In a Station of the Metro
The apparition of these faces in the crowd;
Petals on a wet, black bough.Ezra Pound
It’s still National Poetry Month. And yeah, the more I read about Ezra Pound the more I disliked him as a person. His personal politics were distasteful to say the least. But, boy, could he write poetry. I love this poem. But I like H.D. better just on principle.
In non-poetic news, today has been a wash. I had to meet with my prof and didn’t get home from that until 5:30. It was also my son’s open house, so we left for that at 6:30 after I made him get his own soup for dinner while I answered an email from a high school student who’s got some questions about writing and writers. Got home from the open house about 7:45. Get the kid to bed etc, and I’m only now sitting down to write. Or not. Because, of course, I’m doing this instead.
Tomorrow is Friday (yay!) and the beginning of my week off to finish the Master’s degree project.
Tags: Ezra Pound, Poetry, writers