Roses are Red...
FEBRUARY 10, 2007 Listen to this Story
It's been more than 150 years since Elizabeth Barrett Browning penned "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways." Love poetry has changed a lot since then. For one thing, poets don't use the words "I love thee" anymore. Or even "I love you." Sean Cole, a poet himself, set out to answer this question: "Wherefore art thou, love poetry?"
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- Music Bridge:
- Vladimir's Blues
- Artist: Max Richter
- CD: The Blue Notebooks (Fat Cat)
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