Hwæt!

[oh_lorelei]

To get myself started, I thought I'd share this nifty website I found which allows you to hear audio clips of Beowulf as read by Seamus Heaney (as well as clips of Caedmon's Hymn, among other poetry!). Considering the importance of hearing this sort of poetry aloud, this should be of interest to a few of you! The Beowulf clips are not in its

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[ofcatslives]

Hello Laura-lei,

I have read several of your posts and I am quite impressed with your humourous writing. I think I will be returning to your blog despite the fact that I am not a member of your group. As well, I wanted to thank you for finding and sharing this website: http://www.wwnorton.com/nael/noa/audio.htm. It is a great site and it features some of my favourite poems; I truly enjoyed the listening experience.

Thanks again,

Janice

[liver86]

Did you mean to say compulsion?? Is that even right?

And on the topic of spoken poetry, check out audio clips of Allen Ginsberg. It's so much more enjoyable to hear the guy than to read his poetry, although both are wicked. He does music as well.

[val_tudo]

Hey,
i was just randomly clicking around and ended up in your journal, great reading! Thanks.

ps: Beowulf rocks (even to some of us science majors), i read the UofT translation; took me forever in a day but it was quite rewarding.