A Jelly-Fish
Published in Poem Of The Day
Visible, invisible,
A fluctuating charm,
An amber-colored amethyst
Inhabits it; your arm
Approaches, and
It opens and
It closes;
You have meant
To catch it,
And it shrivels;
You abandon
Your intent-
It opens, and it
Closes and you
Reach for it-
The blue
Surrounding it
Grows cloudy, and
It floats away
From you.
About this poem
"A Jelly-Fish" was published in The Lantern (Spring 1909).
About Marianne Moore
Marianne Moore was born on Nov. 15, 1887. Her collections of poetry include "What Are Years?" (1941), "O to Be a Dragon" (1959) and "The Complete Poems of Marianne Moore (1967)." She died in New York City in February of 1972.
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