Earthy Anecdotes by Wallace Stevens

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Every time the bucks went clattering, Over Oklahoma A firecat bristled in the way.   Wherever they went, They went clattering. Until they swerved, In a swift, circular line, To the right, Because of the firecat.   Or until they swerved, In a swift, circular line, To the left, Because of the firecat.   The bucks clattered. The firecat went leaping, To the right, to the left, And Bristled in the way.   Later, the firecat closed his bright eyes And slept.            This poem is in the public domain. About This Poem   "Earthy Anecdotes" was published in Volume 5, Number 6 of the magazine Others, in July of 1919.   Wallace Stevens was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, on October 2, 1879. He published numerous collections of poetry, including Harmonium (Knopf, 1923) and Collected Poems (Knopf, 1954), which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1955. He died on August 2, 1955.   Poetry by Stevens   The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens (Vintage, 1990) "Suicide of a Moderate Dictator" by Elizabeth Bishop "The Museum of Stones" by Carolyn Forché "Black Cat" by Rainer Maria Rilke Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit Poets.org.   You are receiving this e-mail because you elected to subscribe to our mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe, please click here.   © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038