Prof. Alan Helms
Wednesday, January 5
Wednesday, January 12
Wednesday, January 19
Wednesday, January 19
6:00 - 7:30 pm
Senior Minister’s Study (Clarke Room on 1/12/05)
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The Wednesdays get going this fall with a follow-up to its SRO June meeting devoted to Emily Dickinson. Bring friends, food, dogs: All are welcome!
Let me remind you of two absolutely, totally, completely essential things: always read aloud and always reread the poems until they're coming out of your ears, which is to say lots. Poems are the most condensed form of human utterance (save perhaps for “Maybe” & “No”); it’s thus impossible to get much out of them on a single reading. Rereading will reward you immensely. Who doesn’t like immense rewards?
Alan says, "Abebooks.com has 180 copies of The Complete Poems and Plays starting at $2.50. Eliot's definitely hard, but definitely worth our effort, & always thrilling. A truly great poet." Join us! All are welcome!
January 5:
"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
"Portrait of a Lady"
"Preludes"
"Rhapsody on a Windy Night"
"Sweeney among the Nightingales"
January 12:
"The Waste Land"
January 19:
"The Hollow Men"
"Ash Wednesday"
"Journey of the Magi"
January 26:
"Four Quartets"