I <br />Opusculum paedagogum. <br />The pears are not viols, <br />Nudes or bottles. <br />They resemble nothing else. <br /> <br />II <br />They are yellow forms <br />Composed of curves <br />Bulging toward the base. <br />They are touched red. <br /> <br />III <br />They are not flat surfaces <br />Having curved outlines. <br />They are round <br />Tapering toward the top. <br /> <br />IV <br />In the way they are modelled <br />There are bits of blue. <br />A hard dry leaf hangs <br />From the stem. <br /> <br />V <br />The yellow glistens. <br />It glistens with various yellows, <br />Citrons, oranges and greens <br />Flowering over the skin. <br /> <br />VI <br />The shadows of the pears <br />Are blobs on the green cloth. <br />The pears are not seen <br />As the observer wills.<br /><br />Wallace Stevens<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/study-of-two-pears/
