Poem-a-day, April 14: apparition

In a Station of the Metro

The apparition of these faces in the crowd;
Petals on a wet, black bough.
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Hi Friends,

Today's poem is from Personae (1926) by Ezra Pound.

Enjoy.
Ellen

This poem is not actually "shorter than haiku" by syllable count. But I'm going to count it amongst other strongly haiku-influenced works featured in my poem-a-day series: see also Poem-a-Day April 20, 2007; Poem-a-Day April 14, 2008; and Poem-a-Day April 2, 2009.

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