a couple of my favorite poems read by Garrison Keillor on writers almanac:
Earl by Louis Jenkins
[audio:http://www.zinkwazi.com/music/Earl.mp3|titles=Earl|artists=Louis Jenkins]
and long time favorite, Funeral Blues, by W.H. Auden
[audio:http://www.zinkwazi.com/music/funeral_blues.mp3|titles=Funeral Blues|artists=W. H. Auden]