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October 30, 2012

Happy Birthday Ezra Pound (10/30) by Anthony Madrid

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EZRA POUND (10/30)


Ailanthus, amphetamines, power lines downed
Happy birthday, Ezra Pound

Bell, book, and candle, and half the set drowned
Happy birthday, Ezra Pound

Inflatable raft at the Lost and Found
Happy birthday, Ezra Pound

The Pez dispenser says See ya around
Happy birthday, Ezra Pound

Happy birthday, Ezra Pound!!!
The bubbling subway is apt to astound

The spool’s undone, the thread’s unwound
Happy birthday, Ezra Pound
  
   -- Anthony Madrid

Posted by on October 30, 2012 at 12:29 PM in Birthday Poems, Poems |

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I like this a lot. The sense of pace created by the line 'Happy birthday, Ezra Pound' is really attractive and lulls you into a great rhythm.

Posted by: Framed prints | October 30, 2012 at 02:37 PM

Nice work.

Check out the Cooper-Herwitt Museum blog entry on his birthday:

http://www.cooperhewitt.org/object-of-the-day/2012/10/30/meeting-modern-minds

Posted by: Pamela Lawton | October 31, 2012 at 10:41 AM

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