an immense trove of poetry sound files at
Pennsound (So far I've played Hugh MacDiarmid's "A Glass of Pure Water" and James Schuyler's "Hymn to Life", volume cranked, tucked up under a quilt in the dark for extra concentration. Pressed against my foot tabbycat Blinky seemed especially taken with the latter, even starting a little during Schuyler's recollection of his battle-scarred tomcat Hodge leaving traces of blood on the card table.)