I don't know about a visit, but Pound from Europe wrote letters to Berryman in an attempt to keep culture and arts going in the right direction across the Atlantic. He thought Berryman one of the people who was essential to that effort. These letters are probably in the Berryman library at the University of Minnesota.> Hello, > > I was wondering if anyone knows if John Berryman visited Pound, and if > so under what conditions. Also, is there any speculation as to the > influence of the Cantos on Berryman's "Dream Songs"? > > Thanks I never submitted the whole system of my opinions to the creed of any party of men whatever...where I was capable of thinking for myself. Such an addiction is the last degredation of a free and moral agent. If I could not go to heaven but with a party, I would not go there at all. Thomas Jefferson, from Paris, 1789 Robert E. Kibler, PhD English and Humanities Director, Northern Plains Writing Project Minot State University 500 University Avenue West Minot, North Dakota 58707 tel: 701 858 3876 e-mail: [log in to unmask]