The students at a New York City school discovered how important poetry can be even in the busiest lives when they asked journalists, politicians, musicians, novelists, filmmakers, actors and poets, to send in their favorite verse with an explanation of why they chose it. This book presents works selected by 50 well-known people, from Jane Alexander to Elie Wiesel to Tom Wolfe, from Peter Jennings to Isabella Rossellini to Wendy Wasserstein. Line drawings throughout.