Ezra Pound (1885 1972 American poet and critic who had a strong influence on American and English literature including the writings of Hemingway Yeats T. S. Eliot and Frost He eventually was committed to a mental institutions A.N.S. on a postcard Oct 16 1954 to Sheridan Van Dolan. Pound has scribbled over the printed portion of the card what Is Poetry About and writes in the margin Pardon if I did not answer you I have now completely forgotten what you wrote about and this is only p. card available Pound signs his name and address on upper left corner of recto.