He Made This Screen by Marianne Moore

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend April 19, 2015   He Made This Screen   Marianne Moore

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.            This poem is in the public domain. About This Poem   “He Made This Screen” was published in Moore’s book Poems (The Egoist Press, 1921).   Marianne Moore was born on November 15, 1887, in Kirkwood, Missouri. Her honors include the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Moore died on February 5, 1972, in New York City.   Photo credit: George Platt Lynes Poetry by Moore   The Poems of Marianne Moore (Penguin Classics, 2005) "from 'Origin'" by Samantha Giles "The Coming of War: Actaon" by Ezra Pound "Orchard" by H. D. Read This Poem   For National Poetry Month, we’ve teamed up with 826 National to produce Read This Poem, a celebration of poets in cities with 826 chapters. Read this week’s featured poems by poets from Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, and Washington D.C. Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit Poets.org.   You are receiving this e-mail because you elected to subscribe to our mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe, please click here.   © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038