Steve's Gravel Pit Poetry
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Shropshire Lad XXVIII "The Welsh Marches" by A.E Housman, read by Stephen J.N. Bauhart
If you want to support my work check out my poetry collection, Holy Jokes & Twisted Rings, on your regional Amazon.
Poetry reading - poem: Wales, conflict, love, hate, history, recital.
XXVIII
THE WELSH MARCHES
High the vanes of Shrewsbury gleam
Islanded in Severn stream;
The bridges from the steepled crest
Cross the water east and west.
The flag of morn in conqueror's state
Enters at the English gate:
The vanquished eve, as night prevails,
Bleeds upon the road to Wales.
Ages since the vanquished bled
Round my mother's marriage-bed;
There the ravens feasted far
About the open house of war:
When Severn down to Buildwas ran
Coloured with the death of man,
Couched upon her brother's grave
The Saxon got me on the slave.
The sound of fight is silent long
That began the ancient wrong;
Long the voice of tears is still
That wept of old the endless ill.
In my heart it has not died,
The war that sleeps on Severn side;
They cease not fighting, east and west,
On the marches of my breast.
Here the truceless armies yet
Trample, rolled in blood and sweat;
They kill and kill and never die;
And I think that each is I.
None will part us, none undo
The knot that makes one flesh of two,
Sick with hatred, sick with pain,
Strangling-When shall we be slain?
When shall I be dead and rid
Of the wrong my father did?
How long, how long, till spade and hearse
Put to sleep my mother's curse?
- Written by A.E. Housman, read by Stephen J.N. Bauhart
- Music is "Dramatic Piano and Strings" by Unvierversefield
#Wales #conflict #love #hate #history #recital #sgpp #gravelpitpoetry
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"Astrophil and Stella 2" by Sir Philip Sidney, read by Stephen J.N. Bauhart
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If you want to support my work check out my collection, Holy Jokes & Twisted Rings, on your regional Amazon. Poetry reading - poem: love, head over heels, syntax, tyranny, sonnet, star "Astrophil and Stella 2: Not at first sight, nor with a dribbèd shot" By Sir Philip Sidney Not at first sight, nor with a dribbèd shot, Love gave the wound which while I breathe will bleed: But known worth did in...
"Under a Moment's Moon updated" by Stephen J.N. Bauhart, Holy Jokes & Twisted Rings 34
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If you want to support my work check out my poetry collection, Holy Jokes & Twisted Rings on your regional Amazon. Poetry reading: Occult, demon, Nietzsche, existential, mankind, Faustian, spooky, dark. XXXIV - “Under a Moment’s Moon” A demon came to me one night and spoke - “The truth is crooked - everything straight lies And rectitude’s a trick for tired eyes.” The beast that devil’s turn of ...
"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost, read by Stephen J.N. Bauhart
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If you want to support my work check out my collection, Holy Jokes & Twisted Rings, on your regional Amazon Poetry reading - poem: Snow, forests, duty, sublime, wonder, nighttime, wandering, serene, lovely. "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" By Robert Frost Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up w...
Shropshire Lad XXVII "Is my team ploughing" by A.E. Housman, read by Stephen J.N. Bauhart
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If you want to support my work check out my collection, Holy Jokes & Twisted Rings, on your regional Amazon Poetry reading - poem: Friends, brothers, football, soccer, ploughman, lovers, horses XXVII "Is my team ploughing, That I was used to drive And hear the harness jingle When I was man alive?" Ay, the horses trample, The harness jingles now; No change though you lie under The land you used ...
"Winter Thistle, Prairie Crocus" by Stephen J.N. Bauhart (Holy Jokes & Twisted Rings 59)
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If you want to support my work check out my collection, Holy Jokes & Twisted Rings, on your regional Amazon Poetry reading - poem: Winter, seasons, crocus, thistle, snow, dreams, magic, despair, uplifting, beauty Holy Jokes & Twisted Rings XXIV - “Winter Thistle, Prairie Crocus” - a poem about change of seasons in Alberta. When summertime to autumn splinters, When winter wakes and cold wind whi...
"We Are Seven" by William Wordsworth, read by Stephen J.N. Bauhart (second attempt)
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If you want to support my work check out my collection, Holy Jokes & Twisted Rings, on your regional Amazon Poetry reading - poem: Children, brothers, sisters, innocence, churchyard, joy, sadness, love, Romanticism, Wordsworth "We Are Seven" by William Wordsworth A simple Child, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death? I met a little cottage...
Shropshire Lad XXVI - "Along the fields as We Came By" by A.E. Housman, read by Stephen J.N. Bauhart
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If you want to support my work check out my collection, Holy Jokes & Twisted Rings, on your regional Amazon Poetry reading - poem: lovers, loss, aspen, autumn, weddings, widower, Shropshire, sad, sentimental. A Shropshire Lad XXVI - by A.E. Housman Along the fields as we came by A year ago, my love and I, The aspen over stile and stone Was talking to itself alone. "Oh who are these that kiss an...
"Sonnet 18" by William Shakespeare, read by Stephen J.N. Bauhart
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If you want to support my work check out my collection, Holy Jokes & Twisted Rings, on your regional Amazon Poetry reading - poem: Shakespeare, love, seasons, summer, sunshine, eternity, devotion, hubris, uplifting. Sonnet 18: Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? By William Shakespeare Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the d...
