1040: The Idea of Order at Key West

Today’s poem is The Idea of Order at Key West by Wallace Stevens.

The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual. In this episode, Major writes… “When a performer brings their whole self the planets align. Life magically makes sense. Today’s famous poem ponders one of those moments in which, through another’s expression, all agonies and confusions give way to a dignified stasis.”

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