• The Cycle of Life

    The English (Poets) Graveyard in Rome

    If you’ve been to Rome as I have many times you begin to look beyond the usual tourist haunts for places of interest.  Of course there is no shortage of these–the city has layer upon layer of stories to tell.   One such place of interest is the English Graveyard, or more precisely the graveyard for non-Catholics.  There are two famous poets buried here Keats and Shelly.   I loved poetry as a teenager.  Reams of beautiful words, gifts from my school days, are still available to me.  There is certainly something to be said for learning poetry ‘off by heart’.                         Ode to a Nightingale My heart aches, and a drowsy…