Poet's Corner: Keats!
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stonepicnicking_okapiBeing half in love with easeful death myself, I thought I'd take a look at Keats this month.
So, I read some poems. I listened to about four hours worth of poems read by my favourite professional narrator Fredrick Davidson. I read a few letters that were in the collection of poems I got at the library. I have to say the one to Fanny and the one towards the end of his life were the most accessible to me. I'm not so keen on talking about concepts in capital letters like Poetry. I watched Bright Star, which is a 2009 film about Keats. I confess that I'm in the slim minority of the Sherlock fandom who finds Ben Whishaw repulsive. Nevertheless, I think he did a good job and there were nice shots of him doing Keats-ish things like sitting on the top of a tree and hunting for a nightingale's nest. It shows my stage of life that I was most moved by Fanny's mother. It's hard to watch your child go through difficult times like heartbreak and not being certain whether to indulge them or be strict for their own good. I read one chapter of a book on Romantic poets about Keats and I was most intrigued by Severin, the painter who journeys with Keats to Rome and nurses him until Keats' death. The mention of him making some kind of makeshift candle system so the candle never went out (Keats insisted) so he could get some sleep was especially poignant.
And, of course, I tried my hand at some Keats-ish verse.
The best, I think, was:
the fair / And open face of heaven. ACD. 500. Gen. A picnic after the Hiatus. Based on "To one who has been long in city pent."
A Song About Yourself. Part of Inky 'verse. 385. Gen. Based on "A Song About Myself" (of which there is a lovely children's book version illustrated by Chris Raschka, who illustrated Dylan Thomas' A Child's Christmas in Wales)
Be / Beloved. Part of my 221bs collection. BBC Sherlock. Genderswap. Gen. Sherlock/John. 221b x 2. John writes a poem for Sherlock's birthday. Based on "When I have fears that I may cease to be."
And finally, the longest, posted today, on the eve of Saint Agnes (20 January).
Bloody Keats!. Part of the Bloody Balzac! 'verse. ACD. Genderswap. Holmes/Watson. 1457. Gen. Based on "The Eve of St. Agnes."
If anyone has any suggestions of poets to look at, I'm all ears. I think for next month I shall move on to two that are new to me, John Masefield and Mary Oliver.
So, I read some poems. I listened to about four hours worth of poems read by my favourite professional narrator Fredrick Davidson. I read a few letters that were in the collection of poems I got at the library. I have to say the one to Fanny and the one towards the end of his life were the most accessible to me. I'm not so keen on talking about concepts in capital letters like Poetry. I watched Bright Star, which is a 2009 film about Keats. I confess that I'm in the slim minority of the Sherlock fandom who finds Ben Whishaw repulsive. Nevertheless, I think he did a good job and there were nice shots of him doing Keats-ish things like sitting on the top of a tree and hunting for a nightingale's nest. It shows my stage of life that I was most moved by Fanny's mother. It's hard to watch your child go through difficult times like heartbreak and not being certain whether to indulge them or be strict for their own good. I read one chapter of a book on Romantic poets about Keats and I was most intrigued by Severin, the painter who journeys with Keats to Rome and nurses him until Keats' death. The mention of him making some kind of makeshift candle system so the candle never went out (Keats insisted) so he could get some sleep was especially poignant.
And, of course, I tried my hand at some Keats-ish verse.
The best, I think, was:
the fair / And open face of heaven. ACD. 500. Gen. A picnic after the Hiatus. Based on "To one who has been long in city pent."
A Song About Yourself. Part of Inky 'verse. 385. Gen. Based on "A Song About Myself" (of which there is a lovely children's book version illustrated by Chris Raschka, who illustrated Dylan Thomas' A Child's Christmas in Wales)
Be / Beloved. Part of my 221bs collection. BBC Sherlock. Genderswap. Gen. Sherlock/John. 221b x 2. John writes a poem for Sherlock's birthday. Based on "When I have fears that I may cease to be."
And finally, the longest, posted today, on the eve of Saint Agnes (20 January).
Bloody Keats!. Part of the Bloody Balzac! 'verse. ACD. Genderswap. Holmes/Watson. 1457. Gen. Based on "The Eve of St. Agnes."
If anyone has any suggestions of poets to look at, I'm all ears. I think for next month I shall move on to two that are new to me, John Masefield and Mary Oliver.
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Date: 2019-01-20 02:04 pm (UTC)I've enjoyed all your Keatsish poems.
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