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Which poem of Stevens is your favorite -- and why?

Alan I can think of two: one my favorite title, "Le Monocle de Mon Oncle," and its full rhetoric; the other, opposite, spare and gliding, "Thirteen Ways of…moreI can think of two: one my favorite title, "Le Monocle de Mon Oncle," and its full rhetoric; the other, opposite, spare and gliding, "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird." Of course, he's talking a Connecticut Blackbird, not an English/ European one, for then the title need must be, "Thirteen Ways of Hearing a Blackbird." I spoke on European Blackbirds--the one McCartney says "sing in the dead of night"--at Kensington Library, near Prince William's (and his mother Diana's) Palace, and also in Italian, in Milan (on Un Merlo Buon' Veneziano).(less)

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