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I was of three minds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It’s the second day of February, when I and perhaps a few other bloggers post a favorite poem. Here’s some easy Wallace Stevens.<\/p>\n

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird<\/h3>\n

I
\nAmong twenty snowy mountains,
\nThe only moving thing
\nWas the eye of the blackbird.<\/p>\n

II
\nI was of three minds,
\nLike a tree
\nIn which there are three blackbirds.<\/p>\n

III
\nThe blackbird whirled in the autumn winds.
\nIt was a small part of the pantomime.<\/p>\n

IV
\nA man and a woman
\nAre one.
\nA man and a woman and a blackbird
\nAre one.<\/p>\n

V
\nI do not know which to prefer,
\nThe beauty of inflections
\nOr the beauty of innuendoes,
\nThe blackbird whistling
\nOr just after.<\/p>\n

VI
\nIcicles filled the long window
\nWith barbaric glass.
\nThe shadow of the blackbird
\nCrossed it, to and fro.
\nThe mood
\nTraced in the shadow
\nAn indecipherable cause.<\/p>\n

VII
\nO thin men of Haddam,
\nWhy do you imagine golden birds?
\nDo you not see how the blackbird
\nWalks around the feet
\nOf the women about you?<\/p>\n

VIII
\nI know noble accents
\nAnd lucid, inescapable rhythms;
\nBut I know, too,
\nThat the blackbird is involved
\nIn what I know.<\/p>\n

IX
\nWhen the blackbird flew out of sight,
\nIt marked the edge
\nOf one of many circles.<\/p>\n

X
\nAt the sight of blackbirds
\nFlying in a green light,
\nEven the bawds of euphony
\nWould cry out sharply.<\/p>\n

XI
\nHe rode over Connecticut
\nIn a glass coach.
\nOnce, a fear pierced him,
\nIn that he mistook
\nThe shadow of his equipage
\nFor blackbirds.<\/p>\n

XII
\nThe river is moving.
\nThe blackbird must be flying.<\/p>\n

XIII
\nIt was evening all afternoon.
\nIt was snowing
\nAnd it was going to snow.
\nThe blackbird sat
\nIn the cedar-limbs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s the second day of February, when I and perhaps a few other bloggers post a favorite poem. Here’s some easy Wallace Stevens. Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird I Among twenty snowy mountains, The only moving thing Was the eye of the blackbird. II I was of three minds, Like a tree In … Continue reading “Blackbirds”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[711,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-188727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fake-art","category-words"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xam3-N5Z","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188727"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":188729,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188727\/revisions\/188729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}