Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird (Wallace Stevens)

Straightforward. Simple phrasing that belies deeper intentions. New eyes unto the world. I find this poem by Wallace Stevens to be breathtakingly beautiful, but it is the kind of beauty that does not allow for pictures, awes, or intakes of breath. Instead, the kind of beauty in this poem forces you to appreciate, nod, and lift your eyes to the things around you and see them, perhaps, for the first time. Their wholeness.

Favorite line: "A man and a woman/Are one./A man and a woman and a blackbird/Are one."