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Nomad Exquisite

Nomad Exquisite

By Wallace Stevens 1879–1955 Wallace Stevens

As the immense dew of Florida

Brings forth

The big-finned palm

And green vine angering for life,

As the immense dew of Florida

Brings forth hymn and hymn

From the beholder,

Beholding all these green sides

And gold sides of green sides,

And blessed mornings,

Meet for the eye of the young alligator,

And lightning colors

So, in me, come flinging

Forms, flames, and the flakes of flames.

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Poet Wallace Stevens 1879–1955

SCHOOL / PERIOD Modern

Subjects Living, The Body, Nature, Weather, Animals, The Mind, Arts & Sciences, Language & Linguistics