“Fat girl, terrestrial, my summer, my night, How is it I find you in difference, see you there In a moving contour, a change not quite completed? You are familiar yet an aberration.”
Quote by Wallace Stevens
Work
The Palm at the End of the Mind: Selected Poems and a Play
The book includes a curated selection of poems, offering readers a glimpse into the author's creative expression. Additionally, it features a play, providing a more immersive theatrical experience. more
Author
Wallace Stevens
Wallace Stevens was an American poet known for his unique modernist style and philosophical reflections. His poetry often explores the connection between abstract concepts and everyday life, and is considered one of the most influential poets of the 20th century. more
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“I have said no To everything, in order to get at myself. I have wiped away moonlight like mud.”
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“The soul, O ganders, flies beyond the parks And far beyond the discords of the wind.”
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“The night Makes everything grotesque. Is it because Night is the nature of man's interior world?”
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“It is the sun that shares our works. The moon shares nothing. It is a sea.”
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