Tag Archives: Ezra Pound

Rejoyce. It’s Bloomsday.

Posted on June 16, 2023 by sheila

Some men send flowers to commemorate an anniversary. James Joyce wrote Ulysses. Overachiever. On June 15, 1904, young James Joyce sent a note to Nora Barnacle, who was a waitress at Finn’s Hotel. Barnacle (what an apt name) was a … Continue reading →

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It’s Ezra Pound’s Birthday: “Do not retell in mediocre verse what has already been done in good prose.”

Posted on October 30, 2021 by sheila

And give up verse, my boy, There’s nothing in it. — Ezra Pound I grew up hearing stories of Ezra Pound. Not the stories of his fascism or his relaxing time in a cage in Italy, or being indicted for … Continue reading →

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“Fear adjective; they bleed nouns. Hate the passive.” — poet Basil Bunting

Posted on March 1, 2021 by sheila

It’s his birthday today. By all accounts, including his own, Basil Bunting was some kind of genius prodigy. Along with everything else, he was also Iran correspondent for the London Times for a bit, and was very interested in Persia … Continue reading →

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2020 Books Read

Posted on December 30, 2020 by sheila

What a year, huh. What a dumpster-fire year. I read a lot, mostly in the mornings, and it helped create rituals for the days, which often seemed endlessly the same, interchangeable. I read a lot of long and challenging books … Continue reading →

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My Social-Distancing “#StayTheFHome” Reading List

Posted on March 15, 2020 by sheila

Have a lot of writing to do, plus my day job, which I already do remotely (so hanging around in my apartment with my cat is not all that big an adjustment), although having three weeks of perishable food lined … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, H.D.

Posted on September 10, 2009 by sheila

The poet Hilda Doolittle (known as H.D.) was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on September 10, 1886. It is difficult for me to really realize that she was born in Pennsylvania and not Liverpool, her name sounds so My Fair Lady-ish. … Continue reading →

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The Books: “The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry” – H.D.

Posted on December 31, 2008 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Poetry: The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry, Volume 1: Modern Poetry, edited by Jahan Ramazani, Richard Ellmann, and Robert O’Clair The woman’s name was Hilda Doolittle. I can’t help but think about My Fair Lady … Continue reading →

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The Books: “The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry” – Ezra Pound

Posted on December 27, 2008 by sheila

“Do not retell in mediocre verse what has already been done in good prose.” – Ezra Pound I grew up hearing stories of Ezra Pound, not just of his fascism and his time in a cage in Italy, or being … Continue reading →

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The Books: “The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry” – William Carlos Williams

Posted on December 14, 2008 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Poetry The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry, Volume 1: Modern Poetry, edited by Jahan Ramazani, Richard Ellmann, and Robert O’Clair For me, William Carlos Williams was one of the poets where my first response to … Continue reading →

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Occupation

Posted on May 30, 2007 by sheila

[I am working on] a poem of immeasurable length which will occupy me for the next four decades, unless it becomes a bore. — Ezra Pound, 1915

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