The hyacinths have stopped flowering, but I am now drying them, ready for replanting in the autumn. The cycles continue.
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'You gave me hyacinths first a year ago;
'They called me the hyacinth girl.'
- Yet when we came back, late, from the hyacinth garden,
Your arms full, and your hair wet, I could not
Speak, and my eyes failed, I was neither
Living nor dead, and I knew nothing,
Looking into the heart of the light, the silence.
Oed' und leer das Meer.
- TS Eliot, The Wasteland
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I have been re-reading my Collected Poems by T.S Eliot (I note the irony that I refer to my doting lover as TS on here!). I first discovered him at high school. When I don't read him for a while, and then return, I am hit with a stunning realisation of how truly great his work is. Re-reading all the poems I love, and some I have forgotten about, I feel everything that has been lying dormant in me awaken and blossom, like the pregnant belly at the start of the film Amelie. I'm reminded of what I want to do, what I could do. And what I can do.
First time I've seen Eliot and Amelie linked... not a bad thing. THough it may have been different had he written the screenplay. ;)
ReplyDeleteWhat a cool idea! There would have been some yellow fog, and dirty-soled feet...and talk of false teeth, and the taking of a toast and tea. And women talking of Michaelangelo!
ReplyDeleteYellow fog is essential. And it may have to transfer to London.
ReplyDeleteI think I'm going to have to do some kind of Eliot / Amelie mash-up... too interesting not to. :)
I've never read The Wasteland all the way through, shameful, I know. But I do so love The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
ReplyDeleteOh, thankyou for posting this. I must read tse again.
ReplyDeleteI love ts... sometimes I think of him in the morning: I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.
ReplyDeleteI think you've inspired me to spend a night with wine and poetry :)
I also have trouble with circular needles!! But I did get the hang of those DPNs so maybe I just need more practice with them. Let me know how yours goes!!
I really love your blog! Can't wait to come back for more!
I totally love this picture! So great! You took me right back to college days with that Eliot quote. Reminds me of falling asleep with an open book at the big campus library.
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