Lustra

Lustra is an extended selection of short poems by Ezra Pound, printed in 1916, and written during the preceding years of 1913–1916. Much has been written of the extraordinary life, character, and politics of Ezra Pound; however, I would like to draw some attention, if I can, to a delicate half forgotten work from a time of genesis--the brief years of tension before the great war--a time in which the artistic revolution that had begun with Flaubert and Baudelaire began to crystallise. More than this, though, I would hope to alert some contemporary poets of the tense simplicity of style, and rigorous theory and discipline that set them free in the beginning. But that would be over ambitious, so me let instead make this a recommendation of a good collection of poetry--more accessible than you might think, and a window into the mysteries of an author too often held quietly within the circles of academia.