i honestly actively avoid exposure to ezra pound's poetry, despite him being such a influential poet,
because any poem i read gets involuntarily and automatically incorporated into my internal model of poetry, like a neural network, or like a musician hearing a song. inspiration and counterinspiration are not things one can control. i can't unread the beautiful poem written by a literal nazi collaborator.
and i'd rather try to minimize the quantity of poetry written by fascists which touches that part of my spirit, my selves.