Shropshire Lad XXV - "This time of Year" - written by A.E. Housman, read by Stephen J.N. Bauhart
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If you want to support my work check out my collection, Holy Jokes & Twisted Rings, on your regional Amazon. Poetry Reading - poem: Lovers, boys, rivals, wrestling, Rose, mortality, Shropshire, Housman. XXV This time of year a twelvemonth past, When Fred and I would meet, We needs must jangle, till at last We fought and I was beat. So then the summer fields about, Till rainy days began, Rose Ha...
"Astrophil and Stella 71" by Sir Philip Sidney, read by Stephen J.N. Bauhart
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If you want to support my work check out my collection, Holy Jokes & Twisted Rings, on your regional Amazon Another one I'm teaching this week. Fun poems. Sidney is a bit archaic for my taste to read - it's just strange reading someone with such old-timey vernacular and ways of speaking - but it's a fun challenge. Poetry Reading - Poem: Love, nature, virtue, purity, sonnet, Sidney. Astrophil an...
"The Holy Joke" written and read by Stephen J.N. Bauhart (Holy Jokes & Twisted Rings 16)
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If you want to support my work check out my collection, Holy Jokes & Twisted Rings, on your regional Amazon. Poetry reading - poem: Marriage, divorce, infidelity, vows, broken, bitterness, realization. Poem XVI in Holy Jokes and Twisted Rings, collection soon to be on Amazon. “The Holy Joke” Today I told a holy joke, As holy as could be, And much to my delight you spoke And told it back to me. ...
Shropshire Lad XXIV - "Say, Lad, have you things to do?" - written by A.E. Housman, read by S.J.N.B.
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If you want to support my work check out my collection, Holy Jokes & Twisted Rings, on your regional Amazon. Poetry reading - poem: Carpe Diem, friendship, brotherhood, today, act XXIV Say, lad, have you things to do? Quick then, while your day's at prime. Quick, and if 'tis work for two, Here am I, man: now's your time. Send me now, and I shall go; Call me, I shall hear you call; Use me ere th...
"Astrophil and Stella 1" by Sir Philip Sidney, read by Stephen J.N. Bauhart
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If you want to support my work check out my collection, Holy Jokes & Twisted Rings, on your regional Amazon. I'm actually teaching this and Astrophil and Stella 71 this week, so I figured I'd do a recording. If one of my students finds this don't use it in place of reading - I read like a weirdo. Poetry reading - poem: Love, lovers, books, muse, stars, sonnet. Astrophil and Stella 1: Loving in ...
"Kubla Khan" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, read by Stephen J.N. Bauhart
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"Kubla Khan" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, read by Stephen J.N. Bauhart
Shropshire Lad XXIII - "The Lads in their Hundreds" - Written by A.E. Housman, read by Stephen JNB
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Shropshire Lad XXIII - "The Lads in their Hundreds" - Written by A.E. Housman, read by Stephen JNB
"A Match" by Algernon Swinburne, read by Stephen J.N. Bauhart
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"A Match" by Algernon Swinburne, read by Stephen J.N. Bauhart
"Pretend Again" by Stephen J.N. Bauhart (Holy Jokes & Twisted Rings 46) (re-record)
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"Pretend Again" by Stephen J.N. Bauhart (Holy Jokes & Twisted Rings 46) (re-record)
"The Doer's Song" by Stephen J.N. Bauhart (Holy Jokes & Twisted Rings 59) (re-record)
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"The Doer's Song" by Stephen J.N. Bauhart (Holy Jokes & Twisted Rings 59) (re-record)
"The Second Coming" by W.B. Yeats, read by Stephen J.N. Bauhart
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"The Second Coming" by W.B. Yeats, read by Stephen J.N. Bauhart
"If We Must Die" by Claude McKay, read by Stephen J.N. Bauhart
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"If We Must Die" by Claude McKay, read by Stephen J.N. Bauhart
"Winds Will Blow" written and read by Stephen J.N. Bauhart
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"Winds Will Blow" written and read by Stephen J.N. Bauhart
"When you are Old" by W.B. Yeats, read by Stephen J.N. Bauhart
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"When you are Old" by W.B. Yeats, read by Stephen J.N. Bauhart
"If I Could Tell You" by W.H. Auden, read by Stephen J.N. Bauhart
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"If I Could Tell You" by W.H. Auden, read by Stephen J.N. Bauhart
"If We Looked Back" - or, "A Thousand Sunsets" - written and read by Stephen J.N. Bauhart
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"If We Looked Back" - or, "A Thousand Sunsets" - written and read by Stephen J.N. Bauhart
A Shropshire Lad XXI - "Bredon Hill" - written by A.E. Housman, read by Stephen J.N. Bauhart
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A Shropshire Lad XXI - "Bredon Hill" - written by A.E. Housman, read by Stephen J.N. Bauhart
"The World is Too much With us" by William Wordsworth, read by Stephen J.N. Bauhart
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"The World is Too much With us" by William Wordsworth, read by Stephen J.N. Bauhart
"Pretend" - written and read by Stephen J.N. Bauhart (third attempt)
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"Pretend" - written and read by Stephen J.N. Bauhart (third attempt)
A Shropshire Lad XX, "Oh fair enough are sky and plain" by A.E. Housman, read by Stephen Bauhart
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A Shropshire Lad XX, "Oh fair enough are sky and plain" by A.E. Housman, read by Stephen Bauhart
"The Magic Word" written and read by Stephen J.N. Bauhart
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"The Magic Word" written and read by Stephen J.N. Bauhart

