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From: The Christian Science Monitor
Date: 20080423
Author:O'Malley, Tom
Byline: Tom O'Malley
For National Poetry Month this year, I read "The Complete Poems of John Keats." I especially liked looking over his less-than-famous works: a sonnet to his brother George, which proclaims: "Many the wonders I this day have seen." Here he celebrates the morning sun and the joy of sharing it with his brother.
Another poem, "Sweet, Sweet Is the Greeting of Eyes," hints at the pleasures of friendship and recognition.
These, of course, are not the poet's masterpieces. Rather, they represent his apprentice work. For me, these poems reveal the reality ...
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