He Made This Screen
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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