It is often a discussion around our house: poetry as performance vs. poetry as enactment. Actors perform a poem in place of the reader enacting it for themselves. A bit like the difference between watching tennis and playing tennis. Both are moving and amazing. This is a fantastic collection: Speak Celebrity. It's an ongoing project, so I am definitely subscribing to see what new gems there are to be enjoyed.
“My Dream” by Christina Rossetti
Read by Helena Bonham Carter
“Love’s Philosophy” by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Read by Keira Knightley
“Like This” by Rumi
Read by Tilda Swinton
“The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe
Read by Christopher Walken
“To a Stranger” by Walt Whitman
Read by Kenneth Branagh
“Daffodils” by William Wordsworth
Read by Jeremy Irons
“I Like For You To Be Still” by Pablo Neruda
Read by Glenn Close
“In Vain” by Emily Dickinson
Read by Meryl Streep
“Sonnet 150” by William Shakespeare
Read by Al Pacino
![“[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in]” by e.e. cummings Read by Heath Ledger](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5005d21ac4aa55eb76ab5f3b/t/506ee87be4b0400133c93fef/1349445756230/tumblr_lu9i12EdAS1r3v0zho1_1320621466_cover.png)
“[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in]” by e.e. cummings
Read by Heath Ledger