Pound, Stevens, Williams, Moore, H.D.

I can see why people like and revere Pound, but to me most of his poetry seems some what removed. It has style and allusions, etc, but most of his poems are just so over the top. Don't get me wrong, I do like a few of his poems. One of the poems that I do like is A Pact. I think that it is interesting the Pound detested Whitman for so long because he reminds me of Whitman alot of the time. The other poem that caught my eye was The Temperaments. "Nine adulteries, 12 liaisons. 64 fornication and something approaching a rape." I don't know why, but it made me laugh.

I have always been a big fan of Stevens. My favorite of his (not included in our anthology) is the poem about the little cat feet. My other favorite is The Emperor of Ice-Cream just because it makes no sense.

Williams is a very interesting poet to me. Much of the time it seems like he has spaces in between his phrases or words just for the hell of it. I guess that put large gaps in between words wasn't done a whole lot in his time and he was a pioneer, but in the poem Tract for instance: I tried to figure out why the spaces are there but I have no idea. I like the poem This Is Just to Say because it is quirky and interesting, but I can't stand The Red Wheelbarrow. I've never gotten why it is so significant and important. Lat term, Prof. Mohammad explained that it was a part of a larger piece and that made way more sense.

I wasn't sure how to feel about Moore's poetry. In her poem The Fish the visual aspect of the poem impressed me more than the poem itself. Each stanza looks like the end of a boat. It made me feel clever for getting it and I assume that's what she was going for.

And last but not least, H.D. It seems to me that she liked flowers alot. Most of her poems (or the one's the editors included) are flower-themed. Now usually I don't like flower-poetry, so I was skepitcal, but her little verses seem Dickinson like. Her poem Epitaph is very quirky and about death.

Hey sorry I haven't written in awhile...I really like Stein because of her word repetitions. Although, I do see the point that her poems don't seem to "go" anywhere, I think that her use of repetition creates a rhythm and a music that is unique. There aren't alot of poets during her time that did that. At least, not that I know of. Take, for instance, Susie Asado. The poem itself is like a toung twister in some parts, but if you read the first few lines outloud "Sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet tea./Suesie Asado./Sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet tea./Suesie Asado./ Susie Asado which is a told tray sure." there is definatly music.

I liked some of Mina Loy poems. In the poem Brancusi's Golden Bird" lines 21-24 are "this breast of revelation/ an incandenscent curve/ licked by chromatic flames/ in labyrinths or relflections" just stuck out to me. Her word choice is very presise and she evokes powerful imagry in her poems.

Hi, I'm Alysia. I am a creative writing major and am taking this class to further my study in poetry. While I understand the importance of Walt Whitman, I am not particularly fond of most of his work. I find much of what he does to be egotistical. On the other hand, I find his use of words and word combinations fascinating. Something about the way he phrases and combines words excites my ears. (that's original lol) Whitman is obviously a talented poet, if he could just get over his ego!

Emily Dickinson, however, is one of my favorite poets of all time. She is what turned me on to poetry in the first place. I love how obscure her poetry is and how morbidly funny she can be. She just is one of those poets that I don't think I can ever get sick of!