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As poet Jean Sprackland told NPR's Scott Simon, a poem you learn by heart becomes a part of you. In that case, choosing what works to memorize is a big decision. We have 10 suggestions, based on the Poetry By Heart anthology; what would you recommend?

"With hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure what storms may come." Those words, from President Obama's first inaugural address, have been set to music on a new album. Celebrating the American Spirit also features Broadway star Kelli O'Hara singing Bernstein.

Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin recalls the challenges his city faced when Hurricane Katrina struck five years ago. The former mayor vows that he’s through with politics, but he’s happy to see the positive changes that have taken place and is optimistic about the Crescent City’s future.

Former Republican businessman Ray Nagin became a Democrat and beat several other candidates to become the mayor of New Orleans in 2002. His post-Katrina performance has earned him both condemnation and praise. Susan Roesgen of member station WWNO profiles Nagin.

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin hosts the National Conference of Black Mayors, which wraps up Saturday. Andrea Seabrook talks with Nagin about the issues facing the black mayors today.

Writer and commentator Jimi Izrael offers his views on New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin's comments about welcoming black residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina back to their "chocolate city" -- a city Nagin said God himself wants to preserve as a majority-black area. Nagin has since distanced himself from those comments.

When New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was elected, he promised to fight corruption. He's had some success, but some residents wish he'd focus on street crime. NPR's Juan Williams reports.

In a visit to Capitol Hill, Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco and New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin defend their actions immediately before and after Hurricane Katrina. They faced strong criticism from Republicans on a House committee investigating the government's response to the storm.

By the time he is through with his inauguration on Monday, President Obama will have taken the presidential oath four times. In 2009, he had to do it twice after some stumbles between him and Chief Justice John Roberts. But as history shows us, his oath was not the first to suffer a few mishaps.

Generations of family members have worked at the Remington Arms factory in Ilion, but new state gun legislation has many worried they'll lose their livelihood. "Everybody around this area, if it wasn't for Remington Arms, would be in trouble," a local restaurant owner says.