{"id":1623,"date":"2009-04-10T19:28:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-10T19:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=1623"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:30:55","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T05:30:55","slug":"poetry-friday-april-eliot-and-nationa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=1623","title":{"rendered":"Poetry Friday: April, Eliot, and National Poetry Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

You all already know how much I love the poster for this year’s National Poetry Month. But that’s because I’m an inveterate Eliot fan. I just can’t help it; the way he uses language, the way he evokes images even when I have no idea what he’s talking about because he’s just too much smarter than I am… so, since National Poetry Month happens to be in April, and I just happen to love Eliot, here’s a famous bit about April from one of my favorite Eliot poems, The Waste Land<\/i>:<\/p>\n

APRIL is the cruellest month, breeding<\/p>\n

Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing<\/p>\n

Memory and desire, stirring<\/p>\n

Dull roots with spring rain.<\/p>\n

Winter kept us warm, covering<\/p>\n

Earth in forgetful snow, feeding<\/p>\n

A little life with dried tubers.<\/p>\n

Summer surprised us…<\/p>\n

If you have a spare hour or two (because it’s fairly epic in scope), read the rest of The Waste Land<\/i> here<\/a>…<\/p>\n

Like most months, this April has been both cruel and kind…but there’s certainly been kindness in the wealth of poetry links and events. Go check out more at Carol’s Corner<\/a>, the host of today’s Poetry Friday<\/a>, and don’t miss her original poem!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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