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Inhaltsverzeichnis Inhaltsverzeichnis HARMONIUM In the Carolinas 6 In den Carolinas 7 The Paltry Starts Die schäbige Nackte geht on a Spring 8 auf 9 Infanta Marina 10 Infanta Marina 11 Domination of Black 12 Schwarz dominiert 13 The Snow Man 16 Der Schneemann 17 The Load of Sugar-Cane 18 Die Ladung Zuckerrohr 19 Metaphors a Magnifico 20 Metaphern eines Magnifico 21 Hibiscus on the Hibiskus an den Sleeping Shores 22 schlafenden Ufern 23 Fabliau of Florida 24 Fabliau aus Florida 25 Don Joost ... 26 Vom Elend des Don Joost 27 28 29 Anecdote of Men Anekdote von den Menschen by the Thousand 32 zu Tausenden Of Heaven Über den Himmel, Considered as a Tumb betrachtet als Gruft the Anekdote vom Prince Peacocks 36 Pfauenprinzen 37 Stevens, Wallace digitalisiert durch: Hellwach, am Rande des Schlafs IDS Luzern 2011 A High-Toned Ein schrilles altes Christian 40 Christenweib 41 The Curtains in the House Die Vorhänge im Haus of the Metaphysician 42 des Metaphysikers 43 The of 44 Kaiser der Eiskrem 45 The Cuban Doctor 46 Der kubanische Doktor 47 Sunday Morning 48 Sonntagmorgen 4g Six Significant Landscapes 58 Sechs bedeutsame Landschaften 59 Thirteen of Looking Dreizehn Arten at a Blackbird 64 eine Amsel zu betrachten 65 Exquisite 70 Nomadisch vortrefflich 71 The Death of a Soldier 72 Der Tod eines Soldaten 73 Negation 74 Verneinung 75 To the Wind 76 Dem tosenden Wind 77 OF ORDER / VORSTELLUNGEN VON ORDNUNG (1935) Sailing After Lunch 80 Nach dem Lunch Segeln 81 How To Live. What To Do 84 Wie leben. Was tun 85 Waving Adieu, Adieu, Adieu .... 86 Adieu, Adieu, Adieu 87 The of Order Die Vorstellung von Ordnung at Key West 88 bei Key West 89 The American Sublime 92 Erhabenheit auf Amerikanisch .. 93 Mozart, 94 Mozart, 1935 95 Discourse Akademischer Diskurs at Havana 98 in Havanna 99 The Reader 104 Der Leser 105 Gallant Chäteau 106 Galantes Chäteau 107 THE MAN THE BLUE GUITAR DER MANN MIT DER BLAUEN GITARRE (1937) 109 PARTS OF A WORLD / TEILE EINER WELT (1942) Poetry Dichtung ist a Destructive Force 154 eine Zerstörungskraft The Poems of Our 156 Die Verse Klimazone ... 157 The of Water 158 Das Glas Wasser 159 A Weak Mind Ein schwacher Geist in the Mountains 160 in den Bergen 161 Poem Written at Morning 162 Gedicht, am Morgen geschrieben 163 A Dish of Peaches in Russia 164 Eine Schale Pfirsiche in Russland 165 Of Modern Poetry 166 Von moderner Dichtung 167 Arrival at the Waldorf 168 Ankunft im Waldorf 169 TRANSPORT TO SUMMER/ÜBERFAHRT IN DEN SOMMER (1947) God Is Good. Gott ist gut. Is a Beautiful Night 172 Es ist eine schöne Nacht 173 The Poem as 266 Das Gedicht als Ikone 267 of the Rock Formen des Felsens in a Night- 270 in einer nächtlichen Hymne 271 The Planet on the Table 272 Der Planet auf dem Tisch 273 The River of Rivers Der der Flüsse in Connecticut 274 in Connecticut 275 Not About the Thing Nicht Vorstellungen von dem Ding But the Thing Itself 276 sondern das Ding selbst 277 OPUS POSTHUMOUS/GEDICHTE AUS DEM NACHLASS Metropolitan Melancholy 280 Metropolitane Melancholie 281 As You Leave the 282 Als du das Zimmer verlässt 283 A Discovery of Thought 284 Eine Entdeckung des 285 Of Mere Being 288 Vom reinen Sein 289 ADAGIA 291 DIE BEZIEHUNGEN ZWISCHEN DICHTUNG UND MALEREI 319 Anmerkungen 334 Nachwort von Joachim Sartorius 338 Editorische Notiz 346 A Word with Auf ein Wort mit Jose 174 Jose Rodriguez-Feo 175 Sketch the Ultimate Politician 176 Skizze des ultimativen Politikers 177 Debris of Life Trümmer des Lebens and Mind 178 und des Geistes 179 Notes Toward a Notate auf dem Weg zu einer höchsten Fiktion Must Abstract 180 Es abstrakt sein 181 Must Change 200 Es muss sich verändern 201 It Must Give Pleasure 220 Es muss Freude machen 221 THE AURORAS OF AUTUMN DIE SONNENAUFGÄNGE DES HERBSTES (1950) The in Sunshine 244 Die Frau im Sonnenlicht 245 Study of Images I 246 Studie von Bildern I 247 Study of Images II 248 Studie von Bildern II 249 THE ROCK / DER FELSEN (1954) The Piain Sense of Things 252 Das einfache Gefühl für Dinge . 253 Two That the World Zwei Illustrationen, dass die Is What You Make of It 254 das ist, was man aus ihr macht ... 255 The World as Meditation 258 Die als Meditation 259 Final Soliloquy of the Letztes Selbstgespräch der Interior Paramour 262 inneren Geliebten 263 The Rock Der Felsen Seventy Years Later 264 Siebzig Jahre später 265 .
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