Happy Birthday Marianne Moore (by Anthony Madrid)

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.”