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The Complete Poems and Plays of T. S. Eliot
The Complete Poems and Plays of T. S. Eliot | T.S. Eliot
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Poet, dramatist, critic and editor, T. S. Eliot was one of the defining figures of twentieth-century poetry. This edition of The Complete Poems and Plays, published for the first time in paperback, includes all of his verse and work for the stage, from Prufrock and Other Observations (1917) to Four Quartets (1943), and includes such literary landmarks as The Waste Land, Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats and Murder in the Cathedral. 'Each year Eliot's presence reasserts itself at a deeper level, to an audience that is surprised to find itself more chastened, more astonished, more humble.' Ted Hughes
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At one point, I thought that Eliot may be the best poet of the twentieth century. After re-reading this text, I am still of the same mind. Of course, I tend to not think greatly of the verse dramas.

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Nute
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#PoetryMatters - Minute: Eventually just about everything in life relates to poetic words written by T. S. Eliot.

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TheSpineView Excellant! ❤❤❤ 5y
NeedsMoreBooks This is one of my favorites 💖 5y
Nute @NeedsMoreBooks Kindred spirits!💕 5y
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Cathythoughts
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#PoetryMatters #unseen

From Four Quartets , TS Eliot

erzascarletbookgasm ❤️ beautiful 5y
TheSpineView 💜💜 5y
TrishB Lovely 💕 5y
batsy ❤️❤️ 5y
Cathythoughts @TheSpineView @TrishB @erzascarletbookgasm @batsy I‘ve been going back to him for 40 years now ! I‘d say he‘s a keeper ♥️💔😉 (edited) 5y
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Cathythoughts
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#PoetryMatters #desire

April is the cruellest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land , mixing memory and desire ..... ♥️

TrishB Beautiful ❤️ 5y
youneverarrived ❤️ 5y
TheSpineView 💜💜 5y
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Cathythoughts @TrishB @youneverarrived @TheSpineView I will never get tired of him ! He always amazes & inspires me 5y
Centique 😍😍😍 5y
LazyDays What a wonderful pick💗 5y
LazyDays I do enjoy his flow, it starts out rather soft and sweet. Then picks up and takes you away.👌 5y
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Cathythoughts
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#PoetryMatters #feelings ( a day late , sorry )

TrishB Still lovely ❤️ 5y
Cathythoughts @TrishB always ♥️♥️♥️♥️ 5y
Centique If we lived in the same city/country we could have a TS club and just read his poems again and again and sigh together over strong cups of tea 😍☕️☕️ 5y
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Cathythoughts
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#PoetryMatters #midnight

....” Midnight shakes the memory
As a madman shakes a dead geranium.”

Prufrock 1917. T S Eliot ♥️
Thankyou again Licha , I didn‘t make every day , but I really loved it .... & I really appreciate this #PoetryMatters challenge. I mostly do Litsy in the morning, so it‘s like starting the day with a prayer ... a poetry prayer ... ♥️🙏🏻🙏🏻

batsy I love this. So quiet and yet mysterious. 5y
TrishB I love doing it too, I haven‘t done everyday as I look in the evenings after work and some nights I just haven‘t had the energy. I love reading everyone‘s though ❤️ 5y
Cathythoughts @Trishb are you ok Trish ? Is it normal tired ? Or tired from your recent spells in hospital... 5y
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erzascarletbookgasm Lovely, especially the last two lines ❤️ 5y
Cathythoughts @batsy yes! Love it too ♥️♥️♥️ 5y
Cathythoughts @erzascarletbookgasm they are great lines ♥️ 5y
TrishB It‘s work tired 😑 too busy and staffing issues.... 5y
TrishB Thank you for asking 😘❤️ 5y
Cathythoughts @TrishB I hope it settles soon ♥️ 5y
kspenmoll This is lovely. I have participated sporadically but so enjoy everyone‘s poems. Thanks @LazyDays 5y
LazyDays @kspenmoll 💗 thank you for participating! 5y
LazyDays @Cathythoughts thank you for participating, you all really make it fun I enjoy seeing everyones post!💗💗 5y
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TS Eliot Four Quartets ... Burnt Norton

