The Garden by Moonlight

by Amy Lowell. Performed by rhapsode Caprisha Page.

The Change

by Thomas Hardy. Performed by rhapsode Jason Mills.

The Kalevala - Proem

by Elias Lönnrot, translated by John Martin Crawford. Performed by rhapsode Bob Gonzalez.

1893: A Prelude

by Christopher Brennan. Performed by rhapsode Denis Daly.

Sonnet 14

by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Performed by rhapsode Caprisha Page.

The Supplanter - A Tale

by Thomas Hardy. Performed by rhapsode Jason Mills.

Three Poems to Flowers

by Robert Herrick. Performed by rhapsode Bob Gonzalez.

Araluen

by Henry Kendall. Performed by rhapsode Denis Daly.

Sonnet 29

by William Shakespeare. Performed by rhapsode Caprisha Page.

The Woman in the Rye

by Thomas Hardy. Performed by rhapsode Jason Mills.

Four Poems

by Christina Rossetti, John Masefield, Emily Dickinson, and A.E. Housman. Performed by rhapsode Jannie Meisberger.

Birches

by Robert Frost. Performed by rhapsode Winston Tharp.

Gone

by Carl Sandburg. Performed by rhapsode Denis Daly.

Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister

by Robert Browning. Performed by rhapsode Martin Geeson. Robert Browning (7 May 1812 – 12 December 1889) was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of the dramatic monologue made him one of the foremost Victorian poets. His poems are known for their irony, characterization, dark humour, social commentary, historical settings, and challenging vocabulary and syntax.

On His Being Arrived to the Age of Twenty-Three

by John Milton. Performed by rhapsode Caprisha Page.

April is My Mistress' Face

by Thomas Morley. Performed by rhapsode Winston Tharp.

Sonnets 123, 75, & 23

by William Shakespeare. Performed by rhapsode Bob Gonzalez. William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 (baptised) – 23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet, and the "Bard of Avon.” His extant works, including collaborations, consist of approximately 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.

Poems to Julia

by Robert Herrick. Performed by rhapsode Bob Gonzalez.

The Journey of Life

by William Cullen Bryant. Performed by rhapsode Jannie Meisberger.

Mesmerism

by Robert Browning. Performed by rhapsode Martin Geeson.

A Study in Gray

by Ambrose Bierce. Performed by rhapsode Winston Tharp.

A Call for Rhapsodes

Reverberance: A Poetic Rhapsody and Call for Rhapsodes. Bob Gonzalez describes his vision for reviving the role of the rhapsodes of ancient Greece in the present day.

Featuring the poetry of Walt Whitman, Alfred Tennyson, Homer, Hesiod, William Shakespeare, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Leigh Hunt, Robert Frost, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

An Epitaph on the Admirable Dramatic Poet, William Shakespeare

by John Milton. Performed by rhapsode Caprisha Page.

Sometime Childish

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Performed by rhapsode Carol Box.

The Invitation

by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Performed by rhapsode Bob Gonzalez.

Opportunity

by Walter Malone. Performed by rhapsode Jannie Meisberger.

Two Poems by Wilfred Owen

"Strange Meeting" and "Disabled" -- performed by rhapsode Denis Daly. For more performances by the rhapsodes of Rhapsodize Audio, visit http://reverberance.org/

L'Apres-Mide d'un Faune

by William Faulkner, performed by rhapsode Winston Tharp. For more performances by the rhapsodes of Rhapsodize Audio, visit http://reverberance.org/

A Contemplation Upon Flowers

by Henry King, performed by rhapsode Bob Gonzalez. For more performances by the rhapsodes of Rhapsodize Audio, visit http://reverberance.org/

Love is Enough

by William Morris, performed by rhapsode Carol Box. For more performances by the rhapsodes of Rhapsodize Audio, visit http://reverberance.org/

My Comforter

by Anonymous, performed by rhapsode Jannie Meisberger. For more performances by the rhapsodes of Rhapsodize Audio, visit http://reverberance.org/

Abdication of Napoleon

by William Makepeace Thackeray, performed by rhapsode Caprisha Page. For more performances by the rhapsodes of Rhapsodize Audio, visit http://reverberance.org/

A Song for a Man

by Emerson Hough. Performed by rhapsode Denis Daly.

Mother Nature

by George McDonald. Performed by rhapsode Jannie Meisberger.

The Dream

by John Donne. Performed by rhapsode Carol Box.

De Gustibus

by Robert Browning. Performed by rhapsode Martin Geeson.

Dark Sheila

by Agatha Christie. Performed by rhapsode Winston Tharp.

Wordsworth

by Lord Byron. Performed by rhapsode Caprisha Page.

High Flight

by John Gillespie McGee, performed by rhapsode Denis Daly.

Are the Children at Home?

by Margaret Sangster. Performed by rhapsode Jannie Meisberger.

Asleep

by Wilfred Owen. Performed by rhapsode Winston Tharp.

The Seven Ages of Man

by William Shakespeare. A monologue of the melancholy Jacques from As You Like It. Performed by seven rhapsodes of Rhapsodize: Winston Tharp, Jannie Meisberger, Martin Geeson, Denis Daly, Caprisha Page, Carol Box, and Bob Gonzalez.

Tribute to the Rhapsodes of Ancient Greece

This is the initial posting of the official podcast of Rhapsodize Audio, an initiative dedicated to reviving the role of the rhapsode in modern society. As rhapsodes of ancient Greece performed the poetry of Homer and Hesiod, so rhapsodes of today perform the classic poetry of their language and culture. To initiate this podcast, which uses this Blogger weblog to feed audio to iTunes and other feed readers, we begin with a tribute to the rhapsodes of ancient Greece, featuring a passage from Plato's Ion, where Socrates speaks with a famous rhapsode of his day, and performances from Hesiod's Theogony and Homer's Hymn to Aphrodite.