MARIANNE MOORE (11/15)
One hundred twenty-five today || Madrid is keeping score || A very happy birthday to || the incomparable Marianne Moore
An amber-tinted philatelist || inhabits the ocean floor || A very happy birthday to || the incomparable Marianne Moore
Reactor core with its rods || I don’t even know what they’re for || A very happy birthday to || the incomparable Marianne Moore
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The incomparable Marianne Moore!! || Top billing, top dollar, top drawer
Silk, taffeta, velvet, velour || for the conqueror Marianne Moore
And there’s plenty more action in store || for the carnivore Marianne Moore
And nary a Larry
who doesn’t adore
the dodge and the parry
of Marianne Moore!
The incomparable Marianne Moore!
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She “digesteth harde yron.”