Edward Thomas's Poets Book

I only started exploring John Keats in recent years. I have read a bit of his biographical information, and was glad to find the letter collections. I am drawn to Keats' youth and his short life. I am drawn to his gifted, intense personality and his need to create. I am impressed that he seemed to write constantly during the years covered by these letters. In addition to the poetry, he authored these profound, illustrative, private, warm, funny, and, finally, pain-filled letters. It seems that no one within his circle could have received these beautiful letters and not gained more and more true knowledge of their intimate friend Keats. And many of them are romantically-passionate (the Fanny Brawne letters) and most are greatly life-passionate.

I am continuing my journey by reading more of the letter collections, the poetry, and will resume the Andrew Motion biography, that I had read a portion of previously.