change.
I walk out with a bruised ego in tow but with a soul
Totally sold on not dressing for success but rather
Convalescing in the asylum of my skin.

Not sure if this is acceptable but this is a piece I posted awhile back:
http://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/232309-first-time/

Are there any rules? For example, certain time length, is cussing allowed, and is their a specific theme?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LO7MB1D85Hw

I'd like to thank brad for the reason to finally get a YouTube acct.

This is a link to me and some bad guitar with my bad vocals . the song is called.  Choose a stool.....

chump said:https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LO7MB1D85Hw

I'd like to thank brad for the reason to finally get a YouTube acct.

This is a link to me and some bad guitar with my bad vocals . the song is called.  Choose a stool.....

Great job chump! could you please add the lyrics written in youtube? That would be great!

Artemios said:

Great job chump! could you please add the lyrics written in youtube? That would be great!don't know how 1 st time on tube but the words are in my du poem ,choose a stool,

I was bestowed the honour of reading this, one of my favourite poems on the DU site, by Miss Sub.

Thank you Missy and Brad for permission to enter it in this competition...which I feel is an excelent comp idea.

deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/219946-upon-an-empty-chapel-the-streetlights/

Al -x-