The Stylist
—Cleave-translations from
Ezra Pound’s Personae (1926)
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1 perfection
2 stylist
3 risqué
4 metro
5 words
6 vice
7 lily
8 valentino
9 eyes
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perfection
(previously published: here)
—based on “Salvationists”
Ezra Pound’s Personae (1926)
the stylist
the stylist—unpaid, uncelebrated
beneath saggy roof—seeking shelter
words on paper—receive him
placid uneducated—exercising his talents
without sophistication—writing
while his mistress—behind creaky door
makes love—cooks feasts for him
—based on “Beneath the Sagging Roof”
Ezra Pound’s Personae (1926)
risqué
they say—risqué
my cleaving—canzonetti
composing—four A.M.
listening to—her music
seeing diana—nude in her bathtub
bathing—blushing
delectable—in the delicate
sunlight—skylights
thru—castalian spray
the granite—cliffs of helicon
gathering—about me my
dice—weak knees
—based on “Ancorda”
Ezra Pound’s Personae (1926)
metro
the apparition—of these faces
in the crowd—pennies
from—heaven
—based on “In a Station in the Metro”
Ezra Pound’s Personae (1926)
words
words—words
manila folders—giving the illusion
order everywhere—actually chaos rules
my den—library knows
the truth—jungle words
gone—amok
vice
sarah palen—amorous
thus have the gods—elaphantine
republican voters—republican votes
blessed you—allowing you
my dear—to rule in vice
—based on “Phyllidula”
Ezra Pound’s Personae (1926)
lily bart
flawless—aphrodite
thoroughly—beautiful
tableaux vivant—goddess
your posing—concerns me
—based on “Ladies”
Ezra Pound’s Personae (1926)
valentino
9 adulteries—12 liaisons
64 fornications—a rape
nightly—how you brag
valentino—my friend
seemingly—so loud
effortless—and sexy
while I—on the contrary
never talk—I’m shy about
love—romance
being recently—father of twins
accomplished—at some cost
four times—cuckolded
—based on “The Temperaments”
Ezra Pound’s Personae (1926)
eyes
(previously published: here)
—based on “The Seeing Eye”
Ezra Pound’s Personae (1926)
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