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Do You Remember the First Poetry Book You Bought?

By Glynn Young 9 Comments

Mirror Lake poetry book Four Quartets Eliot

The first book of poetry I ever bought was “Four Quartets” by T.S. Eliot, and it has followed me for more than 50 years.

Filed Under: article, Blog, Books, Children's Poetry, Children's Stories, Poems, poetry, T.S. Eliot

By Heart: ‘The Secret’ by Denise Levertov

By Megan Willome Leave a Comment

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The secret of life is found in a sudden line of poetry. Join us as we learn Denise Levertov’s “The Secret” By Heart.

Filed Under: A Poem in Every Heart, By Heart, Funny Poems, Poets, T.S. Eliot, Take Your Poet to Work Day

The T.S. Eliot Prize: “Three Poems” by Hannah Sullivan

By Glynn Young Leave a Comment

Girl at Parking Meters Hannah Sullivan Three Poems

The language of “Three Poems” by Hannah Sullivan, the 2018 T.S. Eliot Prize winner, is sharp, clear, and devoid of ambiguity. And it is indeed three poems.

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A Strangely Contemporary Verse Play: “Murder in the Cathedral” by T.S. Eliot

By Glynn Young 7 Comments

Tree in Snow Eliot Murder in the Cathedral

“Murder in the Cathedral” by T.S. Eliot, written and produced in 1935, was one of the last verse plays written for the stage. It is also oddly contemporary.

Filed Under: article, Books, Britain, Classic Plays, Play, poetry, Poets, T.S. Eliot

Your Work Is Poetry: Poetry at Work Day 2018!

By Glynn Young 23 Comments

Happy Poetry at Work Day It's Time for a Poetry Break

Today is Poetry at Work Day 2018. Most poets have day jobs, because poetry isn’t that lucrative a profession. But poetry is inherent in all work.

Filed Under: article, Emily Dickinson, Maya Angelou, Poems, poetry, Poetry at Work, Poetry at Work Day, Poets, T.S. Eliot, Wallace Stevens, Walt Whitman

What Made 1922 a Literary Watershed Year?

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

Red Dawn 1922 year that changed literature

In 1922, everything changed in literature, as James Joyce’s “Ulysses” and T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” brought modernism to fiction and poetry.

Filed Under: article, Britain, Literary Analysis, poetry, Poets, T.S. Eliot

Committing Prufrock: Taking a Stand Against Forgetfulness

By Sandra Heska King 19 Comments

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Sandra Heska King concludes her Committing Prufrock poetry dare with the completion of memorization of The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.

Filed Under: Blog, Commit Poetry, Literacy for Life, poetry, Poetry Dare, T.S. Eliot

Committing Prufrock: Poetry Memorization Tips & Memories

By Sandra Heska King 24 Comments

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Sandra Heska King uses her Phone-a-Friend to crowd-source poetry memorization tips and memories as she continues her Committing Prufrock Poetry Dare.

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Committing Prufrock: 6 Great Ways to Memorize a Poem

By Sandra Heska King 30 Comments

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Sandra Heska King continues her poetry dare, memorizing T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.” Today, she shares her tips for memorizing a poem.

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Committing Prufrock: There Will Be Time

By Sandra Heska King 15 Comments

Committing Prufrock poetry memorization bunny in garden

Sandra Heska King continues her mission to Commit Prufrock, finding herself lost in the rabbit trails that can be a part of reading poems.

Filed Under: Blog, Commit Poetry, Poetry Dare, T.S. Eliot

Poetry Dare: How to Commit Prufrock

By Sandra Heska King 26 Comments

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Sandra Heska King introduces her plan to commit Prufrock (to memory) and introduces our Barista Badges so you can join the fun and celebrate your progress.

Filed Under: Commit Poetry, Poetry Dare, T.S. Eliot

Committing Prufrock: A New Poetry Dare

By Sandra Heska King 41 Comments

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Sandra Heska King gets nabbed while under cover in the poet’s protection program and agrees to commit Prufrock in the latest Poetry Dare scheme.

Filed Under: Blog, Commit Poetry, poetry, Poetry Dare, T.S. Eliot

Using T.S. Eliot to Explain PTSD

By Glynn Young 9 Comments

Barren hills T S Eliot the Waste Land East of Coker

In fictional and almost poetic form, Andy Owen describes what has gone by such names as shell shock and battle fatigue but we know as PTSD.

Filed Under: Blog, book reviews, Books, Poems, poetry, Poets, T.S. Eliot

T.S. Eliot at the British Library, Part 2

By Glynn Young 12 Comments

Collecting and annotating the poetry of a writer like T.S. Eliot is fraught with challenges and difficulties, not the least reason being Eliot himself editing his poems over time, or manuscripts of the same poem with variations. Listen to two editors who described the challenge at a British Library presentation.

Filed Under: Blog, Books, Libraries, Poems, poetry, poetry news, Poets, T.S. Eliot

T.S. Eliot at the British Library, Part 1

By Glynn Young 9 Comments

At the British Library, the editors of a new edition of the poems of T.S. Eliot discuss the poet and his work.

Filed Under: Blog, Books, Poems, poetry, poetry news, Poets, T.S. Eliot

Robert Crawford on the Young T.S. Eliot

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

Robert Crawford’s “Young Eliot: From St. Louis to The Waste Land, ” is a wonderfully in-depth biography of the early years of the 20th century’s major poet.

Filed Under: Blog, book reviews, Books, Poets, T.S. Eliot

Finding Eliot in St. Louis

By Glynn Young 17 Comments

Finding T.S. Eliot in St. Louis, where he was born and raised, is not an easy task, but he’s there, most of all in his poetry.

Filed Under: article, Books, Literary Tour, Poems, poetry, Poets, T.S. Eliot

Poetry Dare: What Tangled Webs T. S. Eliot Weaves

By Sandra Heska King 33 Comments

t s eliot poetry dare

Sandra Heska King’s poetry dare continues, while she suspends herself in the web woven by T. S. Eliot’s marvelous collection of words.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Poetry Dare, T.S. Eliot

Top 10 Quotes from T. S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”

By Will Willingham 14 Comments

love song of j alfred prufrock by t.s. eliot

What better place to start reading T. S. Eliot than “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”? To break it down, we start with 10 great quotes plus the whole poem.

Filed Under: Blog, love poems, poetry, Poetry Dare, Quotes, T.S. Eliot

Take Your Poet to Work: T.S. Eliot

By Will Willingham 43 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work T S Eliot cover

Take your favorite poet with you to work for Take Your Poet to Work Day coming up July 17. This week we’re featuring poet T.S. Eliot.

Filed Under: Cat Poems, Funny Poems, Humorous Poems, poetry, poetry humor, T.S. Eliot, Take Your Poet to Work Day

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