Tag: The Poet’s Pineapple

Poetry and Truth

From today's noon post— "In all his poems with all their enchantments for the poet himself, there is the final enchantment that they are true. The significance of…

Speech

Speech by Wallace Stevens upon accepting an honorary degree from Bard College in 1951— (Click to enlarge.) Transcription of conclusion: "In all his poems with all their enchantments…

Surface

"Poetry is an illumination of a surface…." — Wallace Stevens Some poetic remarks related to a different surface, Klein's Quartic— This link between the Klein map κ and…

Friday August 25, 2006

Today's birthday: Sean Connery "Poetry is an illumination of a surface,   the movement of a self in the rock." — Wallace Stevens, introduction to     The…