The Poetry Out Loud audio CD provides inspired performances of poems by some of our greatest living actors and writers.  Including such luminaries as Anthony Hopkins, James Earl Jones, Alyssa Milano, Rita Dove, David Mason, and N. Scott Momaday, the audio CD also offers helpful tips on performance techniques and interpretation.

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National Poetry Recitation Tracks   

2.  The power of poetry   
     By Dana Gioia

6.  "The Lake Isle of Innisfree"   
     By William Butler Yeats
     Read by Anthony Hopkins

14. "Fern Hill"   
      By Dylan Thomas
      Read by Anthony Hopkins

17. Kay Ryan remembers her grandmother;   

27. "I think I should have loved you presently";   
      By Edna St. Vincent Millay
      Dream Deferred Read by Alyssa Milano

28. "Dream Deferred (Harlem)";   
      By Langston Hughes
      Read by Khandi Alexander

35. "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird";   
      By Wallace Stevens
      Read by N. Scott Momaday

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