Wallace Stevens. Gubbinal. Harriet Monroe, ed. Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912-22

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22.

Gubbinal

By Wallace Stevens


From “Sur Ma Guzzla Gracile” THAT strange flower, the sun,
Is just what you say.
Have it your way.

The world is ugly,
And the people are sad.	5

That tuft of jungle feathers,
That animal eye,
Is just what you say.

That savage of fire,
That seed—	10
Have it your way.

The world is ugly,
And the people are sad.