Hello . I am Poundian for about 12 years . In 1985 / when I was 20 years old / I read first translations of E. P . verses into polish and I decided to learn English , because I wanted to read "Cantos" in original language . Now I am completely convinced that importance of his poetry for New World is on that same level , like importance of Homer's poetry for my old Europe . Anyway Ezra's poetry is still actual and will be for sure for a long ,long time . 2 years ago I started studying creative writing at Jagiellonian University in Cracow and naturally the only one subject of my interest was "Cantos" . / I even made some translations friendly welcomed by my teachers /. I am not the scientist - but the poet and in season from april to november I work in the forest . / I graduated forestry in 1994/. / well - combining poetry and forestry in Silesia is possible - we are a little bit just like Irish people / . Last year I was working in the Mt Silesia area / that mountain is quite famous in ancient celtic and germanic mythology / and I found a lot of oaks growing on top of these mountains / with some juniperuses in the environment /. Oaks were 120 years old but their height was no more than 5 meters - really strange picture . Certainly thats irrational ,but I belive I saw Quercus on Mt Sumeru and today is 1 April so you can belive me or not . P . Karwowski --- Free and Private email from Supernews(TM) <http://www.supernews.com>