#PoetryMatters #Past

TrishB Gorgeous 💕 5y
erzascarletbookgasm Oh, I don‘t know this. Nice! 5y
Cathythoughts @TrishB @erzascarletbookgasm I really like this too 👍🏻♥️ 5y
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GripLitGrl 💖💖💖 5y
Centique 💕😍 5y
Cathythoughts @GripLitGrl @Centique I love him 💖😍💕 5y
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Cathythoughts
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#poetryMatters #window #TSEliotMatters
From Prufrock , simple words - big impact on my heart ♥️👍🏻

batsy Perfect ❤️ 5y
Libby1 ❤️ 5y
TrishB Lovely 💕 5y
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Tanisha_A 💙 5y
TiredLibrarian I love that poem. 💕 5y
LazyDays Beautiful 💜 5y
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Portrait of a Lady. TS Eliot
#PoetryMatters #music

TrishB Lovely 💕 5y
Eggs Beautiful ❣️ 5y
Cathythoughts @TrishB @Eggs 👍🏻♥️♥️♥️ 5y
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The Hollow Men TS Eliot 1925...

Those who have crossed
With direct eyes, to death‘s other #Kingdom
Remember us- if at all - not as lost
Violent souls, but only
As the hollow men
The stuffed men.

#PoetryMatters

TrishB 💔 5y
gradcat So gut-wrenching...T. S. Eliot is probably my favorite poet (e.g. Little Gidding, The Wasteland & The Naming Of Cats all come directly to mind).... 5y
Cathythoughts @TrishB 👍🏻❤️ 5y
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Cathythoughts @gradcat yes! Me too. Love him ❤️ 5y
batsy Love Eliot too... Perfect pick 💫 5y
Cathythoughts @batsy thanks 👍🏻❤️ 5y
Trashcanman 💕 5y
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Cathythoughts
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Four Quartets, Burnt Norton
#PoetryMatters #Time

Go , said the bird,for the leaves were full of children, Hidden , excitedly, containing laughter.
Go, go , go , said the bird: human kind
Cannot bear very much reality.
Time past and time future .....

❤️TS Eliot

TrishB Will definitely have to be buying some.... 5y
GripLitGrl 💖💖💖 5y
Cathythoughts @TrishB I love these lines 👍🏻❤️ 5y
Cathythoughts @GripLitGrl ❤️❤️❤️👍🏻 5y
TrishB They are beautiful 💕 5y
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Cathythoughts
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#poetrymatters #remember

I remember
Those are pearls that were his eyes

From The Waste Land , 1922.
TS Eliot

TrishB Great pick 💕 5y
Cathythoughts @TrishB it‘s a line that always stuck with me 🤷🏻‍♀️.... thanks x 5y
TrishB I‘m trying to do a month without using Plath....let‘s see how long it lasts!! 5y
Cathythoughts @TrishB one can but try 😊😉 5y
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Cathythoughts
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#PoetryMatters #Home ❤️❤️❤️... Here and there does not matter. We must be still and still moving Into another intensity For a further union, a deeper communion Through the dark cold and the empty desolation, The wave cry , the wind cry , the vast waters of the petrel and the porpoise. In my end is my beginning.

TrishB Well......that‘s beautiful 💕 6y
Cathythoughts Thankyou @LazyDays I needed that push to read the poetry ❤️ 6y
Cathythoughts @TrishB I think he is my favorite... tonight anyway. 👍🏻💔 6y
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merelybookish Amazing! I forget how much I love Eliot. I don't know why. (Well maybe because the Eliot expert in my grad department was a pig. Obviously need to break that association.) 6y
LazyDays @Cathythoughts Anytime!😊📚💙 This poetry challenge has been a lot of fun so far. I am discovering so much! 6y
youneverarrived Wow! That‘s beautiful ❤️ 6y
batsy Wow. This one packs a punch. Thank you for sharing. I love Eliot every time I read him and I don't read him enough. 6y
Tanisha_A What @batsy said! 👌 6y
Centique 😍😍😍 6y
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Cathythoughts
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#GetMovin #Wasted TS ELiots The Waste Land. ❤️

Cinfhen 🤓💡💡💡💡 6y
TrishB Great pick 👍🏻 6y
Cathythoughts Thanks @TrishB 👍🏻❤️ 6y
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#quotsyapril18 #Laughter Hysteria
As she laughed I was aware of becoming involved in her laughter and being part of it....an elderly waiter saying ... “
if the lady & gentleman wish to take their tea in the garden.. “
I decided that if the shaking of her breasts could be stopped, some of the fragments of the afternoon might be collected....

