Actors are reading sonnets to us online to soothe our isolation anxieties.

This week, actor Michael Gaston started #readasonnet, challenging his friends and colleagues directly to share sonnets with the world. Now actors are performing sonnets (and not just by William Shakespeare) in their homes and putting them online to soothe us all in our isolation. (Gaston is also reading Roald Dahl’s The BFG aloud, in installments, if you’d like to tune in.)

Here are some of my favorite sonnets so far:

Sonnet 66. #readasonnet

Gracias, @gabrielhgaston. (And @_MichaelGaston.)@IAmJohnAles @xanderberkeley @dominicburgess @ArjunGuptaBK pic.twitter.com/n0gEdTOI4x

— Mackenzie Astin (@MackenzieAstin) March 19, 2020

#readasonnet ⁦@_MichaelGaston⁩ “Mon rêve familier” by Paul Verlaine pic.twitter.com/b1F6e4SQx2

— Sebastian Roché (@sebroche) March 19, 2020

For Cis Berry. Sonnet 129. One of her favorites. ⁦@MrJCLynch⁩ ⁦#readasonnet pic.twitter.com/3xhTguj1Yg

— Wendell Pierce (@WendellPierce) March 20, 2020

#readasonnet Incredible.

Thank you @_MichaelGaston here you go. #readasonnet Sonnet II. And ? Alex @Winter pic.twitter.com/cvaH1lcmrL

— William Sadler (@Wm_Sadler) March 19, 2020

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— ❄️Michael ”CASH TIPS” Gaston❄️ (@_MichaelGaston) March 19, 2020

New: Rufus posted a new video on Twitter:

“Shel Silverstein #readasonnet” pic.twitter.com/d8fbD40EdX

— Rufus Sewell Source (@RufusSewellIT) March 20, 2020

Number 27 #readasonnet @MarkRuffalo @vincentdonofrio @DonCheadle @MsSarahPaulson @SarahKSilverman @ashlieatkinson @DanaDelany @DanaiGurira @bader_diedrich pic.twitter.com/BtHrUJ6ngl

— John Carroll Lynch (@MrJCLynch) March 18, 2020

hands down the best this to do with this time! sonnet 144. my personal fave. i challenge @NswNigel @johnlarroquette @MrKristianBruun @KrisPolaha #readasonnet pic.twitter.com/UdvKJ26Wdj

— Lindy Booth (@LindyBooth) March 19, 2020

Thank you @_MichaelGaston here you go. #readasonnet Sonnet II. And ? Alex @Winter pic.twitter.com/cvaH1lcmrL

— William Sadler (@Wm_Sadler) March 19, 2020

By request: Kido does Yeats. #ReadASonnet #HighCastle #HighCastleClub pic.twitter.com/Ep7GjHnONb

— Joel de la Fuente (@joeldelafuente) March 19, 2020

Accepted @_MichaelGaston Here’s my fave, sonnet 23. Who’s next? https://t.co/eFOCJH9UCY pic.twitter.com/vZF3h1KE7u

— Alex Winter @ ? (@Winter) March 19, 2020