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In a series of lined meditations that are also incantations, Dan Beachy-Quick explores the lyrical richness of Keats s poetry. With the eye of an artist, the ear of a musician, and the precision of a scholar, Beachy-Quick takes us on a journey through the many contradictions and innovations of Keats s process. Debbie Lee, author, Romantic Liars A Brighter Word Than Bright ingeniously traces Keats s development and ethos as a writer, from the erotic effort of the poem and the great silence of the Grecian urn to the abyss in all its varieties. We are deftly escorted to a molten realm, where, through drone of bee and webs finely wrought we enter into intimations of Keats s vision. Dan Beachy-Quick writes: Sometimes I think a poetic presses down upon the poet s mind as does a seal upon the soft wax that closes a letter. With exquisite delicacy and ardent quiescence, this text impresses renewed and intricate paths upon which the reader may traverse and inhabit the texts of one of the most beloved of poets. Laynie Browne, author, Roseate, Points of Gold This book on inspiration and imagination in Keats is nothing if not itself inspired and imaginatively backed up by example and original analysis. Dan Beachy-Quick brings Keatsian depth and texture to his study, which is as much a poetry biography as it is an incredibly close reading of the major poems. Stanley Plumly In a series of lined meditations that are also incantations, Dan Beachy-Quick explores the lyrical richness of Keats's poetry. With the eye of an artist, the ear of a musician, and the precision of a scholar, Beachy-Quick takes us on a journey through the many contradictions and innovations of Keats's process. --Debbie Lee, author, Romantic Liars A Brighter Word Than Bright ingeniously traces Keats's development and ethos as a writer, from the 'erotic effort' of the poem and the 'great silence of the Grecian urn' to the 'abyss in all its varieties.' We are deftly escorted to a molten realm, where, through drone of bee and webs finely wrought we enter into intimations of Keats's vision. Dan Beachy-Quick writes: 'Sometimes I think a poetic presses down upon the poet's mind as does a seal upon the soft wax that closes a letter.' With exquisite delicacy and ardent quiescence, this text impresses renewed and intricate paths upon which the reader may traverse and inhabit the texts of one of the most beloved of poets. --Laynie Browne, author, Roseate, Points of Gold This book on inspiration and imagination in Keats is nothing if not itself inspired and imaginatively backed up by example and original analysis. Dan Beachy-Quick brings Keatsian depth and texture to his study, which is as much a poetry biography as it is an incredibly close reading of the major poems. --Stanley Plumly

In a series of lined meditations that are also incantations, Dan Beachy-Quick explores the lyrical richness of Keats s poetry. With the eye of an artist, the ear of a musician, and the precision of a scholar, Beachy-Quick takes us on a journey through the many contradictions and innovations of Keats s process. Debbie Lee, author, Romantic Liars

In a series of lined meditations that are also incantations, Dan Beachy-Quick explores the lyrical richness of Keats's poetry. With the eye of an artist, the ear of a musician, and the precision of a scholar, Beachy-Quick takes us on a journey through the many contradictions and innovations of Keats's process. --Debbie Lee, author, Romantic Liars

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Dan Beachy-Quick is an associate professor of English at Colorado State University. His most recent poetry collection, Circle’s Apprentice, won the 2012 Colorado Book Award in Poetry and was named a notable book by the Academy of American Poets. A graduate of the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, he has authored several other books of poetry as well as collections of essays and short fiction, including Work from Memory, Wonderful Investigations, and A Whaler’s Dictionary. He has been a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the PEN Prize in Literature for Poetry, and the Poetry Society of America’s William Carlos Williams Prize, and his work has been supported by the Lannan Foundation. He lives in Fort Collins, Colorado.

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