" This man is the subject of a sonnet included in Ruben Dario's Azul...
The speaker acknowledges that he has "detested" this figure "long enough" in Ezra Pound's "A Pact." This man is the subject of a sonnet included in Ruben Dario's Azul... He "stands at center court while the Indian boys run from basket to basket" and "does not care if he touches the ball" in a Sherman Alexie poem entitled (*)"Defending" this man. Pablo Neruda wrote "you taught me / to be an American, / you raised / my eyes / to books" in an ode to him; Frederico Garcia Lorca also wrote an ode to this "lovely old man" with a "beard full of butterflies." One author wrote a "Love Poem on a Theme by" this man, and later asked him "which way does your beard point tonight?" For 10 points, identify this figure seen "poking among the meats" and "eyeing the grocery boys" in Allen Ginsberg's "A Supermarket in California."
The speaker acknowledges that he has "detested" this figure "long enough" in Ezra Pound's "A Pact.
Walt {Whitman}