The petals fall in the fountain,
the orange-coloured rose-leaves,
Their ochre clings to the stone.
Ts’ai Chi’h
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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The Bath Tub
As a bathtub lined with white porcelain,When the hot water gives out or goes tepid,
The Tree
I stood still and was a tree amid the wood,Knowing the truth of things unseen before;
Alba
As cool as the pale wet leavesof lily-of-the-valley
L’Art
Green arsenic smeared on an egg-white cloth,Crushed strawberries! Come, let us feast our eyes.
The Encounter
All the while they were talking the new moralityHer eyes explored me.
