Selected Poetry

JohnKeats'sabidingpoeticlegacyisoneofextraordinaryandtriumphantrichness.Beforethemomentof'self-will'whenhedeclaredhisintentiontobeapoet,Keats(1795-1821)hadchosenthemedicalprofession.Hisapothecary'straininginfluencedhisconceptionofpoetryasanartthatcouldmitigatetheworld'ssuffering.Keats'sgenerousspirittriumphedoverpersonalsa...