❤️T S Eliot 1917

theresidentromantic I haven't read TS Elliot since college, but I really should. This poem was wonderful. Thanks for sharing 💖 6y
Sophoclessweetheart What pretty bangles! I love Eliot. 💛💛 6y
Cathythoughts @theresidentromantic hi my friend In NY 🙋🏻‍♀️. I love TS Eliot too 👍🏻❤️ (edited) 6y
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Cathythoughts @Wanderingwithwords thanks, the bangles were a present from Africa, my husband was lucky enough to be there & play music there some years ago 6y
Sophoclessweetheart Oh! That‘s so cool. How wonderful! I was given the chance during my college years to go to Ghana to help teach children in the schools for three weeks but my parents wouldn‘t let me go 😰 6y
TrishB Lovely as always ❤️ 6y
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#QuotsyMarch18 #women

From Prufrock:

....In the room the women come & go
Talking of Michelangelo.....

Centique My favourite poem of his (and would be favourite ever except for my friend Emily Dickinson 😋) 6y
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#QuotsyFeb #cat @TK-421 .

The Rum Tum Tugger doesn‘t care for a cuddle; But he‘ll leap on your lap in the middle of your sewing, For there‘s nothing he enjoys like a horrible muddle. Yes the rum tum tugger is a curious cat - and there isn‘t any need for me to spout it:
For he will do
As he do do
And there‘s no doing anything about it.
TS Eliot : The Rum Tum Tugger

batsy 😺 6y
Cathythoughts @batsy 🙀😻😻 6y
Jess7 Cute 6y
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Cathythoughts @Jess7 yes 😻 6y
Rachbb3 ❤😺 6y
Cathythoughts @Rachbb3 😻😻😻 6y
LeahBergen I love these poems. ❤️ 6y
Cathythoughts @LeahBergen 😻😻😻 6y
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QuotsyDec17 #Winter @TK-421 from Journey of the Magi : ‘A cold coming we had of it, Just the worst time of the year For a journey: The ways deep & the weather sharp, The very dead of winter. T S Eliot.

DeborahSmall I love TS Eliot ❤️ 6y
Cathythoughts @DeborahSmall he‘s great ❤️❤️ 6y
batsy Love! 6y
Cathythoughts @Batsy ❤️❤️❤️ 6y
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#DecDays #seasonsoflove @Cinfhen from Four Quartets : “There is a time for the evening under starlight, A time for the evening under lamplight( the evening with the photograph album). Love is most nearly itself When here & now cease to matter “ .......

Cinfhen You always amaze me with your poetry selections❣️beautiful 😍 6y
Cathythoughts Thanks @Cinfhen 🙏sure you can‘t go wrong with T S Eliot X 6y
batsy ♥️ 6y
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Cathythoughts @batsy ❤️❤️ 6y
TrishB Wonderful ❤️ 6y
scripturient I love T.S. Eliot and wish my students would appreciate him more. 6y
Cathythoughts @scripturient get them to recite Prufrock. That sealed the deal for me 💫outloud, The spoken word ! Hard to forget. Even if they pretend not to be interested, they will remember Prufrock 😉 (edited) 6y
scripturient @Cathythoughts I teach Prufrock in my Survey of British Lit class but they are so intimidated by the intertextuality and the form in general that it‘s hard to motivate them. 😕 6y
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#TuneIntoNovember #HereItGoesAgain @Cinfhen @Robothugs #Hereitgoesagain preparation for another nights sleep : “You have the key, The little lamp spreads a ring on the stair. Mount. The bed is open; the tooth-brush hangs on the wall, Put your shoes at the door, sleep, prepare for life. The last twist of the knife.” From : Rhapsody on a Windy Night. T S Eliot.

TrishB 💟❤ 6y
Cathythoughts @TrishB 🙏❤️ 6y
Cinfhen Wonderful 🙌🏻 6y
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Centique Love love love TS 😍😍😍 6y
Cathythoughts @Centique me too ❤️ 6y
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I have had this stuck in my head all day. I am apparently feeling fatalistic today.