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A review by mattinthebooks
Early Poems by Ezra Pound
4.0
“When I behold how black, immortal ink
Drips from my deathless pen— ah, well-away!
Why should we stop at all for what I think?
There is enough in what I chance to say.” -Silet
The poems in this collection are fairly hit-or-miss, with an incredible variance in writing style, poetic medium, and subject matter. There are a few in here that made a fairly big impact on me on the first read. Now that I have finished it, I might go back for a second read. It is probably more impactful to people that lived in Pound’s time, but I see why Hemingway thought he was a stand-up kind of guy.
Drips from my deathless pen— ah, well-away!
Why should we stop at all for what I think?
There is enough in what I chance to say.” -Silet
The poems in this collection are fairly hit-or-miss, with an incredible variance in writing style, poetic medium, and subject matter. There are a few in here that made a fairly big impact on me on the first read. Now that I have finished it, I might go back for a second read. It is probably more impactful to people that lived in Pound’s time, but I see why Hemingway thought he was a stand-up kind of guy.