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Ezra Weston Loomis Poun (Hailey, Idaho Territory, United States, October 30, 1885 – Venice, Italy, November 1, 1972) was an American expatriate poet, critic and intellectual who was a major figure of the Modernist movement in the first half of the 20th century.

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  • 1885-1972 USA16 OZ
  • Alfred Venison was a pseudonym of this "Cantos" poet (is that 16 ounces of Venison?)
  • "Weighty" name of the pro-Fascist American poet who was declared insane in 1946
  • "The poet's poet," his writings were far more influential than his World War II broadcasts from fascist Italy
  • This poet to whom T.S. Eliot dedicated "The Wasteland" ended up in a mental institution
  • In 1958 T.S. Eliot helped gain the release of this poet from a Washington mental institution
  • This controversial poet was born in Hailey in 1885 & later broadcast propaganda in WWII
  • Loomis was the middle name of this "Cantos" poet who loomed large over his fellow Imagists
  • T.S. Eliot dedicated "The Waste Land" to this poet & critic who helped revise it

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