"Reading
a poem silently instead of saying a poem is like the difference between staring at sheet
music and actually humming or playing the music on an instrument," says U.S. Poet
Laureate Robert Pinsky. His Favorite Poem Project shares audio and video of people reading
their favorite poems, and invites readers to send in their favorite poems with a few
sentences about why it is special to them. Students are invited to participate, and this
could be a springboard for classrooms to develop their own favorite poem web sites.