Poem-A-Day: Papyrus by Ezra Pound

Papyrus by Ezra Pound   Spring . . . . . . . Too long . . . . . . Gongula . . . . . .                                           Today's poem is in the public domain.     Work by Pound   Poems and Translations (Library of America, 2003)           Poem-A-Day Launched in 2006, Poem-A-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. Browse the Poem-A-Day archive.    June 1, 2013 Ezra Pound was born on October 30, 1885, in what was then Idaho Territory. Pound is renowned not just as a poet, but also as an editor responsible for promoting much of Modernist poetry as we know it. He died in 1972. Related Poems [O were my love yon Lilac fair] by Robert Burns Vernal Equinox by Amy Lowell Under the Willows [May is a pious fraud of the almanac] by James Russell Lowell 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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