The Waste Land - Performed by Craig Swanson.mov 

Craig Swanson recites T.S.Eliot's "The Waste Land" at Google in Cambridge, Ma on April 9, 2012.
00:00 Craig introduces the poem
04:48 The Waste Land
05:23 1. The Burial of the Dead
08:59 2. A Game of Chess
13:05 3. The Fire Sermon
18:47 4. Death by Water
19:23 5. What the Thunder Said
24:18 Post-poem Questions
After a five year hiatus, Craig performs this 434 line poem. Over the years he has presented "The Waste Land" dozens of times - including several for MIT's Poetry department. His goal is to make this difficult poem easier to understand, entertaining, and even enjoyable.
For more about Craig, see www.perspicuity...