I need to find a good poem that I can read orally, and with emotion, different voices etc, where can i get one

Question

Im really good at it i just have been useing the same poems from like rhold dahl and i need a change in poems, something that i can use emotions and different voices or small movements...

Answer 1

One idea here:

http://poetry.poetryx.com/poems/11484/


Auden:

http://unix.cc.wmich.edu/~cooneys/poems/auden.sound.html

Pinter:

http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoem.do?poemId=2995

Other ideas:

http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoem.do?poemId=466
http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/singlePoem.do?poemId=394

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Answer 2

Here is a two speaker poem...mother and daughter, and at the end (last two lines), an orator

Mother to Daughter

Ungrateful, spiteful, little miss
What did I do to deserve this?
.... Can’t you give me any space
.... That’s why I can’t stand this place!

I nursed you, fed you, kept you clean
Why must you act so cruel and mean?
.... Why must I answer stupid questions?
.... I don’t need the help of “your” suggestions

Just wait till dad gets home from work
He’ll set you straight, you little jerk
.... Oh, yeah, like you really think he’ll care?
.... He sits around in his underwear!

What must I do for some respect?
Where did I go wrong, was it neglect?
.... There’s nothing wrong, just go away!
.... I pray to God you’ll die someday!

(silence)

God for sure will grant your wish
As sure as the ocean is full of fish
.... You know I didn’t mean what I said
.... It’s not that I really wish you dead

Oh, I know, I know, I remember how
I cursed my mother, called her a cow
.... Don’t say it, I know it, payback will come
.... I may not be bright, but I’m far from dumb

And so the cycle never ends
Mother to daughter…but seldom friends


Kevin M. Sorbello

Answer 3

My love is like a Red, Red Rose.

I nailed it with a very heavy brouge on the first reading. Solid A+ from my professor. It caught the class of guard, smooth sailing after that.

Try some Italo Calvino and stretch yourself.
Shakespear, Langston Hughes, Carl Sandberg, Robert Frost, Keats, Yeats, Longfellow . . .

Get a good Literature book enjoy yourself.

Answer 4

If you want to really impress and stretch yourself, why not try "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot? It has many shifts in tone throughout the poem.

Answer 5

The best poem to read with emotions is one you write yourself! Browse through books and get inspiration!

Answer 6

Dr. Suess.

Answer 7

duh abook of poems perhaps. i read the raven in 8th grade but its pretty long, we had to memorize