The Bunker

[amberdreams]

For my spnspiration bingo squares: - Slam poetry and inanimate object POV
I've NEVER done anything like this before!! Well, I've written pomes, of course, but I've never read them and I'd certainly be too effing nervous to stand up and recite in front of people so I wasn't sure what this would come out like.
So without further ado
Here it is - the poem recording which makes this a slam. I think!

Voice Recorder >>

And it you want to read it too

The Bunker
There’s a rhythm in my life, a pulse that beats even though I have no heart, no veins, no blood.
I was alone for a long time, I counted the beats
I counted the stars above me
I counted time passing through my many doors.

I have doors between worlds, I hold worlds inside and outside of me
Keeping worlds in, keeping worlds out.
I hold fast, I hold them shut
I keep this world safe.
I open them when needed, let air in, let air out
I breathe, sometimes.

Comments

[yohkobennington.livejournal.com]

/iz dead

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Not too weird, then?

[chomaisky.livejournal.com]

READ MORE!!!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Oh not you too! LOL
I'm not a great reader, I stutter and stumble too much!

[caranfindel.livejournal.com]

I'm impressed! I couldn't get the audio to work (iphone) but the written poem is gorgeous. I'm kind of afraid of my card.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Ah well, I needn't be embarrassed about my voice then! LOL
I'm glad you liked the poem... I think those two items might be the easiest squares on my card! I'm going to have to look some of the items up to make sure I know what they are!

[fannishliss.livejournal.com]

that was LOVELY!!!

I enjoyed hearing you read that so much!!! <3

A lovely idea writing a poem from the pov of the Bunker.

Who knows, it is clearly imbued with mystical power, perhaps it is really thinking. It may have long conversations with the Impala when she is in the garage. :D

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

And there's an idea for another ficlet! You should write that... :D

[siennavie.livejournal.com]

*\o/* So lovely to hear it read aloud! And your voice is beautiful!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Aw thank you!

[tifaching.livejournal.com]

I can't do the voice recorder on my phone, but damn, just reading it I can hear the beat in my head. I can't wait to get home to my laptop and get the full effect. You are on fire lately, girl. On fire.

I had to write from an inanimate object's pov for a creative writing class. It's a challenge, but you rocked it!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

meesasometimes recommends listening to is in two windows at once slightly staggered! LOL

[meesasometimes.livejournal.com]

OMG!!!! Well, it's cool enough on it's own, BUT>>>> I accidentally double clicked, opened up two windows and they read in like a round one phrase off from each other, it was the COOLEST THING EVER~~~

also I agree with everyone here, your voice is amazing, why aren't you doing podfic?

[meesasometimes.livejournal.com]

I just did it again, you have to do it! It's blowing my mind with how cool it is. I just click to start and then click the vocaroo and it opens up it's own window and starts there too. The end is SO BEAUTIFUL with both voices and then one finishing and then the next so quiet. FUCKING AMAZEBALLS

[quickreaver.livejournal.com]

SO COOOOL. You have a great voice for reading, too. Well, for listening, for me. ;)

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Ah you Americans and your love of British accents... :D

[fufaraw]

The poem is stunning--I love it. I also love your voice, it's a lovely pitch, clear pronunciation.

May I make a tiny suggestion, just from my own experience with reading aloud, and slams? Print out the poem, go outside, find someplace you won't feel observed, and read it walking. Don't recite it from memory, read it off the page, because that will distance you from whatever meanings you've already found in the poem. Do it five, ten, twenty times, don't stop walking. Change your pace, faster, slower--I think this needs a deliberate, almost careful pace, but *you* need to hear it at a fast, breathless pace, and several different ones. Change direction at the end of a line, hesitate, then start walking again, experiment. It's amazing what happens when your body, your voice, and the words all work together--sometimes the lines take on even more, or other, meanings, things you didn't even know were in there.

Um. Sorry for the overshare. But movement adds so much to words. Try it, even just for yourself, and see what you think.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Do you do that for podficcing or more for poetry? I would NEVER actually do a poetry slam in real life in front of real people. I have close to a phobia about standing up in front of an audience and doing something that is a performance. I'm ok with leading a workshop or facilitating, but something about a presentation format gives me the heebie jeebies.

[toratio.livejournal.com]

That is really awesome. I love the final line, there's something really evocative about it, if that doesn't sound too pretentious.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

No more pretentious than writing poetry! :D Thank you!

[dolnmoon.livejournal.com]

very well done and I love your voice. Well read and very well written. <3

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It's a bit scary putting a recording out there so it's nice to get a good reaction.
I did enjoy that voice meme so that's what gave me the idea. :D

[steeplechasers.livejournal.com]

you have a SUPER voice. have you ever considered doing podfic?

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Oh dear... no.... ha ha everyone's saying this - see above LOL
I know Americans have a real thing for Brit accents but to do Podfic you'd have to have some sort of ability re: different tones and voices and that starts getting close to acting ability of which I have NONE....

[ladydragon76.livejournal.com]

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~LD76

[ladydragon76.livejournal.com]

I left you a comment about a thief stealing your entries, but it was marked as spam. I'm thinking that's because of the links. If you want to, head over to my LJ, the viewable entries are all about this situation.

Best wishes!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

yes thank you, it showed up ok on one of my other posts, so I am aware.

[ephermeralk.livejournal.com]

eeee!!!!

THIS IS AWESOME AND I LOVE THIS ♥ ♥ ♥

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Thank you v much!

[reggie11.livejournal.com]

Your poetry is fabulous, and I could listen to you read forever. Read to me Amber!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Ha ha oh dear. But thank you.

[sleepypercy.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I love the rhythm of this poem ^_^ and you spoke it so well, it feels very musical. Very much like a slam poem should be.

Lovely work here.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Phew that's good to know! Thanks!

[indiachick.livejournal.com]

Oh my God, this is awesome. I read the poem first, but it was stunning listening to it being read out.

I've got slam poetry too. That'll be my first fill. :D

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

It feels really scary to do it with audio though, doesn't it! You were far braver than me, you poem is much longer and has some hard words to pronounce..