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“I do not know which to prefer,
The beauty of inflections
Or the beauty of innuendoes,
The blackbird whistling
Or just after.“

Remembering Wallace Stevens on his birthday.

#PoetryMatters Day 13: #Paramour

#poetrymatters @TheSpineView
#Paramour

#PoetryMatters Day 2: #IceCream

Whiskey+jambalaya+Wallace Stevens=perfect Friday night. The Emperor of Ice Cream is a handful of poems I have memorized.

I *almost* forgot how great Wallace Stevens is

“The difficulty to think at the end of day,
When the shapeless shadow covers the sun
And nothing is left except light on your fur—

There was the cat slopping its milk all day,
Fat cat, red tongue, green mind, white milk
And August the most peaceful month...”

#icecream #poetrymatters @TheSpineView

‘The House Was Quiet And The World Was Calm‘.

#poetrymatters #house

(Painting by Karen Whitworth)

#clouds #poetrymatters @TheSpineView @LazyDays

"One must have a mind of winter/To regard the frost and the boughs /Of the pine-trees crusted with snow;/And have been cold a long time /To behold the junipers shagged with ice, /The spruces rough in the distant glitter/Of the January sun; and not to think
Of any misery in the sound of the wind..." #snowflake #QuotsyDec18

#QuotsyAug18 Day 11: Indeed, it is. #Meteor

"Perhaps the truth depends upon a walk around the lake."
Wallace Steven
Artwork by Pascal Campion

#wallacestevens #perhapsthetruthdependsuponawalkaroundthelake
#poetry #beautiful #reading

#thirteen #novemberbythenumbers @Tiffy_Reads @JoeStalksBeck

This, one of my favorite Stevens poems, tackles a serious topic with an almost childish rhythm. This is the entire poem (final line that is cut off is the final line from first stanza).
#riotgrams
#booksandicecream

I have read and heard Wallace Stevens mentioned 6 times in the last 24 hours in a variety of formats: reviews in newspapers, on Litsy, in novels, on TV. What the heck???

@Shawna posted about Tigers in Red Weather by Liza Klaussman for #dreamingofawarmerclimate , which prompted me to reread this old favorite by Wallace Stevens! ❤️ #litsypoetry365.

These are two poetry collections I return to again and again. #booktober #rereads

It's #NationalPoetryDay Littens! Who's your favorite poet? What's your favorite poem?

Last week's #bookmail. As you can probably guess, I'm trying to read more poetry.

Poet fight!