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The Poems of Marianne Moore (2003)
“Whatever it is.. poem.. play, story.. it must hold attention.”
Poetry as Expression - The Writer April 1962
Prose
“My father used to say "Superior people never make long visits."”
"Silence"
The Poems of Marianne Moore (2003)
Interview with Grace Shulman. Quarterly Review of Literature 1969
“that which is impossible to force, it is impossible
to hinder.”
"Radical"
The Poems of Marianne Moore (2003)
"Sun" from Tell Me, Tell Me (1966)
Poetry
“One may be pardoned, yes I know
one may, for love for love, undying (Ephesians 6:24)”
Voracities and Verities Sometimes are Interesting
Poetry
“Everything I have written is the result of reading or of interest in people.”
As quoted in Marianne Moore, Poet of Affection (1977) by Pamela White Hadas, p. 6
“Beauty is everlasting
and dust is for a time.”
"In Distrust of Merits" (1944)
The Poems of Marianne Moore (2003)
"O To Be A Dragon" in O To Be A Dragon (1957)
Poetry
“There is an inevitable connection between music and poetry.”
Quoted in Poetry Review 26 Sept 1935
Prose
Essay - 1957 Subject, Predicate, Object
“Music should be directed by the ear, poetry by the imagination”
Review -Jean Gaingne -New & Selected Poems 1967
Prose
“I have learned more from Ezra Pound about writing than from anyone else.”
Review of Letters of Ezra Pound 1950
Prose
"The Staff of Aesculapius"
The Poems of Marianne Moore (2003)
"Sea Unicorns and Land Unicorns"
The Poems of Marianne Moore (2003)
“What is our innocence,
what is our guilt? All are
naked, none is safe.”
"What Are Years?"
The Poems of Marianne Moore (2003)
“I look upon verse as an exercise in composition.”
Authors of 1951 Speaking for Themselves NY Herald Tribue 7 Oct 1951
Prose