Marianne Moore
Marianne Moore
Marianne Craig Moorewas an American Modernist poet, critic, translator, and editor. Her poetry is noted for formal innovation, precise diction, irony, and wit...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth15 November 1887
CityKirkwood, MO
CountryUnited States of America
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brave be-brave reluctant
We Call Them the Brave who likely were reluctant to be brave.
human-nature indecision middle
It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing.
butterfly vain congruence
As for butterflies, I can hardly conceive of one's attending upon you; but to question the congruence of the complement is vain, if it exists.
writing men sound
A man is a writer if all his words are strung in definite sentence sounds.
yule fire fairy-tale
Yule—Yul log for the Christmas-fire tale-spinner—of fairy tales that can come true: Yul Brynner.
capes yogi handle
Assign Yogi Berra to Cape Canaveral; he could handle any missile.
father flower glasses
My father used to say, "Superior people never make long visits, have to be shown Longfellows grave, or the glass flowers at Harvard."
sarcastic sarcasm suffering
We are suffering from too much sarcasm.
heart hands messengers
The hands are the heart's messengers.
self realization doe
The self does not realize itself most fully when self-realization is its most constant aim.
admire
... we do not admire what we cannot understand.
fighting self sick
They fought the enemy, we fight fat living and self-pity. Shine, o shine, unfalsifying sun, on this sick scene.
poet pretentious disgusting
I am hard to disgust, but a pretentious poet can do it
poetry nouns verbs
Poetry is all nouns and verbs.