16 Feb 2019: "In a Station of the Metro" by Ezra Pound


 
In a Station of the Metro
 
THE apparition of these faces in the crowd; 
Petals on a wet, black bough.

1 comment:

  1. I'm not sure of this is supposed to be referencing a fire or something? Why is the bough black, but the petals are wet?

    Pound is a famous imagists poet, and this is a good example. The ghostly faces in the crowd are turned into the petals of the black wet tree so efficiently.

    I'm not sure what it means, but I like my black from a fire and wet from putting out the fire.

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