It is fitting that all of the residents of that island are but mere shades themselves; Igor Stravinsky and Ezra Pound among them. I was thinking of paraphrasing Pound’s two-line poem In a Station of the Metro into: Apparitions of Faces on the Island of San MicheleFlower petalsTumbriled to earthThen thought of an 800-year-old Japanese poem.
I love Venice! Looks like it was a splendid day to be out.
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It is fitting that all of the residents of that island are but mere shades themselves; Igor Stravinsky and Ezra Pound among them. I was thinking of paraphrasing Pound’s two-line poem In a Station of the Metro into:
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Flower petals
Tumbriled to earth
Then thought of an 800-year-old Japanese poem.
I love Venice! Looks like it was a splendid day to be out.
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