false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223632856m/998064.jpg 998064 8 Known for his delicate perception as well as his passionate opinions, Ezra Pound published this, his first collection of poetry, in 1926. Pound was as much a diviner as he was a poet, and his writing is as much observation and experience as it is prophecy. He was especially drawn to beauty and his writing extols the magnificence of profound emotion and the beguiling wonderment of intellect. From translations and reconstructions of pieces of ancient literature to his own postulations on art, love, and life, this is a worthy addition to any personal library. 983557 1971 Personae: The Shorter Poems of Ezra Pound total:188|5:77|4:71|3:33|2:5|1:2| 188 780 250 22 5 1 false false Mon May 21 21:25:17 -0700 2007 Wed May 23 13:23:40 -0700 2007 And the nights are not full enough
And life slips by like a field mouse
not shaking the grass"

More truth in these four lines than anything I have ever read.

Resolute and profound. I could read it over a...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 03 12:26:03 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 03 12:28:05 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Fri Sep 25 19:17:21 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 19:22:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1978 Fri Jul 27 13:45:22 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 27 13:45:22 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Mar 29 14:45:13 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 29 14:50:58 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1973 Sat Nov 28 07:50:31 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 28 07:51:12 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 14 20:37:51 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 14 20:38:02 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat May 31 10:31:14 -0700 2008 Sat May 31 10:32:54 -0700 2008 ought to have. Perhaps my favorite is Homage to Sextus Propert...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Jul 29 21:52:25 -0700 2007 Mon May 19 21:00:18 -0700 2008 ever. It's from Pound's poem about the river-merchant's wife. Observing pairs of butterflies as she thinks of her departed husband, she says simply, beautifully:

"They hurt me. I grow older."

Oh, Ezra Pound, you were...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 22 16:13:03 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 16:14:52 -0700 2009
I consider Pound a musician. Even when I don't understand what his poems are saying...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Sun Nov 04 09:10:19 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 04 09:10:19 -0800 2007
Be in me as the eternal moods
of the bleak wind, and not
As transient things are—
gaiety of flowers.
Have me in the strong loneliness 5
of sunless cliffs
And of gray waters.
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