Poem-A-Day: Coda by Ezra Pound

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Coda by Ezra Pound   O my songs, Why do you look so eagerly and so curiously into     people's faces, Will you find your lost dead among them?  Today's poem is in the public domain. September 30, 2012 Born on October 30, 1885, Ezra Pound is generally considered the poet most responsible for defining and promoting a modernist aesthetic in poetry. Also by Pound Canto 1 The River-Merchant's Wife: A Letter In a Station of the Metro Related Poems The Angel that presided 'oer my birth by William Blake from Mesongs by Kamau Brathwaite Astigmatism by Amy Lowell Poem-A-Day started as a National Poetry Month program in 2006, delivering daily poems from newly-published poetry titles.   Due to popular demand, Poem-A-Day became a year-round program in 2010, featuring original, never-before-published poems by contemporary poets on weekdays, and classic poems on weekends.   Browse the Poem-A-Day archive for selections since 2010.  Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem In Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit Poets.org.

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