Wallace Stevens




To Madame Alda, Singing a Song, in a White Gown

So much sorrow comes to me out of your singing.
A few large, round leaves of wan pink
Float in a small space of air,
Luminously.
A white heron rises.
From its long legs, drifting, close together,
Drops of water slide
And glisten.
It drifts from sight.


spoken = Doug Ross