Experience poetry brought to life by actors and actresses reading poems by 20th century U.S. poets Edgar Lee Masters, Anthony Hecht, Judith Viorst, Carl Sandburg, and others. Each poem portrays a particular theme such as love, death, or the lives of ordinary people.

Originally released by monterey media, 2007. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on May 05, 2015.

Two Portraits of Love (Carl Sandburg and Anthony Hecht) (4:53); --Marion Montgomery's 'Aunt Emmy, Uncle Al' (2:07); -- Portraits of Everyday People (3:25); -- 'The Mannequins,' by Louis Simpson (1:26); -- Marital Love (Anne Bradstreet and Judith Viorst) (3:07); -- Edgar Lee Masters (14:22); .