Ezra Pound and Dylan Thomas couplets

Ezra Pound couplets

An acrobat swinging through the air,
Pastel flip-flops spinning with flair.

An acrobat swinging through the air,
a soccer ball kicked without a care.

An old oak tree struck by lightning
Old men, skin and bones crackling

A submarine patrolling the seas
A gingerbread man saying “Can’t catch me”

A cat hunched up, spitting in rage
a mouse trying to get out of a cage

A cat hunched up, spitting in rage
Gauls o’ertaken

An old oak tree struck by lightning
Caesar Augustus finally dying

Dylan Thomas couplets

Did you ever see snow?
Ice-cold, white-laced, wind-blown, pillow-soft.

Did you ever see snow?
Ice-cold, white-laced, pillow-soft, wind-blown
Snow.

Did you ever see a soccer ball?
Black-white, pumped-up just right, air-tight.

Did you ever see a soccer ball?
Black-white, air-tight, back-spinning, game-winning.

Did you ever see Italy?
Pasta-stuffing, Pisa-leaning, coliseum, seas gleaming.
or seas a’gleaming