Stepping out of the lurking shades for a moment, I'd suggest that they
did meet, Stephen. I have none of my Pound biographies here so cannot
check that way, but Canto 72 has the ghost of Marinetti speaking to
Pound (a Dantesque ploy that appears in the *Four Quartets* too - and
Pound then says
"Again that hasty and impatient spirit
Like a messenger who’s chafing at delay
And will not stay for business of less merit
Burst in – I recognised the voice of Marinetti
Heard long ago in Piazza Adriana//, down by Tiber-side."
- I'm sure Jack Ross won't mind me quoting his translation from the
Italian on his very informative blog *The Imaginary Museum* (I don't
have that new edition of *The Cantos* containing Pound's own long-lost
translation) -
http://mairangibay.blogspot.com/2007/03/poetry-live.html
By the way, I found your RAINTAXI interview fascinating, too - and it
helped me to relate more to the work I've seen on your blog. I had to
laugh, too, reading your quip "I'm not actually that big of a reader" -
I've still not managed to get through Proust myself & admire anyone who
has. It probably helps living in a city like San Francisco where there
are lots of readers.
Best
Martin
Stephen Vincent wrote:
>I will not talk about Marinetti's then growing fascist politics and why,
>etc. I wonder if he and Pound ever met.
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>Stephen V
>Walking Theory is my new book from Junction Press.
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