Tag Archives: Wallace Stevens

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird by Wallace Stevens with ten engravings by Francisco Toledo and a translation by Luis Roberto Vera

18 Apr Filed under American Poets, Art I Like. 2 Comments.

… I Among twenty snowy mountains, The only moving thing Was the eye of the blackbird. II I was of three minds, Like a tree In which there are three blackbirds. III The blackbird whirled in the autumn winds. It was a small part of […]

And Five More American Poets: Stevens, Swenson, Rukeyser, Lowell and Ashbery

22 Nov Filed under American Poets. No comments.

… Wallace Stevens … The Idea of Order at Key West She sang beyond the genius of the sea. The water never formed to mind or voice, Like a body wholly body, fluttering Its empty sleeves; and yet its mimic motion Made constant cry, caused […]

Five American Poets: Stevens, Swenson, Rukeyser, Jarrell, and Lowell

18 Jan Filed under American Poets. 3 Comments.

… Wallace Stevens (1979 – 1955) The Idea of Order at Key West She sang beyond the genius of the sea. The water never formed to mind or voice, Like a body wholly body, fluttering Its empty sleeves; and yet its mimic motion Made constant […]