Ezra POUND was an American poet who was born in 1885 and died in 1972. He is known for his modernist poetry and his influence on other poets. POUND was also a critic and translator of literature, and he was a major figure in the early 20th century literary movement known as Imagism. His most famous work is The Cantos, a long poem that he wrote over the course of his life. POUND's surname was 'POUND', making the crossword solution 'POUND' an appropriate answer to the question of Ezra POUND's US Poet job description.