Twenty-five Bostonians—including the President of the Massachusetts State Senate, a homeless Boston resident and a third-grader—read favorite poems to a full house at the Boston Public Library on April 8.

The Library President dressed in Western attire, complete with bolo tie and hat, to read a cowboy poem. Boston revealed some readers with special connection to poets, including Sylvia Plath's former teacher and the caretaker of the William Cullen Bryant Homestead. Readers recited poems in Spanish, Vietnamese and American Sign Language.

The event was sponsored by the Boston Public Library, The Library of Congress and Boston University.

	The Sloth Theodore Roethke Read by a 5th grade student 28.8k video 56k video		My People Langston Hughes Read by Che Hairston 28.8k video 56k video
	A Psalm of Life Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Read by Rev. Dr. Michael E. Haynes 28.8k audio		The Idea of Order at Key West Wallace Stevens Read by Jon Westling 28.8k audio