From Slate Magazine, James Longenbach reads his poem "Cruise."

From Slate Magazine, Kristin Fogdall reads her poem "Letters From the Shore."

From Slate Magazine, Katherine Hollander reads her poem "The Wounded Soldier."

From Slate Magazine, Robert Pinsky reads Anne Bradstreet's poem “Before the Birth of One of Her Children."

From Slate Magazine, Eric Rawson reads his poem "At Fifty."

From Slate Magazine, Yusef Komunyakaa reads his poem "Latitudes."

From Slate Magazine, Don Bogen reads his poem "Desks."

From Slate Magazine, Alicia Ostriker reads her poem "Betrayal by the Beloved."

From Slate Magazine, Robert Pinsky reads Ben Jonson's poem "On My First Son."

From Slate Magazine, Howard Altman reads his poem "Desert Sounds."