From Slate Magazine, Sharon Olds reads her poem "Ode to a Composting Toilet."

From Slate Magazine, George Kalegeris reads his poem "Odysseus Seeing Laertes."

From Slate Magazine, David Ferry reads his poem "Soul."

From Slate Magazine, Poetry Editor Robert Pinsky reads selections from Lola Ridge's "Betty."

From Slate Magazine, Poetry Editor Robert Pinsky reads Lola Ridge's "Manhattan."

From Slate Magazine, Kimberly Johnson reads her poem "Catapult."

From Slate Magazine, Charles Simic reads "Two Poems."

From Slate Magazine, David Blair reads his "Poem About Heaven"

From Slate Magazine, Joshua Weiner reads his poem "Find the Moon Again."

From Slate Magazine, Poetry Editor Robert Pinsky reads Philip Sidney's "My True Love Hath My Heart and I Have His."