Such a lovely piece. I didn't know this sonnet and know next to nothing about Keats, though I love to explore poems and poetry lately. More pieces like this would be very welcome. Thank you.
This is a lovely meditation on a favourite poem. Quite apart from the pleasures of that, I'm a big fan of what reading/writing/listening to/thinking about poetry can do for one's prose, fiction, storytelling. Thank you!
Thanks Emma, so pleased you like it. I agree - poetry can teach us so much about using words carefully for the greatest impact. Some fiction can feel truly poetic in its brevity and immediacy.
I love To Sleep and agree with you about the “delicious drowsiness” of the language Keats uses in it. I should read more Keats poems but for now this is probably my favourite and the one I’m most familiar with.
What a beautiful reminder of that wonderful poet..I live in New Zealand..but when in London..fifty five!years ago.. I managed to find a room to rent in the next street to Keats home in Hampstead..
and sat on the Spanish steps in Rome..
Thank you for the memories.. and his beautiful words♥️
I’m so pleased this brought back happy memories, Ursula. I have always considered Keats to be a real poet of place - Hampstead, Winchester, the Lakes and Scotland etc and Rome - he is present in the landscape through his poems and descriptions in his letters.
Keats is a fabulous poet and one of my favourites, too. I still love "La Belle Dame sans Merci". It really gives the feeling of the knight hopelessly wandering about under the woman's spell, as well as *telling* us that's what he's up to.
Yes I love that poem too, and can’t walk the hills of the Lake District, with their cold, wind-blown tarns, without thinking of that wither’d sedge and pale warriors…
Such a lovely piece. I didn't know this sonnet and know next to nothing about Keats, though I love to explore poems and poetry lately. More pieces like this would be very welcome. Thank you.
Thank you. Poetry means such a lot to me. You may find a few more from me on here in the future. It’s good for my soul.
This is a lovely meditation on a favourite poem. Quite apart from the pleasures of that, I'm a big fan of what reading/writing/listening to/thinking about poetry can do for one's prose, fiction, storytelling. Thank you!
Thanks Emma, so pleased you like it. I agree - poetry can teach us so much about using words carefully for the greatest impact. Some fiction can feel truly poetic in its brevity and immediacy.
I love To Sleep and agree with you about the “delicious drowsiness” of the language Keats uses in it. I should read more Keats poems but for now this is probably my favourite and the one I’m most familiar with.
Thanks Ellie. Just to have one favourite Keats poem is a treat!
I Loved reading this thank you Suzie🥰
What a beautiful reminder of that wonderful poet..I live in New Zealand..but when in London..fifty five!years ago.. I managed to find a room to rent in the next street to Keats home in Hampstead..
and sat on the Spanish steps in Rome..
Thank you for the memories.. and his beautiful words♥️
I’m so pleased this brought back happy memories, Ursula. I have always considered Keats to be a real poet of place - Hampstead, Winchester, the Lakes and Scotland etc and Rome - he is present in the landscape through his poems and descriptions in his letters.
Keats is a fabulous poet and one of my favourites, too. I still love "La Belle Dame sans Merci". It really gives the feeling of the knight hopelessly wandering about under the woman's spell, as well as *telling* us that's what he's up to.
Yes I love that poem too, and can’t walk the hills of the Lake District, with their cold, wind-blown tarns, without thinking of that wither’d sedge and pale warriors…