David Thomas

David Thomas is a freelance writer and occasional poet. In the interests of keeping body and soul together he’s been a desk jockey, a monk, and a lumberjack. He currently resides in Ottawa, Canada. Da

Lost in the <i>Four Quartets</i> II – “Victims of Our Own Rigor”

Dec 2, 2011 6 min read Literature reading T.S. Eliot The Four Quartets

To read the first part published last week, click here [http://www.curatormagazine.com/davidthomas/lost-in-the-four-quartets/]. There’s more to the poem than I let on. If you’ve tangled with it already

Lost in the <i>Four Quartets</i>

Nov 25, 2011 5 min read Literature books reading T.S. Eliot The Four Quartets

The first time I read it, at a conceited 23, it didn’t make much of an impression. I think I just ploughed through it, cover to cover without pause for breath, content