Madama reads sections 3, 4 and 5. There is no intro or outro, just the raw poem. This is Track 2 of Poem-ing to the Inauguration of President Barack Obama.

Madama reads Walt Whitman's poem, Song of Myself, a long poem in 51 sections, as a way of poem-ing herself to the inauguration of President Barack Obama. She will finish recording the last section on January 20, 2009. The poet of democracy first published Song of Myself around 1855. More about Whitman on Interview4Obama website.