Be the first to ask a question about Complete Poems. 'literalists of I have it wrapped carefully and stored even more carefully in a place of honor but somehow forgot that I had this book in my collection when I initially included my book inventory. Just adding this book today. Her later work is more sparse, but still full of the allusions and wit (and nature) and cadence that are her hallmarks. Marianne Moore is considered a major influential American poet. I've called her a biddy many times over the past month! it. But then you start digging and her poems become something really really cool. Marianne Craig Moore (November 15, 1887 – February 5, 1972) was an American Modernist poet, critic, translator, and editor. I consider Moore a talented poetess. But then you start digging and her poems become something really really cool. Register now and publish your best poems or read and bookmark your favorite popular famous poems. Born in 1887, Marianne Moore wrote with the freedom characteristic of the other Modernist poets, often incorporating quotes from other sources into the text, yet her use of language was always extraordinarily condensed and precise I was first attracted to her writing by the precise strength of 'An Octopus', where cold observation and quotation somehow form a remarkable synthesis with a fierce love for the outdoors and for words. She began to meet other poets, such as William Carlos Williams and Wallace Stevens, and to contribute to the Dial, a prestigious literary magazine. eat, elephants pushing, a wild horse taking a roll, a tireless wolf And then she would tell me all about squids and then share the poem she wrote about them, and it would be lovely. Of the Modernist poets I find Moore the most approachable (which in a way makes her a terribly unconventional Modernist). Phenomenal Woman, Still I Rise, The Road Not Taken, If You Forget Me, Dreams Marianne Moore Poems - Poems of Marianne Moore - Poem Hunter She was a modernist american poet and came to the attention of poets as diverse as Wallace Stevens, William Carlos Williams, H.D., T. S. Eliot, and Ezra Pound. A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. She was a modernist american poet and came to the attention of poets as diverse as Wallace Stevens, William Carlos Williams, H.D., T. S. Eliot, and Ezra Pound. All Rights Reserved. Collected Poems (1951) The book was sold to me containing a handwritten personal letter from the author, folded inside the jacket. I don't know this to be true but I'm assuming the person that received this charming letter from Miss Moore placed the letter inside the jacket for safe keeping. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. I have it wrapped carefully and stored even more carefully in a place of honor but somehow forgot that I had this book in my collection when I initially included my book inventory. Her Collected Poems of 1951 is perhaps her most rewarded work; it earned the poet the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the Bollingen Prize. Many many times you stop and think, 'What in the hell is she even talking about?!' This is a list of best and famous Marianne Moore poems. result is not poetry, holding on upside down or in quest of something to This poem is in the public domain. Following graduation, Moore studied typing at Carlisle Commercial College, and from 1911 to 1915 she was employed as a school teacher at the Carlisle Indian School. And whence. I read this collection back in 2004, and liked it at the time; I was also engaged enough and challenged enough by the poems to take 12 pages of handwritten notes on them, analyzing meanings (actually more than 12 pages --the last one breaks off in mid-sentence and a 13th page is missing, misplaced somehow.) we cannot understand: the bat nor is it valid Okay so I read this book for school and let me tell you Marianne Moore is tough!!! if it must, these things are important not because a One must There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Reading, writing, and enjoying famous Marianne Moore poetry (as well as classical and contemporary poems) is a great past time. 3.5 stars! I don't know this to be true but I'm assuming the person that received this charming letter from Miss Moore placed the letter insid. Her Collected Poems of 1951 is perhaps her most rewarded work; it earned the poet the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the Bollingen Prize. In a world in which science is by and large alien to the general public, nature by and large segregated off in little-visited and increasingly encroached-upon designated zones, and the very concept of poetry almost laughable by nature, Marianne Moore is a refreshing anecdote.