My last two programs focused on New England poets who wrote eloquently about the land -- Robert Frost -- and who wrote powerfully about the sea -- Robert Lowell. I mentioned, in passing, in my introductions to those programs, that New England also has important cities, sophisticated urban centers, in which the complex range of human life unfolds. I plan to present a couple of programs about that dimension, beginning today with a look at the poetry of Wallace Stevens (1879-1955).