On 8/2/2015 9:50 AM, Carrol Cox wrote:
> Pound's "Mak it new" was a _rejection_ of "new" knowledge. The "it"  (essential elements of "civilization") is old but must be made to fit the current world: it must be _made_ new because, while crucial, is _not_ new but lies rusted & forgotten among the detritus of hhstory.

      Yes, or as he more compactly explained, "Poetry is news that stays 
news."

     KA


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