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @Ohhh_edward
    @Ohhh_edward 5 днів тому

    Got my copy of the book today. I'm looking forward to reading it.

    • @SJNB_GPP
      @SJNB_GPP 3 дні тому

      That's awesome to hear. This is my first collection so I really have no idea how it will go. Two things... First, if I stop posting readings here for a while, I probably have a cold and I'm finding those those take my reading voice out for several weeks. Second, if you find a favourite poem (or poems) in the collection, drop a comment and I'll give them a read when I can. Oh, and, if you feel it warrants it, leave a review on Amazon. Enjoy the reading Edward! Steve

  • @juanchaves4740
    @juanchaves4740 26 днів тому

    Cuando yazca tirado en la cubierta, solo yo sabré si conduje mi nave hasta buen puerto

  • @christinemartin63
    @christinemartin63 Місяць тому

    Read with much discernment, with terrific timbre of voice. Bra--vo, friend!

    • @SJNB_GPP
      @SJNB_GPP Місяць тому

      Thanks Christine! Funny thing is, the last comment I received on my voice itself was that it wasn't well suited for poetry. But, I've improved a lot since then and I'm really enjoying doing it. Keep an eye on my channel if you enjoy my readings. I'm down with a head cold right now, but I try and do several readings a week.

  • @prestonoliver6729
    @prestonoliver6729 Місяць тому

    You've a proper pen, and knowing. This is wonderful, wise and well to present to a sere world.

  • @prestonoliver6729
    @prestonoliver6729 Місяць тому

    Ah, a poet with meter owning. Well written, well spoke. I would love to see the text, and read more of your work. Many dots connect; we could talk if you've the time.

