the light is like a spider.
it crawls over the water.
it crawls over the edges of the snow.
it crawls under your eyelids
and spreads its webs there -
its two webs.
the webs of your eyes
are fastened
to the flesh and bones of you
as to rafters or grass.
there are filaments of your eyes
on the surface of the water
and in the edges of the snow.
(from Stevens, Collected Poetry & Prose, p. 64)
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I decided to include this poem because I like what I see as Stevens' awareness of our complete interconnectivity with the world of nature: the union of the senses with the objects of sense. The way our senses evolved, somehow, in a relationship with their stimulants.
WS Quote
"Compare the silent rose of the sun. And rain, the blood-rose living in its smell, With this paper, this dust. That states the point." ~ Wallace Stevens
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Wow. Love this. Must go read more by this poet.
Found you via Lori in Austin's blog. Will explore your blog further!
Have a nice evening.
Posted by: lyn | February 27, 2006 at 08:21 PM
great inforamtion will adds to my favorites
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