An Ode to Keats

...a birthday tribute

An Ode to Keats

 

 

My heart in heavy solitude

 longs for another spring,

like the outstretched wings of a sparrow…

like the dying breath of Keats.

 

 

 

Author's Note

This is an excerpt taken from my poem, “The Dying Breath of Keats”…in honor of his birthday, October 31, 1795.

Reviews

[redzone]

it's a wonderful ode Kelly, as romantic as Keats himself... if he did get another spring he would have married his great love Fanny Brawne... they had decided to get married went he left for Rome... theirs was a tragic love, yet deeply felt and in spite of the norms of the day...

redzone

[Kelly Scheppers]

I have watched the DVD only twice since buying it two years ago. It's heartbreaking to watch, isn't it? To see him grow weaker and weaker as he falls more and more in love with Fanny. The ending is what kills me! Thank you so much, Curt! Hope you have a wonderful day!

[John Alexander McFadyen]

The brevity of the piece Kelly belies the energy in longing for life and the depiction of longing set within a stanza.

[Kelly Scheppers]

He stirs through me every now and again. What a brilliant light he was! Thank you, John...welcome back!

[SmittyJas]

I love outtakes of poems and small packages. Fun and good taste. food for the soul.

[CD Campbell]

I love this, but feel let down by the shortness of it. It's like I'm dry and thirsty and you only gave me a drop to quench my throat. Anyway you could print the whole thing? Am I going to have to beg or scour the internet for it? CD

[Kelly Scheppers]

Hey CD! It's an excerpt taken from a poem that is posted here, entitled "The Dying Breath of Keats". I just wanted to acknowledge his birthday. I'll send it to you, ok?

[David Scott]

I am reminded I need to revisit the great poets from time to time...
I think Keats would approve!

[Kelly Scheppers]

I'd like to think so. Thanks much, David!

[Ed Hart]

as we grow old and face the daunting breath of winter, we know it is a mountain to be climbed; but spring, ah spring, the fount of blossoming life includes us, and we are up for another year birdsong and...

[Kelly Scheppers]

I find I am wrapped in rapture in reading your reviews, Ed...thank you so much!

[Patricia Wedel]

dear Kelly, "like the dying breath of Keats"
is a mellow reflection of his desire to see another Spring.
Spring is an awakening that we all need to
appreciate and become part of the miracle of
rebirth. Your poetry always plays the violin
music of Vienna for me. truly, Pat

[Kelly Scheppers]

...it was meant to be from his desire to see another spring. Thank you for such a lovely insight, Pat!

[AaronFreitas]

Beautifully written Kelly :) I love all your work :)

[Kelly Scheppers]

Thank you, my California friend!

[Ruth]

Kelly, this is magnificent...tender and yet burdened with melancholic tones...such beauty weaves through me with a real and tangible glow...

[Kelly Scheppers]

There was a real tragedy to Keats' death that many don't even know about. His doctor actually mis-diagnosed his Tuberculosis for symptoms of stress, and treated him accordingly for it. He was sent to Rome, to recuperate in a warmer climate, where he died an agonizing death at the age of 25 in February of 1821. I wrote the original poem, of which this is taken from, in hopes to capture his longing for another spring. Thank you, Poppy!

[Einstein Noodle]

its simply beautiful in its melancholy ... is the full poem posted here my dear?
E.

[Kelly Scheppers]

Yes, I'll send you an RR, ok? ...thank you my darlin!

[Einstein Noodle]

:) ....................