    • @SJNB_GPP
      @SJNB_GPP Місяць тому

      Hey, thanks - it's always nice to hear your work is being enjoyed. I mean, I'd be happy to talk, but you might be disappointed. I'm just a fellow who scribbles his thoughts - if I have insights, they're usually coming out in the poems more than anything else. Also, every poem will have the words of them in the description. If you want to see more of my work, this playlist is all my stuff: ua-cam.com/video/Z-rB_9d7_Hw/v-deo.html And I'm releasing a collection of poems later this month if all goes well. Thanks for the comment. I enjoy writing, and I'm glad someone else enjoys it. If you want to talk about any poem, just comment and I'll tell you what you want to know.

  • @SJNB_GPP
    @SJNB_GPP 3 місяці тому

    Damn... This is my first reading that has received more dislikes than likes. I thought I did pretty well with it. Any feedback on what didn't work with this one?

  • @Anitadagar-THN
    @Anitadagar-THN 3 місяці тому

    this is best one bro

    • @SJNB_GPP
      @SJNB_GPP Місяць тому

      Thanks. I'm pretty new at reading, so I never really know what works and what doesn't. It's always great to hear whether something worked - or when it didn't.

  • @pmbbmp
    @pmbbmp 3 місяці тому

    What all men know, but none have seen Where all men go, but none have been 👏

    • @SJNB_GPP
      @SJNB_GPP 3 місяці тому

      Yeah, I like that part too.

  • @pmbbmp
    @pmbbmp 3 місяці тому

    This is a good one!

    • @SJNB_GPP
      @SJNB_GPP 3 місяці тому

      Thanks! It's always a bit worrying when you're trying to do one of the most famous poems in the English language...

  • @SJNB_GPP
    @SJNB_GPP 4 місяці тому

    For anyone who enjoyed that check the rest of my page out. There are over 100 poetry readings on Steve's Gravel Pit Poetry and even two more Wordsworth poems, and likely more to come.

  • @PhoenixWrites2309
    @PhoenixWrites2309 4 місяці тому

    This is such a beautiful work, so glad this was recommended to me.

    • @SJNB_GPP
      @SJNB_GPP 4 місяці тому

      Thank you so much Phoenix! Wasn't sure if either the poem, or the reading, would be to anyone's taste. Feel free to look around - I'm coming up on a hundred recordings now. And, if you think the work is good, feel free tell some friends!

  • @dracculent4061
    @dracculent4061 4 місяці тому

    I love this so much! I've been going back to it quite a few times now and thought I'd drop a comment :D Its really stuck with me! Probably one of my favourite poems to date, an absolute gem and I'm so glad I somehow found it!

    • @SJNB_GPP
      @SJNB_GPP 4 місяці тому

      That is so nice to hear - thank you! I will say, if you like that one, it's actually the second sonnet in a five sonnet sequence. I've created a playlist for that whole sequence. Here it is: ua-cam.com/video/Z4tuVAwiR6k/v-deo.html If you're interested in the inspiration for that, read the description. It's a response to some ideas from Friedrich Nietzsche, and I include a passage on there. Lastly, if you enjoyed, spread the word. I've only been at this recording thing for two months but I love it, and I think I'm improving. Would love to get more people checking out my work :) But, seriously, thanks. I've spent a long time writing with no feedback - that my work is reaching people is lovely to hear.

    • @dracculent4061
      @dracculent4061 4 місяці тому

      @@SJNB_GPP Thank you so much, I've been going on a little listening spree hahaha. I really, really love your style, every single one I've listened to has got me thinking and feeling - and I have already been sharing some of them with my mates haha. I was so shocked when I saw how few subscribers you have! Your writing is beautiful and I'm sure that eventually people will start finding you :)) please don't ever stop uploading, I can't wait to see what you'll write in the future :D

