Chatterton's Redress

Chatterton's Redress

A Poem by redd Brick Keshner
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(November 20, 1752 � August 24, 1770) fallen English poet

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We walk along magenta paths-
cool seeps into waning light,
bunches peer, ripe for the pick:
funny how they're sour to the lip;
beyond the copse in another's
field, silken amber honey flows.


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I do not know Chatterton Freds. Your additional notes, provided more information. How utterly tragic that he passed at 17 years old. He hadn't even reached adult status. I am left to ponder on what he might have achieved had he lived longer. Your beautifully descriptive poem is melancholy and reflects on a life cut short. Bunches riipe for picking, but unpicked.

Chris

Posted 3 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

redd Brick Keshner

3 Years Ago

That is the exact cluster of emotions brought by the unpicked fruit. Thanks Chris. /Freds.
redd Brick Keshner

3 Years Ago

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13037.kindle.noimages
Chris Shaw

3 Years Ago

Thank you so much Freds for the link. Much appreciated.



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Beautifully descriptive elegy to a forgotten prodigy. I think he'd be quite proud of your remembrance of him Frederick. While I can't or don't remember any of his work, I do remember having studied him in passing in Univ. As I recalled, (and admit I cheated a little by googling his exact period as it relates to the romantics) he was considered an influence on the big 3 Shelley Keats and Wordsworth. Sort of the pre Byron, and had he lived a little longer...alas we will never know.

Posted 3 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

redd Brick Keshner

3 Years Ago

That's it Ken! If he had been more of an influence what would literature and life be like for us... .. read more
I do not know Chatterton Freds. Your additional notes, provided more information. How utterly tragic that he passed at 17 years old. He hadn't even reached adult status. I am left to ponder on what he might have achieved had he lived longer. Your beautifully descriptive poem is melancholy and reflects on a life cut short. Bunches riipe for picking, but unpicked.

Chris

Posted 3 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

redd Brick Keshner

3 Years Ago

That is the exact cluster of emotions brought by the unpicked fruit. Thanks Chris. /Freds.
redd Brick Keshner

3 Years Ago

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13037.kindle.noimages
Chris Shaw

3 Years Ago

Thank you so much Freds for the link. Much appreciated.
Nice one Frederick - Chatterton has Sainted Status in Bristol UK and rightly so. Called 'The Wondrous Boy' by Wordsworth himself no less. Marvellous Write ✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️

Posted 3 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

redd Brick Keshner

3 Years Ago

It's good that Burns is celebrated in his hometown too. That is something encouraging for the bardic.. read more
red93

3 Years Ago

I am sure Chatterton would relish the comparison with Burns.The Bristol Authorities have even kept C.. read more
red93

3 Years Ago

You will also find that Swansea - Dylan Thomas' home City - venerates Dylan's Memory in a similar fa.. read more
I like it, a little short. But still clearly a good poem. Almost like an introductory poem to a collection.

Posted 17 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Chatterton has a special place in my heart, also being from Bristol like myself. It's so sad that his poetry was unable to find an audience in his own short and tragic lifetime. I loved the fact that he forged very convincing medieval poetry to fool the scholars at such a young age. I haven't read as much of his work as I would have liked (yet) - I have a volume that I dip in and out of.

I think this is a wonderful little poem. Fantastic language and imagery. Beautiful yet with a feeling of depression with the lines 'sour to the lip' and how 'another's field' is more prosperous.

A very enjoyable write.

Nice!


Posted 17 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.


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Brisbane, West Moreton, Australia



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/iframe> ….socially awkward poet. Childhood stammerer… intentionally driven to writing rather than speaking. And yes, that’s where that vibe is sourced… so your kin.. more..