Among twenty snowy mountains, The only moving thing Was the eye of the blackbird.
(Stanza II) I was of three minds, Like a tree In which there are three blackbirds.
(Stanza III)
The blackbird whirled in the autumn winds. It was a small part of the pantomime.
(Stanza IV) A man and a woman Are one. A man and a woman and a blackbird Are one.
(Stanza V) I do not know which to prefer, The beauty of inflections Or the beauty of innuendoes, The blackbird whistling Or just after.
(Stanza VI)
Icicles filled the long window With barbaric glass. The shadow of the blackbird Crossed it, to and fro. The mood Traced in the shadow An indecipherable cause.
(Stanza VII)
O thin men of Haddam, Why do you imagine golden birds? Do you not see how the blackbird Walks around the feet Of the women about you?
(Stanza VIII)
I know noble accents And lucid, inescapable rhythms; But I know, too, That the blackbird is involved In what I know.
(Stanza IX)
When the blackbird flew out of sight, It marked the edge Of one of many circles.
(Stanza X)
At the sight of blackbirds Flying in a green light, Even the bawds of euphony Would cry out sharply.
(Stanza XI)
He rode over Connecticut In a glass coach. Once, a fear pierced him, In that he mistook The shadow of his equipage For blackbirds.
(Stanza XII)
The river is moving. The blackbird must be flying.
(Stanza XIII)
It was evening all afternoon. It was snowing And it was going to snow. The blackbird sat In the cedar-limbs.
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Poetry Poster Series: 13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird