Tender Buttons [Nothing Elegant] by Gertrude Stein - Poems

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If the red is rose and there is a gate surrounding it, if inside is let in and there places change then certainly something is upright. It is earnest. </p> </div> <div class="field field--field_credit"> <p>This poem is in the public domain. </p> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <aside class="col-md-4 layout-sidebar" role="complementary"> <div> <div id="block-nodesidebarfields"> <article role="article" about="/poem/tender-buttons-nothing-elegant"> <div> <div class="field field--field_author" itemprop="author"> <div class="field__content"><article role="article" about="/poet/gertrude-stein"> <div> <div class="field field--field_image"> <figure class="field__content"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/images/biographies/315_gstein.jpg" width="286" height="280" alt="Gertrude Stein" title="Photo credit: Carl Van Vechten" typeof="foaf:Image" /> <figcaption class="poet__sidebar-img-caption"> Photo credit: Carl Van Vechten </figcaption> </figure> </div> <div class="field field--body"><p>Gertrude Stein was born in Pennsylvania in 1874. An important figure among American expatriates in Paris, she was known for her experimental literature, including <em>Tender Buttons </em>(Claire Marie, 1914). She died in France in 1946.</p></div> </div> <p> <span class="field field--title"><a href="/poet/gertrude-stein" hreflang="und">About Gertrude Stein</a></span> </p> </article> </div> </div> <div class="field field--field_poem_themes"> <div class="field__label">Themes</div> <div> <div class="field__content"> <div about="/taxonomy/term/1106"> <a href="/poems?field_poem_themes_target_id=1106"> <div class="field field--name">Home</div> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--field_about_this_poem"> <div class="field__label">About this Poem</div> <div class="field__content"> <p>“Tender Buttons [Nothing Elegant]” was published in <em>Tender Buttons</em> (Claire Marie, 1914). </p> </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div id="block-poemadaysignupblock"> <h2>Sign up for Poem-a-Day</h2>  <div id="mc_embed_signup"> <form action="https://poets.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e329a0cb6f08842f08a05d822&id=0e208b88ae&f_id=00686de1f0" method="post" id="mc-embedded-subscribe-form" name="mc-embedded-subscribe-form" class="validate" target="_self"> <input type="hidden" value="1" name="group[5895][1]" id="mce-group[5895]-5895-0"> <div id="mc_embed_signup_scroll"> <div class="indicates-required"><span class="asterisk">*</span> indicates required</div> <div class="mc-field-group"> <label for="mce-EMAIL">Email Address <span class="asterisk">*</span> </label> <input type="email" value="" name="EMAIL" class="required email" id="mce-EMAIL" required> <span id="mce-EMAIL-HELPERTEXT" class="helper_text"></span> </div> <div class="clear"><input type="submit" value="Subscribe" name="subscribe" id="mc-embedded-subscribe" class="button"></div> <div id="mce-responses" class="clear"> <div class="response" id="mce-error-response" style="display:none"></div> <div class="response" id="mce-success-response" style="display:none"></div> </div>  <div style="position: absolute; left: -5000px;" aria-hidden="true"><input type="text" name="b_e329a0cb6f08842f08a05d822_0e208b88ae" tabindex="-1" value=""></div> </div> </form> </div>  </div> </div> </aside> </div> </main> <div> <div class="views-element-container py-5 card-deck card-deck--poemcard poem-cards" id="block-views-block-poems-more-by-poet"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="d-flex flex-lg-row flex-column col-12"> <h2>More by this poet</h2> </div> </div> <div class="row card-deck__cards"> <div><div class="js-view-dom-id-61c00fd183070c6a74f9e65e319a4fee7168434e240c0c41420d970e877bd4b1"> <div class="views-row"><article role="article" about="/poem/much-later"> <h2> <a href="/poem/much-later" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field--title">Much Later</span> </a> </h2> <div> <div class="field field--body"><p><span class="long-line">Elephants and birds of beauty and a gold fish. Gold fish or a superstition. They always bring bad luck. He had them and he was not told. Gold fish and he was not old. Gold fish and he was not to scold. Gold fish all told. The result was that the other people never had them and he knows nothing of it.</span></p> </div> <div class="field field--field_author" itemprop="author"> <div class="field__content">Gertrude Stein</div> </div> <div class="field field--field_date_published" itemprop="datePublished">1926</div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="views-row"><article role="article" about="/poem/patriotic-leading"> <h2> <a href="/poem/patriotic-leading" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field--title">A Patriotic Leading</span> </a> </h2> <div> <div class="field field--body"><p><span class="long-line"> Verse I.</span><br /><span class="long-line">Indeed indeed</span><br /><span class="long-line">Can you see</span><br /><span class="long-line">The stars.</span><br /><span class="long-line">And regularly the precious treasure.</span><br /><span class="long-line">What do we have without measure.</span><br /><span class="long-line">We know.</span></p> <p><span class="long-line"> Verse II.</span><br /><span class="long-line">We suspect the second man.</span></p></div> <div class="field field--field_author" itemprop="author"> <div class="field__content">Gertrude Stein</div> </div> <div class="field field--field_date_published" itemprop="datePublished">2018</div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="views-row"><article role="article" about="/poem/tender-buttons-red-stamp"> <h2> <a href="/poem/tender-buttons-red-stamp" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field--title">Tender Buttons [A Red Stamp]</span> </a> </h2> <div> <div class="field field--body"> <p>If lilies are lily white if they exhaust noise and distance and even dust, if they dusty will dirt a surface that has no extreme grace, if they do this and it is not necessary it is not at all necessary if they do this they need a catalogue.</p> </div> <div class="field field--field_author" itemprop="author"> <div class="field__content">Gertrude Stein</div> </div> <div class="field field--field_date_published" 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