Arts & Sciences
Fabliau of Florida
From Harmonium (1923)
Arts & Sciences
Barque of phosphor
On the palmy beach,
Move outward into heaven,
Into the alabasters
And night blues.
Foam and cloud are one.
Sultry moon-monsters
Are dissolving.
Fill your black hull
With white moonlight.
There will never be an end
To this droning of the surf.
Cite this poem
MLA
Stevens, Wallace. “Fabliau of Florida.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/stevens/17/.
Chicago
Stevens, Wallace. “Fabliau of Florida.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/stevens/17/.
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