Confession...

I REALLY do not like poetry.  This statement is most likely appalling to my sister-in-law (sorry Holly)!  It's true though, when I read a book and it includes a long poem (or even a short poem), I will routinely skip it.  I admit that I'm embarrassed by my lack of culture and refinement, so I'm determined to make a change.  Recently, I rented a movie (from the library of course!) that inspired me to turn over a new leaf in my literary ventures...

The movie:  Bright Star



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The Cannes Film Festival describes Bright Star: 

"Director Jane Campion has a knack for portraying female characters so intimately that she seems to get beneath their skin. She does it again in Bright Star, an exquisite piece of film-making about the doomed romance between the poet John Keats and his neighbour Fanny Brawne."

**You can read the rest of the review here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/cannes-film-festival/5329970/Cannes-2009-Bright-Star-review.html. 

I must agree (though I'm no film critic) that it is a beautiful movie that inspired me to check out this book from the library:



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Currently, I am reading:

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I recently completed: 

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Needless to say, reading Keats will surely be a shock after my journey into the era of organized crime and my exhilarating adventures aboard a brutal whaleship.  We will see how it goes!

Any poetry suggestions?