tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post7074808407021670409..comments2024-01-23T18:21:17.066+00:00Comments on Surroundings: Domination of BlackRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17046788730174617923noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-2558178994665274042007-09-06T08:04:00.000+01:002007-09-06T08:04:00.000+01:00Thanks for this Rob (and Katy). Stevens is one of ...Thanks for this Rob (and Katy). Stevens is one of those poets by whom one can be influenced without trying to imitate. Stylish, but never allowing style to dominate content.Colin Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15627539650929533832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-41073886452244263292007-09-06T07:53:00.000+01:002007-09-06T07:53:00.000+01:00Fantastic story, sefton!Katy, your articles on Ste...Fantastic story, sefton!<BR/><BR/>Katy, your articles on Stevens are really good. Check them out, everyone.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17046788730174617923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-51260477705222869522007-09-06T03:20:00.000+01:002007-09-06T03:20:00.000+01:00Well done, Rob! I promise I hadn't read this when ...Well done, Rob! I promise I hadn't read this when I posted, erm, exactly the same picture of Stevens today... He is a lifelong hero of mine and that poem is mesmeric.Ms Baroquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836227454899083962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-65364079569189476412007-09-06T01:24:00.000+01:002007-09-06T01:24:00.000+01:00From the Can't Win For Losin' category...Wallace S...From the Can't Win For Losin' category...<BR/><BR/>Wallace Stevens' wife, Elsie, was lovely enough to be the U.S. mint's model for the Mercury dime in 1915, and the rumor was that she never forgave him for the release of <I>Harmonium</I>, because it contained a few poems she believed were written for her eyes only.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com