Stevens Meets The Legacy

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Wallace Stevens was the great champion of the Imagination. When he checked out in 1955, Rock ’n Roll was in its infancy, so maybe even he couldn’t have imagined what the music could do with the titles of his poems. Or maybe he could....

Stevens Meets The Legacy
 
Sea Surface Full of Wooden Ships
 
Domination of Black Sabbath
 
The Ice Cream Man
 
The Byrd with the Jangly, Clean Chords
 
Peter Quince at the Fender Rhodes
 
Thirteen Ways of Listening to a Blackbird Singing in the Dead of Night
 
Tea for One at the Cow Palace
 
The Man with the Blue Telecaster
 
The Idea of Order at Altamont
 
Sad Strains of The Last Waltz
 
A White Rabbit as King of the Ghosts
 
A Completely New Set of Songs
 
Credence in Summer
 
An Ordinary Evening in Woodstock
 
The Band That Filled in for Mountain
 
Final Solo in the Interior of the Paramount

 

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Patrick Walsh | Scene4 Magazine

Patrick Walsh is a writer and poet. After college, he served four years on active duty as an infantry officer in the 25th Infantry Division. He also holds a Master of Philosophy degree in Anglo-Irish literature from Ireland’s University of Dublin, Trinity College. His poems and freelance articles have appeared in numerous journals and newspapers in the U.S. and abroad. He is a Senior Writer and columnist at Scene4.
For more of his columns and other writings, check the Archives.

 

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