Poem: “He Made This Screen” by Marianne Craig Moore

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He Made This Screen

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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.

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American Literature – American Poetry – Marianne Craig Moore – Poems by Marianne Craig Moore

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