TS Eliot’s 20th-century nightmare

The Hollow Men emerged from a dark chapter in the poet's life – 100 years on, it continues to speak to the deepest anxieties of our age

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We are the hollow men We are the stuffed men Leaning together Headpiece filled with straw. Alas! Our dried voices, when We whisper together Are quiet and meaningless As wind in dry grass Or rats&#8…

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@SearingTruth Actually, the poem your post reminded of was from #TSElliot, not Yeats (though Yeats is relevant as well):

" This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper."

From #TheHollowMen, TS Elliot, 1925.

https://allpoetry.com/The-Hollow-Men

The Hollow Men by T S Eliot

Comments & analysis: We are the hollow men / We are the stuffed men

Dedicating this to Christopher A. Wray, the current head of the #FBI, upon him announcing his intention to resign which saves #47 the trouble of firing him.

#Wray #ChristopherAWray #ChristopherWray #TheHollowMen #TSElliot #Gutless #Wimp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAWaZqDf-VE

T.S. Eliot Recites "The Hollow Men"

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Maybe in response to Luxon's copypasta speech at Waitangi, Nicky Hagar could republish an unedited new edition of The Hollow Men?

Because Luxon is the ultimate hollow man. A yawning abyss in a man suit. If you tapped him on the shoulder he'd ring like a gong.

#NZPolitics #WaitangiDay #ChristopherLuxon #TheHollowMen #NickyHagar

@JamesGleick How fitting that a #TSEliot poem titled #TheHollowMen includes the insight that everything “ends not with a bang, but a whimper.”
The Hollow Men by T S Eliot

Comments & analysis: Mistah Kurtz-he dead / A penny for the Old Guy / I / We are the hollow m

This article details dealings between various National and ACT associates and media figures they're connected to. EG Jenna Lynch and her partner Andrew Ketel who works for ACT and who worked for National earlier.

Long article & will make more sense to people who remember #TheHollowMen and the media fuss over Winston Peters' superannuation overpayment
https://hakarl.wixsite.com/andrewketels

The Curious Case of Andrew Ketels | New Zealand Political Investigation

First, The Hollow Men. Then, Dirty Politics. Next, a delve into the clique who leaked Winston Peters' superannuation overpayments.

Andrewketels