In the following essay, Fletcher discusses sources of Imagism within the English literary tradition.

SOURCE: "Some Anticipations of Imagism," in A Catalogue of the Imagist Poets, J. Howard Woolmer, 1966, pp. 39-53.

Sing we a song
 To the Blessed Gods
 By the dusky olives,

By the green figs
 And the violet grapes,
 By the water-casks.

Cry to the Gods,
 To the Gods that gave us
 Heavy harvest.

Hurtful harvest,
 Venomous vintage.

In slant sunlight
 Fruit by fruit
 Of the Earth-Mother.

In grey twilight
 Shaft on shaft
 Of the Archer-Goddess.

In thick grasses
 Sudden gold
 Of the glowing crocus.

In dewy gardens
 Multitudinous
 Sleepy roses.

They have given us corn
 And the lurid blood-hued
 Dog-star.

Humid woods
 And the terror of moist woods
 African.

It reads like an imitation of H.D. Clearly it is touched by Imagist influence: verbs are suppressed; verse is free, leaning on musical phrase in...