" For 10 points, identify this 20th Century Connecticut poet of "The Man with the Blue Guitar" and "The Emperor of Ice Cream."
The opening line of his "Of Mere Being" lent its name to a posthumously published collection of his works, which included the play Bowl, Cat, and Broomstick and bore the title The Palm at the End of the Mind. He described his poetic philosophy in his Notes Towards a Supreme Collection, and such poems as "Le Monocle de Mon Oncle" and "Sunday Morning" appear in his collection, Harmonium. In one poem he describes a musician who "does not play things as they are" on his colorful instrument; in another he talks about a "roller of big cigars… whip[ping] / In kitchen cups concupiscent curds." For 10 points, identify this 20th Century Connecticut poet of "The Man with the Blue Guitar" and "The Emperor of Ice Cream."
The opening line of his "Of Mere Being" lent its name to a posthumously published collection of his works, which included the play Bowl, Cat, and Broomstick and bore the title The Palm at the End of the Mind.
Wallace {Stevens}