Showing posts with label STEVENS Wallace. Show all posts
Showing posts with label STEVENS Wallace. Show all posts
Monday, May 8, 2017

Wallace Stevens: "The Poems of Our Climate"

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Wallace Stevens is a very unique and perplexing poet, or so he seems to me.   Some of his poems are straightforward while others force me to...
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Saturday, January 2, 2016

A Passage and a Poem: David Abram and Wallace Stevens

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I've mentioned this before, but I'll bring it up again because this is the basis for this particular post.  I would be reading somet...
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Friday, August 14, 2015

Wallace Stevens: The Night-Wind of August

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The Night-Wind of August The night-wind of August Is like an old mother to me. It comforts me. I rest in it, As one would rest, If o...
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Sunday, December 21, 2014

Wallace Stevens: The Snow Man

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             The Snow Man One must have a mind of winter To regard the frost and the boughs Of the pine-trees crusted with snow; And...
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Friday, April 4, 2014

Wallace Stevens: "From the Misery of Don Joost"

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From the Misery of Don Joost I have finished my combat with the sun; And my body, the old animal, Knows nothing more. The powerful sea...
Sunday, August 4, 2013

Wallace Stevens: The House was Quiet and the World Was Calm

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The House Was Quiet and the World Was Calm The house was quiet and the world was calm. The reader became the book; and summer night Wa...
Thursday, October 25, 2012

Wallace Stevens: "The Reader"

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I may have mentioned this before, but I will say it again:  Wallace Stevens is an acquired taste, at least that's how I see him.  I can...
Sunday, July 8, 2012

Wallace Stevens: Anecdote of the Jar

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This is one of Wallace Stevens' most familiar and most anthologized poems.  It's also an example of how memory can play tricks on on...
Sunday, October 2, 2011

Wallace Stevens: October 2, 1879 to August 2, 1955

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An intriguing poem by Wallace Stevens. Actually, I'm not sure what to make of it. The Silver Plough-Boy A black figure dances in a bl...
Friday, September 23, 2011

Fall Equinox

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Like last year, the first day of autumn, or the Fall Equinox, doesn't seem much like fall here in Tucson, where the temperature is expec...
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Saturday, March 26, 2011

Robert Frost: March 26, 1874 --Jan 29, 1963

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While browsing through Frost's Collected Poems , this poem jumped out at me. It was an interesting poem in its own right, it reminded m...
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Friday, March 18, 2011

Wallace Stevens: "Disillusionment of Ten O'Clock

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I wouldn't say that Wallace Stevens is one of my favorite poets, but, to be honest, I really haven't read very many of his poems. ...
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