I never understood poetry outside of English class lessons analyzing them. I feel like I'm missing out on something but have difficulty in understanding poems as they can be quite deep in meaning. — Posty McPostface
Time past and time future
What might have been and what has been
Point to one end, which is always present. — Noble Dust
Dunno; I'm much younger than that but love him. Was your dislike because of The Wasteland, by any chance? Edit: saw what you quoted, re: age. Never mind. I like the time stuff because it's confusing, but intuitively feels right. — Noble Dust
If it doesn't for you, that's just the way things go. — T Clark
I hear you. I don't share the poem's sentiment particularly, it's just one of the more memorable poems about death. — Tom Storm
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