Garlic and Sapphires in the Mud: A Reading of TS Eliot's Four Quartets

T.S. Eliot's poetry is often quoted, but usually in short renditions  Only rarely are his longer works presented in a public forum. More than 70 years after their first appearance, The Four Quartets is still immediate and relevant.  A full reading of these poems requires nearly an hour, the length of a musical symphony. Dealing with issues of time and eternity, worldly dissatisfaction and spiritual yearnings, it can be seen as a lyric prayer for modern people.