Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound
Ezra Weston Loomis Poundwas an expatriate American poet and critic, and a major figure in the early modernist movement. His contribution to poetry began with his development of Imagism, a movement derived from classical Chinese and Japanese poetry, stressing clarity, precision and economy of language. His best-known works include Ripostes, Hugh Selwyn Mauberleyand the unfinished 120-section epic, The Cantos...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth30 October 1885
CityHailey, ID
CountryUnited States of America
where the dead walked and the living were made of cardboard.
Poets who are not interested in music are, or become, bad poets.
In our time, the curse is monetary illiteracy, just as inability to read plain print was the curse of earlier centuries.
Music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance... poetry begins to atrophy when it gets too far from music.
No teacher has ever failed from ignorance. That is empiric professional knowledge. Teachers fail because they cannot `handle the class.' Real education must ultimately be limited to men how INSIST on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding.
Poetry must be as well written as prose.
Here is our poetry, for we have pulled down the stars to our will.
The temple is holy because it is not for sale
To break the pentameter, that was the first heave
Glance is the enemy of vision.
Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear.
Rhythm must have meaning.
Presentation, not reference...
The ant's a centaur in his dragon world.