Ezra

You wrote out of key

so long you forgot

what art was --

what moves men 

is not their hate but 

pain splashed love.

Seized by an urge

to seem free,

to weld the horse’s head

to a human carcass

you severed tactics,

cut from the ancient 

rules to oddly 

kept conclusions, 

dialogues to your self-

contained scent 

of a loathing --

refraining laughter 

other men felt 

but kept still  

through the darkness. 

Ken e Bujold

Reviews

[Kelly Scheppers]

I came to know of Ezra Pound, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement by two friends who suggested I would like him. There was one poem in particular, entitled "In a Station of The Metro". I was awed by its simplicity, pretty much like the way I am awed by the cadence of your words before me. I have to agree with my good friend, Neville...this poem has yet to receive the acclaim it so richly deserves. Thank you for the inspiration you have given me!

[Ken e Bujold]

glad to have inspired Kelly. I have been a EP admirer for my entire adult life. He is the foundation on modern verse rest. should be mandatory reading for all serious poets. i don't dismiss the mans politcal faults, but as i have said numerous times, the halls of great art are littered with foul souls

[Neville]

I don't know why these words have not yet received the acclaim I think they deserve .. but then that is just a sad reflection of what I fear is happening here at the cafe .. I sincerely hope that others will now follow in the wake I have made to its door ... becuz to quote L'Oreal ya worth it :)

[Ken e Bujold]

thanks Nev. It's all good, I don't labor under any illusion that Ezra is still be widely read. He should be, but we are not living in times conducive to hard thoughts. Most simply dismiss him as a fascist and therefore not someone they need to read. Though for the handful who do, the keys to a whole other level of poetry will be opened.
If i inspire one to read EP great.
ken