The Diary Of A Nobody

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In the quiet corners of this Age, poetry still weaves its ancient magic. Here gather the whispered verses of time - some penned in distant yesterdays, others born in the dawn of our own days. Let their wisdom and wonder be a light for all who would listen.

- The Diary Of A Nobody

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E5: Ash Wednesday - T.S. Eliot - Part Five

T.S. Eliot - Ash Wednesday (part five) Originally published: 1930 Theme: The poem was written by Eliot as a result of his conversion to Anglicanism in 1927. Poem: If the lost word is lost, if the spent word is spentIf the unheard, unspokenWord is unspoken, unheard;Still is the unspoken word, the Word unheard,The Word without a word, the Word withinThe world and for the world;And the light shone in darkness andAgainst the Word the unstilled world still whirledAbout the centre of the silent Word.O...

Aug 04, 2022•3 min•Season 1Ep. 5

E4: Ash Wednesday - T.S. Eliot - Part Four

T.S. Eliot - Ash Wednesday (part four) Originally published: 1930 Theme: The poem was written by Eliot as a result of his conversion to Anglicanism in 1927. Poem: Who walked between the violet and the violetWhe walked betweenThe various ranks of varied greenGoing in white and blue, in Mary's colour,Talking of trivial thingsIn ignorance and knowledge of eternal dolourWho moved among the others as they walked,Who then made strong the fountains and made fresh the springsMade cool the dry rock and m...

Aug 03, 2022•2 min•Season 1Ep. 4

E3: Ash Wednesday - T.S. Eliot - Part Three

T.S. Eliot - Ash Wednesday (part three) Originally published: 1930 Theme: The poem was written by Eliot as a result of his conversion to Anglicanism in 1927. Poem: At the first turning of the second stair I turned and saw below The same shape twisted on the banister Under the vapour in the fetid air Struggling with the devil of the stairs who wears The deceitful face of hope and of despair. At the second turning of the second stair I left them twisting, turning below; There were no more faces an...

Aug 02, 2022•2 min•Season 1Ep. 3

E2: Ash Wednesday - T.S. Eliot - Part Two

T.S. Eliot - Ash Wednesday (part two) Originally published: 1930 Theme: The poem was written by Eliot as a result of his conversion to Anglicanism in 1927. Poem: Lady, three white leopards sat under a juniper-tree In the cool of the day, having fed to satiety On my legs my heart my liver and that which had been contained In the hollow round of my skull. And God said Shall these bones live? shall these Bones live? And that which had been contained In the bones (which were already dry) said chirpi...

Jul 29, 2022•3 min•Season 1Ep. 2

E1: Ash Wednesday - T.S. Eliot - Part One

T.S. Eliot - Ash Wednesday (part one) Originally published: 1930 Theme: The poem was written by Eliot as a result of his conversion to Anglicanism in 1927. Poem: Because I do not hope to turn againBecause I do not hopeBecause I do not hope to turnDesiring this man's gift and that man's scopeI no longer strive to strive towards such things(Why should the agèd eagle stretch its wings?)Why should I mournThe vanished power of the usual reign?Because I do not hope to knowThe infirm glory of the posit...

Jul 25, 2022•2 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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