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the windy sky Cries out a literate despair.

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Wallace Stevens
Age: 75 †
Born: 1879
Born: October 2
Died: 1955
Died: August 2
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in the presence of extraordinary actuality, consciousness takes the place of imagination.
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Poetry is a response to the daily necessity of getting the world right.
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