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Words nd Ends from Ez IX. From Drafts & Fragments of Cantos CX-CXVII

By Jackson Mac Low 1922–2004 Jackson Mac Low

5/3/83 (Ezra Pound)

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Exultance,

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leAf

Paler rOck-

layers at—

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fOrces,

a nUisance,

was Napoleon

1 22nd.

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tO n

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pUt er,

aNd his Name on)

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Are

(Pale yOung foUr hroNes,

y minD Ere aZe,

eaRs k StAte Paris—

NOr frUit thiNg,

t saiD:

Esser oZart,

‘s fRiends te eAch Peace wOrld?

n hUsk s fiNished

to tiDe’s E

rZo hiRd n,

heAven,

“Paradiso”

Over xcUse ll

aNd paraDiso.

Ey o Zagreus

e aRch greAt Paradiso

çOis noUard,

e suN ling,

“De Et

3 May 1983

New York

Jackson Mac Low, "Part 9 of Words nd Ends from Ez" from Words nd Ends from Ez. Copyright © 1993 by Jackson Mac Low. Reprinted by permission of Avenue B.

Source: Words nd Ends from Ez (Avenue B, 1993)

Biography

Poet, performance artist, and composer Jackson Mac Low was born in Chicago and began studying music as a child. After completing coursework at the University of Chicago, he moved to New York City, where he earned a BA in Greek at Brooklyn College. His early work as an etymologist and reference book contributor laid the foundation for his fascination with the possibilities found in units of sound and sense. Influenced by Gertrude . . .

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