I
Among twenty snowy mountains,
The only moving thing
Was the eye of the blackbird.
Among twenty snowy mountains,
The only moving thing
Was the eye of the blackbird.
II
I was of three minds,
Like a tree
In which there are three blackbirds.
I was of three minds,
Like a tree
In which there are three blackbirds.
III
The blackbird whirled in the autumn winds.
It was a small part of the pantomime.
The blackbird whirled in the autumn winds.
It was a small part of the pantomime.
- Wallace Stevens, excerpt from Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
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