"The Final Say: The Tax Man Cometh" by Monty Gilmer

THE FINAL SAY: THE TAX MAN COMETH

by Monty Gilmer

According to Time magazine, "Albert Einstein once admitted that figuring out his U. S. income tax was beyond him -- he had to go to a tax consultant. 'This is too difficult for a mathematician,' said Einstein. 'It takes a philosopher.'"

Read a short poem about the hardship of accounting, the short poem "Money" by Robert Frost, on page 4 of the April 1936 issue of Poetry Magazine.

Robert Frost : The Poetry Foundation

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Read the latest issue of Poetry Magazine -- the oldest monthly devoted to verse in the English-speaking world -- or browse over 100 years of the magazine in the archive featuring poems and prose by T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound among others.

"The Journey of the Magi" by T. S. Eliot

Today is traditional Epiphany. Read this poem for Epiphany and a New Year: "The Journey of the Magi" by T. S. Eliot

T. S. Eliot (1888-1965)

American-born British poet and critic

"Rhapsody on a Windy Night" by T. S. Eliot : The Poetry Foundation

T(homas) S(tearns) Eliot was born on this day in 1888. Read this poem of his: Rhapsody on a Windy Night by T. S. Eliot : The Poetry Foundation

Also read "Preludes" by T. S. Eliot.

I think each of these poems, "Preludes" and "Rhapsody on a Windy Night," is the cat's meow. Perhaps we should commit both these poems to Memory

T. S. Eliot (1888-1965)

American-born British poet and critic.

"'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' Turns 100" by The Editors

Read this article: “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” Turns 100 By The Editors

"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" is a poem by T. S. Eliot that was first published in the June 1915 issue of Poetry: A Magazine of Verse.

T. S. Eliot (1888-1965)

American-born British poet and critic