Could the said poem be be Michael Benedikt's "The
Badminton at Great Barrington Or Gustave Mahler & The
Chattanooga Choo-Choo"? Follow the link below to parts
of his sequence, etc.

www.angelfire.com/ny/MichaelBenedikt/bdmintn.html

--- Paul Rowland <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm writing a collection of poems 'based' on
> Mahler's nearly-10 symphonies.
> One of my colleagues has a vague recollection of a
> poem, or sequence, by an
> American poet based on a Mahler symphony. Surname
> beginning with 'G'
> perhaps. Ring any bells?
>
> Also, I am writing a paper on 'What Pound got from
> music', following up my
> own interest in the use a poet can make of music in
> his work. Can you point
> me in the direction of any articles or essays or
> books that may be of
> interest? I've read Schafer, Michael Ingham, Xiros
> Cooper, Noel Stock,
> Kenner.
>
> Do you have an original insight as to what Pound got
> from music? I have left
> this question purposely ill-defined.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul Rowland.
>
>
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