Part of an American project to encourage poetry reading at a local and national level, the over forty poems presented here (all in English - foreign titles have been translated) include works by such authors as Andrew Marvel, Longfellow, Shakespeare, Sylvia Plath, Robert Frost as well as less well known poets such as Joy Harjo and Sone No Yoshitada. All the texts are provided in full, in addition to which they can all can be heard being read by a selection of enthusiasts as part of a five-minute video (viewable using RealPlayer) which introduces the life and activities of these readers.