Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/11/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Steve, The Waste Land it is, the opening lines - the first part is called 'The Burial of the Dead', so it is entirely appropriate: April is the cruelest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain. Cheers Jayanand On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 2:21 AM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> wrote: > > On Nov 13, 2009, at 11:30 AM, Steve Unsworth wrote: > >> I was taking some more photographs of remembrance poppies at the local >> cemetery today when I came across this scene... >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/sunsworth/M8/L1013683-Heywood.jpg.html> > > > yes... > > > it reminds me of the famous TS Eliot line ?from ?? The Waste Land... > > "April is the cruelest month" > > so many sights like that especially in European cemetaries... > > > > Steve > > >> >> I did a little digging around on the internet and it turns out they were >> indeed two brothers killed within three days of each other in April 1917 >> at >> Arras during the first world war. It must have been a very bleak time for >> their parents. >> >> Steve >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >