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An Updated Take on Keats’s Odes by Anahid Nersessian

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

Plum Blossom Keats Anahid Nersessian

“Keats’s Odes: A Lover’s Discourse” by Anahid Nersessian looks at the poet’s six great idea through a feminist/Marxist lens.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, John Keats, Ode Poems, Poems, Poets

In Praise of Small Museums

By Glynn Young 7 Comments

Stone house small museums

London is famous for great museums, but it is the small museums, like one for Charles Dickens, that will steal your heart.

Filed Under: article, Books, John Keats, Libraries, London

By Heart: ‘What Men Die For Lack Of’ + New Christina Rossetti Challenge

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

poky white weed

You’d be surprised by what men die for lack of. So, we’re going on a poem hunt to make things better. Plus, we’re learning an Abigail Carroll poem about poetry By Heart.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, Blog, By Heart, Carl Sandburg, Christina Rossetti, Emily Dickinson, John Keats, Mary Oliver, Robert Frost, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sylvia Plath, W. B. Yeats, Walt Whitman

Adjustments: A Belated Bicentenary Party for John Keats

By Will Willingham 11 Comments

Seed grass in sunlight

The characters from Adjustments: a novel return for a sort of celebration in belated honor of the bicentenary of the death of John Keats.

Filed Under: Adjustments, Blog, John Keats

By Heart: ‘To Autumn’ + New Walter de la Mare Challenge

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Autumn’s signs may be subtle, but they are there. Join Megan Willome as she learns the end of John Keats’ poem ‘To Autumn’ by heart.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, By Heart, John Keats

Poetry Prompt: The Female Monster

By Callie Feyen 2 Comments

Join author Callie Feyen as she takes a look at vampires and the other monsters, including the dreaded lamia. And join us for a poetry prompt — if you dare.

Filed Under: Blog, Halloween Poems, John Keats, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, Vampire Poems, writing prompt, writing prompts

The Vale of Soul-Making: Poetry Prompt

By Heather Eure 2 Comments

the vale poetry prompt

Despite his brief life, John Keats wrote words packed with the wisdom and intelligence of many lifetimes. The essence of this is perhaps, found in his letters. Join us as we consider the meaning of Keats’ vale and write some soul-making poetry.

Filed Under: Blog, John Keats, Mountains & Valleys, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources, writing prompt

The Joy of Poetry Book Club: Problem Poets

By Will Willingham 51 Comments

Joy of Poetry book club yellow rose

Go ahead, admit that sometimes poetry (and poets) can be a little weird. And then read a poem anyway. Our Joy of Poetry book club continues.

Filed Under: Blog, book club, John Keats, The Joy of Poetry, writer's group resources

Coloring Page Poems: Ode on a Grecian Urn

By Will Willingham 7 Comments

Ode on a Grecian Urn coloring page poem

Our new coloring page poems bring the fun stress relief of coloring pages and poetry together, starting with John Keats’s “Ode on a Grecian Urn.”

Filed Under: Coloring Page Poems, John Keats, Ode Poems, Poems, poetry

A Month with Keats: Keats and Wentworth House

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

Our Keats Walk finally takes us to Wentworth House, now known as Keats House, where John Keats wrote some of his greatest poems.

Filed Under: Blog, John Keats, Literary Tour, Poems, poetry, Poets

A Month of Keats: Keats and Hampstead Heath

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

The poet John Keats is intimately connected with Hampstead Heath, and our Keats Walk in Hampstead in north London traces many of the paths he followed.

Filed Under: Blog, John Keats, Nature Poems, Ode Poems, Poems, poetry, Poets

A Month with Keats: Poetry, Religion and Politics

By Glynn Young 8 Comments

Our Keats Walk in Hampstead in north London explores the poet and the political and (anti)religious influences on John Keats’ life and poetry.

Filed Under: Blog, English Teaching, John Keats, Literary Tour, Nature Poems, Ode Poems, Poems, poetry, Poets

A Month with Keats: A Walk into His Life

By Glynn Young 7 Comments

A “Keats Walk” in Hampstead and Hampstead Heath in north London is a window into John Keats’ poetry, passions, and life.

Filed Under: Blog, John Keats, Literary Tour, Nature Poems, poetry, Poets

Take Your Poet to Work: John Keats

By Will Willingham 17 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work John Keats

Romantic poet John Keats trained as an apothecary. He’d be a great help in the lab this afternoon. He’s the latest in our Take Your Poet to Work collection.

Filed Under: Blog, John Keats, poetry humor, Take Your Poet to Work Day

National Poetry Month: One from Keats

By Glynn Young 5 Comments

April is National Poetry Month in the United States and Canada, and what better way to start the celebration with a poem from the Mother Country. Our goal is to post at least once a day during April with poems, articles, reviews and a couple of giveaways. (Note that I said goal; I didn’t say […]

Filed Under: John Keats, poetry

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