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Rhapsody on a Windy Night, poem by T.S. Eliot

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Love T.S. Eliot. Just right for a windy night… Bette A. Stevens

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RHAPSODY ON A WINDY NIGHT (Excerpt)
by T.S. Eliot

Twelve o’clock.
Along the reaches of the street
Held in a lunar synthesis,
Whispering lunar incantations
Dissolve the floors of memory
And all its clear relations,
Its divisions and precisions.
Every street lamp that I pass
Beats like a fatalistic drum,
And through the spaces of the dark
Midnight shakes the memory
As a madman shakes a dead geranium…
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Editor’s Note: “As a madman shakes a dead geranium” — what a stunning line! T.S. Eliot never ceases to amaze…

Read “Rhapsody on a Windy Night” in its entirety at poets.org.

Painting by Mike Grubb, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Find more of the artist’s work at fineartamerica.com.

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  1. Bette A. Stevens said:
    10/19/2013 at 5:23 pm

    Thanks, Natalie. Have a wonderful weekend!

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  2. nataliescarberry said:
    10/19/2013 at 3:07 am

    Love the poem and the painting above it is gorgeous! Blessings, Natalie

    Like

  3. nutsfortreasure said:
    10/19/2013 at 12:45 am

    BEAUTIFUL

    Like

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