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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-08-07 06:39 PM
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A bit of Ezra Pound's "obscene Canto"
can be found online by Googling "harpies dripping shit".

Look!

from Ezra Pound, Selected Cantos.

Crazy, treasonous, anti-Semitic asshole anyway.

Nice poem!



(Hat tip to swag at myspace!)
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Perry Logan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-08-07 08:44 PM
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1. Worst poet ever.
Edited on Thu Nov-08-07 08:44 PM by Perry Logan
Unless it's William Carlos Williams.
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-08-07 10:23 PM
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2. Titans will fight it out!
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-08-07 10:27 PM
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3. Great poet, but a miserable human being
Wallace Stevens gets my vote for worst (credible) poet ever
Harold Bloom says that Jimmy Carter is the worst living poet. After reading some of Carter's work, it's hard to argue with that.
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Goblinmonger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-10-07 02:39 PM
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5. Not a fan of the imagists I see. n/t
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swimboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-10-07 12:56 PM
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4. Enjoyed seeing that in context
lots of swell imagery

and below:

Love Poems Find the Perfect Poem for your Sweetie, Here! thelovepoems.info

I'm laughing wryly now.
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