Ezra Pound

The Revolution in American Literature in the 1920s

Along with the death of innocence occasioned by what was then heartbreakingly referred to as the War to End All…

2 weeks ago

Mrs. Dalloway: Virginia Woolf as a Modernist Writer

Modernist writers use some very specific themes and poetic devices in their writing that sets it apart from other periods…

2 weeks ago

How to Write a Sestina

A sestina is a form of poetry, much like a haiku or sonnet, which has its own set of rules.…

3 weeks ago

Sestina: A “How To” Guide

Some challenges are fun to accept. Creating an original guide on how to write the poetry form sestina, including snippets…

2 months ago

Ezra Pound, Walt Whitman, and Other Quarreling Ghosts

As a child, I made many pacts with friends for extraneous reasons. "Don't tell Tommy I like him." The ever-popular…

3 months ago

Abstract Poetry-II

ABSTRACT PAINTING AND ABSTRACT POEM Abstract art is now generally understood to mean art that does not depict objects in…

7 months ago

Ezra Pound vs. T.S. Eliot

"Where is the life we have lost in living? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? Where is…

2 years ago

The Life and Poetry of Robert Frost

Robert Lee Frost was a man of many words. Unlike most of mankind, however, Frost put his words to use…

3 years ago

“The Bath,” “Axe Handles” by Gary Snyder

In "One Should Not Talk To A Skilled Hunter About What Is Forbidden By The Buddha," Gary Snyder for some…

3 years ago

Modern Poetry: Making the Inaccessible Accessible

For the very reason that so many irrational and unattainable things exist in the universe, modern poetry exists; modern poets…

4 years ago

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