John Keats selected by Sir Andrew Motion Shazea Quraishi devising a transformative poetics

devising a transformative poetics

What an amazing range of language

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How do you get going as a performance poet and develop your stage presence

fierce poems melancholy and unease spangle the Midlands air like dust and 'heartsick towns' search for new ways to be and begin again

John Keats selected by Sir Andrew Motion Shazea Quraishi devising a transformative poeticsIn this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible and passionate introduction to the most important poets in our literature. A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness; but still will keep