This poem is called "I Hear America Singing."

VOA: special.2009.04.12

This is Lena Reyna reading part of her winning poem, "The Weight of Words in Reverse."

VOA: special.2010.04.05

Here is part of the poem. (READER) The current Poet Laureate,Kay Ryan, opened this year's National Poetry Month April first with a videoconference call to four American community colleges.

VOA: special.2010.04.05

This is how the poem begins: When lilacs last in the dooryard bloomed, And the great star early drooped in the western sky in the night, I mourned, and yet shall mourn with ever-returning spring.

VOA: special.2009.04.12