Evening Song of the Thoughtful Child
LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Evening Song of the Thoughtful Child by Katherine Mansfield.
This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for August 3, 2025.
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In her Journal, on January 22, 1916, Katherine Mansfield told her plans as her writer to her dead brother. She wanted to pay “a sacred debt” to
her country, New Zealand, because “my brother and I were born there.”
“Then,” she continued, “I want to write poetry.”
from the INTRODUCTORY NOTE from Poems by Katherine Mansfield (1923)
Genre(s): Multi-version (Weekly and Fortnightly poetry)
Language: English
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 01 | Evening Song of the Thoughtful Child - read by AL | nighthawks |
00:02:42 |
| Play 02 | Evening Song of the Thoughtful Child - read by BWC | Beeswaxcandle |
00:01:51 |
| Play 03 | Evening Song of the Thoughtful Child - read by DC | dc |
00:01:40 |
| Play 04 | Evening Song of the Thoughtful Child - read by DL | David Lawrence |
00:02:03 |
| Play 05 | Evening Song of the Thoughtful Child - read by DLS | LeeSalter |
00:01:59 |
| Play 06 | Evening Song of the Thoughtful Child - read by FM | Rags |
00:02:02 |
| Play 07 | Evening Song of the Thoughtful Child - read by JBW | jenno |
00:01:43 |
| Play 08 | Evening Song of the Thoughtful Child - read by LCW | Larry Wilson |
00:01:58 |
| Play 09 | Evening Song of the Thoughtful Child - read by PFS | Phil Schempf |
00:01:56 |
| Play 10 | Evening Song of the Thoughtful Child - read by SP | ShrimpPhish |
00:01:49 |
| Play 11 | Evening Song of the Thoughtful Child - read by VLS | V.L. Sky |
00:01:50 |