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This week's episode of A Cup of Poetry features two short poems by William Wordsworth read by Nicole Erazo.

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The Penguin Book of Romantic Poetry, edited and introduced by Jessica Wordsworth and Jonothan Wordsworth

Book: Paperback | 5.07 x 7.79in | 1056 pages | ISBN 9780140435689 | 28 Feb 2006 | Penguin Classic | 18 - AND UP

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"The world is too much with us"

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This week's episode of A Cup of Poetry features a beautiful reading of two poems by William Blake, read by Tom Roberge.

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Selected Poems by William Blake, edited by Gerald E. Bentley

Book: Paperback | 5.07 x 7.79in | 304 pages | ISBN 9780140424461 | 28 Mar 2006 | Penguin Classic | 18 - AND UP

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"Love seeketh not itself to please,
Nor for itself hath any care,
But for another gives its ease,
And builds a heaven in hell's despair."

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This week's episode of A Cup of Poetry features a beautiful reading of two poems by John Keats from Bright Star, read by Elda Rotor.

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About Bright Star:

The epic romance of one of the most celebrated poets in the English language. Coming to theatres in September 2009 is the tragic love story of nineteenth- century poet John Keats and the love of his life, Fanny Brawne. Keats died at the young age of twenty-five, leaving behind some of the most exquisite and moving verse and letters ever written, inspired by his deep love for Fanny. Bright Star is a collection of Keats' romantic poems and correspondence in the heat of his passion, and is a dazzling display of a talent cut cruelly short.

Bright Star: Love Letters and Poems of John Keats to Fanny Brawne, introduction by Jane Campion

Book: Movie Tie-In Edition | 5.19 x 7.83in | 144 pages | ISBN 9780143117742 | 16 Sep 2009 | Penguin | 18 - AND UP

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"Bright Star"

Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art--
Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night

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This week's episode of A Cup of Poetry features a dramatic reading of "The Raven" written the famous Edgar Allan Poe and read by Clinton Wilson.

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About the collection: The Portable Edgar Allan Poe is a fully revised collection of Poe's work. The first new edition of this landmark anthology since 1945 presents a more complicated, perverse, and culturally engaged Poe. Along with the author's familiar masterworks in poetry and fiction, this new Portable Poe includes satirical tales that reflect his critique of American culture.

The Portable Edgar Allan Poe edited by J. Gerald Kennedy

Book: Paperback | 5.07 x 7.79in | 688 pages | ISBN 9780143039914 | 03 Oct 2006 | Penguin Classic | 18 - AND UP

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"The Raven"

This week's episode of A Cup of Poetry features an interview and reading by poetry Amy Gerstler from her newest collection Dearest Creature.

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About the collection: Hallucinogenic plants chant in chorus. A thoughtful dog grants an interview. A caterpillar offers life advice. Amy Gerstler's newest collection of poetry, Dearest Creature, marries fact and fiction in a menagerie of dramatic monologues, twisted love poems, and epistolary pleadings.

Dearest Creature by Amy Gerstler

Book: Paperback | 8.26 x 5.23in | 96 pages | ISBN 9780143116356 | 29 Sep 2009 | Penguin | 18 - AND UP 

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