Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Wallace Stevens

(Blogmesiter's Note: This little poem transformed my view of life and poetry. It is not so simple as it appears to be.)


Theory

I am what is around me.

Women understand this.
one is not duchess
a hundred yards from a carriage.

These, then are portraits:
a black vestibule;
a high bed sheltered by curtains.

These are merely instances.

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