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[Oznell]

January 4, 1965 was when the world lost T.S. Eliot, who had been born in St. Louis on September 26, 1888.

Considered one of the handful of greatest poets of all time in the English language.

A few lines from Eliot, many of which have made their way into common parlance--

..."This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang, but a whimper"      from The Hollow Men

..."April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain."   from The Waste Land

..."In the room the women come and go / Talking of Michelangelo."       from The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock 

...We shall not cease from our exploration, and the end of all our exploration will be to arrive where we started, and know the place for the first time.   from "Four Quartets"

"I have measured out my life with coffee spoons."    from The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock 

"These fragments I have shored against my ruins".   from The Waste Land

And the great man also loved cats!

[Puzzle Piece]

Thanks Oznell.  You must have such a beautiful life.  

[just bee]

Decades ago, I listened to Eliot reading his poems in a university English course.  A voice not easily forgotten.

For a treat, find one of these recordings on YouTube...

[SharkE]

I like Edgar Allan Poe or is it Allen LOL

[SharkE]

Nope, it's Allan

[proudlyfromNJ]

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@SharkE wrote:

I like Edgar Allan Poe or is it Allen LOL

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@SharkE  Annabel Lee is my favorite Poem of his.

[Bookplate]

And we absolutely should NOT blame the poet for that abomination of a musical and a movie, Cats!

[Love my grandkids]

@Oznell  I remember reading The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock in high school. Love it. Think I'll get out my wonderful book of poetry and read it again. Thanks for the great post.

[just bee]

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@Bookplate wrote:

And we absolutely should NOT blame the poet for that abomination of a musical and a movie, Cats!

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@Bookplate 

And the show is one instance where one doesn't want the Memory. 

[just bee]

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@Love my grandkids wrote:

@Oznell  I remember reading The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock in high school. Love it. Think I'll get out my wonderful book of poetry and read it again. Thanks for the great post.

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@Love my grandkids 

Or go to YouTube and let Eliot read it to you.  (I did that this morning after reading @Oznell's post.)