[lbo-talk] Off the deep end in Egypt

[Carl G. Estabrook]

A silly (and quite destructive) dismissal, precluding a just appraisal of one of the most important 20th century poets in English - who was hardly above criticism.

A more just appraisal from the late American poet Bill Knott:

POEM

well alright
I grant you
he was a fascist
ahem antisemitism the
er war and all
I’m not defending them
but at least
you’ve got to admit
at least he
made the quatrains run on time

--CGE

On Apr 14, 2014, at 5:33 PM, Michael Smith <mjs at smithbowen.net> wrote:


> ...
> Puts me in mind of Gertrude Stein on Ezra Pound: "A village 
> explainer, which is nice if you're a village, and if not, not."