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Tuesday, November 16, 2010
IMAGE, by T.E. Hulme
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Old houses were scaffolding once and workmen whistling.
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This poem was not included in Ezra Pound's Ripostes, so I don't know it's original format. This is the format as I found it in my old literature anthology from college.
I can honestly say that this poem changed my life, though it didn't truly open up until I put those houses in the context of the slowly atrophying city of Saginaw, MI, with it's ancient mansions, subdivided for apartments, and whatever else....
This reminds me of Walt Whitman somehow.
ReplyDeletelove this too. the simplicity is captivating.
ReplyDeleteI can honestly say that this poem changed my life, though it didn't truly open up until I put those houses in the context of the slowly atrophying city of Saginaw, MI, with it's ancient mansions, subdivided for apartments, and whatever else....
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