Favorite Poem Project

This site has been around for a long time, but I was reminded about it during a workshop today. It still is very cool, and maybe will be new to some of you. This comes from their site:

"The Favorite Poem Project is dedicated to celebrating, documenting and encouraging poetry’s role in Americans’ lives. Robert Pinsky, the 39th Poet Laureate of the United States, founded the Favorite Poem Project shortly after the Library of Congress appointed him to the post in 1997.

During the one-year open call for submissions, 18,000 Americans wrote to the project volunteering to share their favorite poems — Americans from ages 5 to 97, from every state, of diverse occupations, kinds of education and backgrounds."

So, visit http://www.favoritepoem.org/ and click on The Videos on the left and listen to famous, as well as ordinary Americans reading their favorite poems.

One of my favorite stories of all time is "Casey at the Bat." So, naturally, that was my favorite video on this site!

http://www.favoritepoem.org/FlashVideo/lsamuel.html