    • @SJNB_GPP
      @SJNB_GPP 4 місяці тому

      @@dracculent4061 Hey, I just wanted to thank you again. As a small time, obscure writer (and I guess now UA-camr) you're always wondering if anyone actually likes what you're doing. It means a lot to hear someone say "Yeah, this is great!" For your knowledge, I'm keeping what I consider to be my best work off of here - for now. I'm submitting it to journals and stuff, but eventually I'll get it all up here. Until then, I'll keep reading the poetry that made me love poetry - with the odd poem of mine up there. I wasn't planning on putting much of mine up this week, but I recorded one that I just wrote and put it up - it'll come up in about an hour. Not my best, but I hope you enjoy. Anyway, thanks again! Yeah, I wish my subscriber count was higher, but nobody owes me their time. I'll just have to convince them that stopping my Steve's Gravel Pit is a good way to spend a few minutes ;) Have a good day! - Steve

  • @SJNB_GPP
    @SJNB_GPP 4 місяці тому

    This was a very experimental reading. Let me know if it sounds terrible and I'll try it again in a profile that comes a bit more naturally.

  • @SJNB_GPP
    @SJNB_GPP 4 місяці тому

    For anyone watching this, this was actually a rush recording for Mother's Day because it's my mom's favourite poem - or, so she told me decades ago. I have a much better recording of it here ( ua-cam.com/video/wj2ZVtfTxG4/v-deo.html ) that I've done since then - or, at least, I think it's better. Honestly though, I was still learning the microphone even in the second one, so I think this will eventually need another re-record. Thanks for the views, in any case!

  • @SJNB_GPP
    @SJNB_GPP 4 місяці тому

    Alternative title: "Damned Kids!"

  • @SJNB_GPP
    @SJNB_GPP 4 місяці тому

    I'm glad people seem to like this one, but I actually think my reading for it is kind of flat. Any requests for me to do a re-record sooner than later? I will eventually, but it's not top of the list right now.

  • @bickbalsy
    @bickbalsy 4 місяці тому

    For the first half, Bukowski's reading can't be beat, he knows how to be insensitive and mean. But the second half, talking to the bird, yours is the best I've heard; you sound so vulnerable.

    • @SJNB_GPP
      @SJNB_GPP 4 місяці тому

      Thanks! I'm pretty new at this so I think I have a lot of room to improve, but it's great to hear that I'm hitting some positive notes. Personally, the O'Bedlam reading is my favourite of the ones I can find. ua-cam.com/video/HVdpfhsj6uI/v-deo.html

    • @SJNB_GPP
      @SJNB_GPP 4 місяці тому

      Oh hey, also... If you do enjoy what I'm doing here, sharing would be a huge help. Would love to get more ears on my material.

  • @Ohhh_edward
    @Ohhh_edward 5 місяців тому

    Keep it going, I look forward to a daily poem or two

    • @SJNB_GPP
      @SJNB_GPP 5 місяців тому

      Hey thanks, love to hear it! I have two little kids so there will be days I don't, but I just blew a big chunk of money on a fancy microphone so my wife will kill me if I stop now. Keep checking back and I'll keep doing more readings! Also, I had an old buddy named Eddie Porter. Did you grow up on an orchard, by any chance?

  • @StriderMarcusJonesPoet
    @StriderMarcusJonesPoet 5 місяців тому

    Excellent!

    • @SJNB_GPP
      @SJNB_GPP 5 місяців тому

      Thanks Strider! I have a ton of room to improve but I'm getting quite pleased with some of my readings. Going to keep at it - it's such a fun way to engage with poems I've loved for years!

  • @JoelAtallah
    @JoelAtallah 5 місяців тому

    Great poem!

    • @SJNB_GPP
      @SJNB_GPP 5 місяців тому

      Thanks Joel! It's Prairie Crocus season here and I'm bringing my daughter up to the big park in the city to check them out each weekend until they're gone. I kind of have an attachment to these little wooly purple fellas ;)

  • @condocord7544
    @condocord7544 5 місяців тому

    horrible poem from the morbid-minded

    • @SJNB_GPP
      @SJNB_GPP 5 місяців тому

      Housman is 95% sad, bleak, or morbid, but at least this one has a bit of a dark and depraved sense of humour about it ;)

    • @SJNB_GPP
      @SJNB_GPP 5 місяців тому

      Maybe give Flower Pot a try? It's a positive one.

  • @Ohhh_edward
    @Ohhh_edward 5 місяців тому

    Wonderful

    • @SJNB_GPP
      @SJNB_GPP 5 місяців тому

      Hey, thanks. It's always quite nice to hear someone enjoys something you wrote.