I don't!!! And most poets I know don't either... Billy Marshall Stoneking ----- Original Message ----- From: Daniel Pearlman <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, August 30, 1999 5:53 PM Subject: Re: Pound Outside the Academy > Those poets and academics (they overlap) who praise Pound > for Imagism are frequently the same who dismiss or condemn > anything of his post-Mauberley. > > ==DP > > > >this is quite true. Most people are quick to dismiss Pound. And then > >there are the poets. Last week at the Bread Loaf Writer's Conference, Alan > >Shapiro said there was no more important poetic movement in the twentieth > >century than Imagism, and quoted a poem of his to indicate near-perfect use > >of I don't remember what, sadly. And another poet there who'll be teaching > >a class on Poetics at Texas this fall told me about how he'll use Pound as > >a way to introduce Chinese poetry and poetics to the class. And yesterday > >I read an article in some journal or other that applauded the seriousness > >of Pound's love of all poetic traditions as a model for contemporary poets, > >mentioning that without him etc etc etc. I suppose Pound achieved > >something of what he wanted. The artists recognize him as one of the > >antennae of our race. To hell, then, with the bullet-headed many. > >Journalists and a lot of professors may have a hard time with his work, but > >he comes as close as I can imagine to being a poet's poet; no one who's > >ever written lines down seriously would dare consider much of his work > >a-tonal. > > > >Lucas > > > HOME: > Dan Pearlman > 102 Blackstone Blvd. #5 > Providence, RI 02906 > Tel.: 401 453-3027 > email: [log in to unmask] > Fax: (253) 681-8518 > http://www.uri.edu/artsci/english/clf/ > > OFFICE > Department of English > University of Rhode Island > Kingston, RI 02881 > Tel.: 401 874-4659 >