The Poet's Corner

The Poet's Corner: The One and Only Poetry Book for the Whole Family edited & written by John Lithgow 280 pp.

While at first glance, one would think that the poets contained in this book are memorialized in Poets Corner of Westminster Abbey but this is not the case. Many are in Poets Corner but there are many, mainly American poets, who are not. It is a varied collection with serious and light-hearted examples. This is one book that I highly recommend in audiobook form as the poems are read by a variety of well-known actors including Jodie Foster, Billy Connolly, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren, Sam Waterston, Gary Sinise, Kathy Bates, and many more. Lithgow gives an introduction before each poem and then a commentary afterward often with an additional offering by the poet and read by Lithgow.