"Among twenty snowy mountains, The only moving thing Was the eye of the blackbird."
— Wallace Stevens

January 1, 1970

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"Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" - Full text online — "The Blackbird Is Flying, The Children Must Be Writing" Sam Swope (an essay on the use of this poem as a teaching tool).