A Girl

Ezra PoundEzra Pound

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The tree has entered my hands,
The sap has ascended my arms,
The tree has grown in my breast—
Downward,
The branches grow out of me, like arms.Tree you are,
Moss you are,
You are violets with wind above them.
A child—so high—you are,
And all this is folly to the world.
Ezra Pound
About the poet

Ezra Pound

1885 - 1972/Male/AmericanA poet and critic, Ezra Weston Loomis Pound is known for his development of Imagism, stressing clarity, precision and economy of language.

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