Prose

Watch a man glitter while he walks in Edwin Arlington Robinson's "Richard Cory."

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All the sounds present behind the poem come from Freesound.org. Users reasanka, cabled_mess,burning-mir, and edtijo are those whose work is included here. All tracks are being used under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication Licenses.

I do want to take another moment and let anyone listening that is having dark thoughts in the vein of this poem that they should reach out to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255, or, if a phone call isn't right for you, chat live online with a counselor at suicidepreventionlifeline.org. Again, please reach out and don't suffer in silence.

Consider the divinity of that girl you love and how you might be affecting her in "To Be Divine."

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The tracks you have heard behind this poem are all taken from Freesound.org. The first sound was uploaded by user Sclolex and is being used under a Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication License. Both of the piano tracks were created by Setuniman and are being used under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licenses.

I hope that you've enjoyed this short poem, as it is quite ear to me. It is soon to be published in a regional poetry magazine, and I dedicated it to one Ms. Katherine Anne Harkins.

Hello and welcome to episode thirty-seven of Prose.

This week, consider the divinity of that girl you love and remember that smiles do not equivocate happiness.

In case you missed the memo last week, instead of taking two weeks off for my summer course at Oxford, I have elected to have some shorter offerings here on Prose. So, for episodes thirty-six and thirty-seven, this has, indeed, been the case. Additionally, these episodes are coming to you having been preprogrammed, so I pray that all is well with them upon delivery. I also hope that you will all forgive me for not rushing the next edition of "Sonbol" out to you. I don't want to mar the story, hence the slow going. Short of some oddities springing up while I'm overseas, the show should be back with at least another short episode and/or update for episode thirty-eight. Again, my deepest thanks for your patience.

As per always, I toss out the entreaty for all of you to follow along on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, as this can help the podcast get noticed. Even more importantly, please go to iTunes and leave a rating and/or review for Prose. Ratings and reviews set this show up for continuing into the future. If you'd like an easy way to have access to all this, head over to prosepodcast.com.

Let's get to the short but potent poems we're featuring this week, shall we?

This week, we have "To Be Divine" and "Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson.

Enjoy!

Hope for something worth having in old age in Lord Byron's "Growing Old."

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The music behind the poem comes from Freesound.org. It was uploaded by user IESP and is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.

Get a lesson in the light at the end of that tunnel with "The Hanging."

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The music behind the story comes from Free Music Archive. The first track comes from the artist Jelsonic. It titled is "Another Brilliant Age" from the album Various Moods II. The second track is by the artist Axletree. It is titled "Goodnight Esme (Instrumental Version)" from the album Cormorant EP. Both tracks are being used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licenses.

Next up we have a poem by Lord Byron; however, I do want to take a moment and let anyone listening that is having dark thoughts in the vein of this story that they should reach out to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255, or, if a phone call isn't right for you, chat live online with a counselor at suicidepreventionlifeline.org. Again, please reach out and don't suffer in silence.

Hello and welcome to episode thirty-six of Prose.

This week, get a lesson in the light at the end of that tunnel and hope for something worth having in old age.

Instead of taking two weeks off for my summer course at Oxford, I have elected to have some shorter offerings here on Prose. So, for episodes thirty-six and thirty-seven, do keep this in mind. Additionally, these episodes are coming to you having been preprogrammed, so I pray that all is well with them upon delivery. I also hope that you will all forgive me for not rushing the next edition of "Sonbol" out to you. I don't want to mar the story, hence the slow going.

In prosepodcast.com news, the website it back up and 98% functional. I hope that makes at least a handful of you fans happy!

Patreon, though, is still in development. As I've explained ad nauseam, I don't plan on asking for even a penny of listeners' hard-earned money without providing something in return.

As per always, I toss out the entreaty for all of you to follow along on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, as this can help the podcast get noticed. Even more importantly, please go to iTunes and leave a rating and/or review for Prose. Ratings and reviews set this show up for continuing into the future.

That's enough blathering. Let's get to the offerings, shall we?

This week, we have "" and "Growing Old" by Lord Byron.

Enjoy!

Continue the journey toward fighting back against an incoming alien horde at Academy Prime with the residents of Primrose 33 in the second installment of "Sonbol" titled "Persenche."

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This portion of the story has numerous backing tracks behind it coming from Freesound.org. The first ambient track comes from user cabled_mess and is being used under a CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication License. The second bit of music and the alarm sounds come from the same soundscape uploaded by user Drakensson and is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. The final track comes from user ispeakwaves and is being used under a under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Thank you to these artists and Freesound.org for making these works available for artists like me to further elevate their own work.

Reassess morality, life priorities, and what gives meaning to a young life at the party of a lifetime in "The Magdalene."

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The two backing tracks for this story were taken from the Free Music Archive and are by Fleslit. The first track is "Detour Ahead" and is its own collection in the archive. The second track is "Wack" and is also its own collection in the archive. They are being used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licenses. Thank you to Fleslit and the Free Music Archive for giving the world access to these tracks.

Hello and welcome to episode thirty-five of Prose.

This week, reassess morality, life priorities, and what gives meaning to a young life at the party of a lifetime and continue the journey toward fighting back against an incoming alien horde at Academy Prime with the residents of Primrose 33.

One note about the first story this week, Episode 35.1, it is the first story in quite some time that is actually rather graphic, so if you or any little ears nearby are easily by coarse language or explicit, casual sexuality, please consider this particular episode not at all for you. Use your discretion.

Just as a reminder from last week, for the time being, the summer's episodes will consist of only two stories, though I plan on leaping back into the three stories per episode format in September.

At the risk of sounding like a broken record for the third week in a row, Patreon and prosepodcast.com are still undergoing major construction/reconstruction. However, I do have a nice update in regards to the latter. The website should be fully up and functional just in time for me to head off to Oxford for a summer course, so for those that follow along via the website—it's coming!

As per always, I toss out the entreaty for all of you to follow along on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, as this can help the podcast get noticed. Even more importantly, please go to iTunes and leave a rating and/or review for Prose. Ratings and reviews set this show up for continuing into the future.

Okay. Enough chatting. Let's get to the tales, shall we?

This week, we have "The Magdalene" and "Sonbol: Part II – Persenche"

Enjoy!

Examine why small dogs are wonderful and fear those woods near your home in "The Leash."

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The sounds you are hearing even now and have heard through the entire story are Tibetan singing bowls. The track was uploaded to from Freesound.org by user the_very_Real_Horst and is being used under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.