Three Quotes from Wallace Stevens in Honor of His Birthday

Poet Wallace Stevens was born on 2 October 1879.

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“It is not everyday that the world arranges itself into a poem.”

“One must read poetry with one’s nerves.”

“Throw away the light, the definitions, and say what you see in the dark.”

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