Wallace Stevens

“In poetry, you must love the words, the ideas and the images and rhythms with all your capacity to love anything at all.”

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

“Let be be finale of seem. The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream.”

“A pear should come to the table popped with juice, Ripened in warmth and served in warmth. On terms Like these, autumn beguiles the fatalist.”

“There will never be an end To this droning of the surf.”

“Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.”