I was thinking about this – spoken poetry, for a long while, but I am pretty self-conscious when it comes to my voice. As you all know, I am not a native English speaker, in fact, it was the fourth language I learnt in school and from listening to music. (My mother tongue is Luxembourgish, after that, I learnt German and French – both in school. Due to my Italian roots, I understand the language but cannot speak it, and Dutch is often easily understandable because of the other languages I know). I have an accent. And I have a lisp. It’s not always pronounced but it is definitely there.
Spoken poetry is different from written poetry. Things that sound good in my head or look good on a page don’t necessarily work as well when spoken out loud. Or so I think.
But, I want to give it a try. And maybe one day, I will tell you an entire story. Who knows?!
But first, listen to Fly, Lady Butterfly. It can be read in the book Word Thief – available on Amazon or on this very site.
What do you think?
More of this? More spoken poetry?
Have a nice day
Here is a SoundCloud link if you prefer that:
reflections of an unquiet mind 
I like hearing your voice Cathy, so would welcome more spoken poetry from you. I’m amazed that you’re able to speak four languages, plus understand two more! Though I had four years of Spanish in middle and high school, I hated every minute of it and never learned to speak or read it. I suppose if I were to live in a Spanish-speaking country for a year or so, a lot of it would come back to me and I’d probably at least be conversant. I also took a semester of German in college (and enjoyed studying it because I’d previously spent three weeks there to visit a friend), however, it wasn’t enough for me to learn that language very well.
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Thank you so much, you are always so supportive, I really appreciate it a lot. Languages aren’t easy to learn, I think, but I agree, if you were to spend more time in a spanish-speaking country it would all come back. ❤️
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