The speaker of one poem in this collection notes, "I wish that I might be a thinking stone," beforeobserving, "until now I never knew that fluttering things have so distinct a shade."
The speaker of one poem in this collection notes, "I wish that I might be a thinking stone," beforeobserving, "until now I never knew that fluttering things have so distinct a shade." A poem in thiscollection begins with the observation that "man is the intelligence of his soil" and traces a voyage toCarolina undertaken by the poet Crispin. Another poem in this collection describes a listener who "beholdsnothing that is not there, and the nothing that is." This collection includes "The Comedian as the Letter C,""The Snow Man," and a poem invoking "the roller of big cigars." For 10 points, name this poetrycollection containing "The Emperor of Ice Cream," the first by Wallace Stevens.
The speaker of one poem in this collection notes, "I wish that I might be a thinking stone," beforeobserving, "until now I never knew that fluttering things have so distinct a shade."
Harmonium