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A Cup of Poetry's Greatest Hits
Great poems and poets can move you to tears, or make you laugh out loud. Listen to four of the most popular episodes from the archives…
Great poems and poets can move you to tears, or make you laugh out loud. Listen to four of the most popular episodes from the archives of A Cup of Poetry and connect (or reconnect) with Penguin's wonderful poets and readers. Elda Rotor reads "Mannahatta" by Walt Whitman, Christina Castro reads "The Morning is Full" by Pablo Neruda in both English and Spanish, Sarah Christensen Fu reads "Cheer Up, Cheer Up" by Don Marquis, Tom Roberge reads "The Clod and the Pebble" by William Blake, and Jeff Gomez reads "The Duck and the Kangaroo" by Edward Lear.
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The Portable Walt Whitman Walt Whitman Michael Warner Paperback Penguin Classics $20.00  add to cartRead more... |
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Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair Pablo Neruda W.S. Merwin Cristina Garcia Paperback Penguin Classics $13.00 add to cartRead more... Read an excerpt |
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The Annotated Archy and Mehitabel Don Marquis Michael Sims Paperback Penguin Classics $16.00 add to cartRead more... |
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Selected Poems (Blake, William) William Blake Gerald E. Bentley Paperback Penguin Classics $14.00 add to cartRead more... Read an excerpt |
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The Complete Verse and Other Nonsense Edward Lear Vivien Noakes Paperback Penguin $20.00 add to cartRead more... |
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