Poetry is not simply something you learn at school and forget a few months later. It can be fun, evocative, and exciting to read. Besides, quoting a few lines from a poem at a party will make people think you're terribly sophisticated!
　　
　　"The Waste Land," by T. S. Eliot (1888-1965), is possibly one of the greatest poems ever written. It expresses a bleak vision of a sterile<注1> and corrupt modern world. This poem is one to read sitting in a dingy caf? on a dark and rainy night at <注2> o'clock…
