In "Of Modern Poetry," a poem first published in 1942, Wallace Stevens sets forth the dilemma of the poet in the modern world: The poem of the mind in the act of findingWhat will suffice. It has not always hadTo find: the scene was set; it repeated whatW...

In "Of Modern Poetry," a poem first published in 1942, Wallace Stevens sets forth the dilemma of the poet in the modern world: The poem of the mind in the act of finding What will suffice. It has not always had To find: the scene was set; it repeated wha...

American poet Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) was a virtuoso of language, a master of rhyme and verbal music, of gay and thoughtful rhythms, and of precise and exotic diction. Wallace Stevens was a successful lawyer and businessman, as well as an important p...

It may mean drumsticks or fricassee to you, but the chicken reigns supreme in Margaritaville. A tourist train full of senior citizens drives by one such creature. "There, folks, is the national bird of Key West the chicken," the guide announces. After...

Everyone visiting Key West notices the houseboats along Houseboat Row: the white doll-house cottage with the picket fence, the big mint-green double-decker with the mural of a woman in a bathtub. Twenty-six of these dwellings float along the sea wall here, all expressions...