| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | Dogmatic Statement Concerning the Game of Chess: Theme for a Series of Pictures | | By Ezra Pound |
| | | RED knights, brown bishops, bright queens, | |
| Striking the board, falling in strong “l”s of color, | |
Reaching and striking in angles,
holding lines in one color. | |
This board is alive with light;
these pieces are living in form, | |
Their moves break and reform the pattern:
Luminous green from the rooks, | 5 |
Clashing with “x”s of queens,
looped with the knight-leaps. | |
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| “Y” pawns, cleaving, embanking! | |
| Whirl! Centripetal! Mate! King down in the vortex, | |
| Clash, leaping of bands, straight stripe of hard color, | |
| Blocked light working in. Escapes. Renewing of contest. | 10 | | | |
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