Showing posts with label Ezra Pound. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ezra Pound. Show all posts

Friday, March 21, 2014

Pounding Advice

In a short essay in 1913, Ezra Pound made a list of A Few 'Don’ts' For Writing Poetry.
"It is better to present one Image in a lifetime than to produce voluminous works."

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The poet doesn't invent. He listens. ~Jean Cocteau