Dr Embers Verse and Tales
Dr Embers: Verse & Tale stories and poetry told by the fire.
Each week begins with a single thought — a line from a philosopher, poet, or thinker — and journeys through classic tales and original works that explore the themes shaping our lives.
Here, not all stories are told the same way.
Here, you are invited to sit by the fire.
Here, you may unwind and let your imagination wander to places you may never have been.
Ideas you may never have considered.
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Dr Embers Verse and Tales
Dr Embers Presents – The Hollow Men by T. S. Eliot
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“I have had 80 years to forget it… I still can’t.”
— Harry Patch
Tonight, we take our humble flame into the long shadow cast after war.
For as Harry Patch — the last surviving British soldier of the First World War trenches — once said, some battles do not end when the guns fall silent.
This evening we explore what remains when the powerful have finished their games and peace has been declared. What happens to the men who return? What becomes of the spirit after devastation? When the noise stops — what echoes remain?
Tonight’s reading is The Hollow Men by T. S. Eliot.
A poem of paralysis. Of spiritual drought. Of men who walk on, but are not whole.
A meditation on the aftermath — on disillusionment, fragmentation, and the quiet horror of survival.
This is Verse & Tales —
a journey into the world of story and poetry,
tales told by the fire.
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