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He Made This Screen

Marianne Moore on

Published in Poem Of The Day

not of silver nor of coral,
but of weatherbeaten laurel.
Here, he introduced a sea
uniform like tapestry;

here, a fig-tree; there, a face;
there, a dragon circling space-

designating here, a bower;
there, a pointed passion-flower.



About this poem
"He Made This Screen" was published in Marianne Moore's book "Poems" (The Egoist Press, 1921).

About Marianne Moore
Marianne Moore was born on Nov. 15, 1887, in Kirkwood, Mo. Her honors include the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Among other books, she wrote "The Pangolin and Other Verse" (1936), "What Are Years" (1941) and "O to Be a Dragon" (1959). Moore died on Feb. 5, 1972, in New York City.

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The Academy of American Poets is a nonprofit, mission-driven organization, whose aim is to make poetry available to a wider audience. Email The Academy at poem-a-day[at]poets.org.


This poem is in the public domain. Distributed by King Features Syndicate




 


 

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