He Made This Screen Poem by Marianne Moore
He Made This Screen
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.
Fascinating fig leaf in autumn. First two lines breath taking. Needs more details though.
p2The tapestry created extends in vision intermixing reality in beautiful nature scenes, the sea flora and fauna with with implied fantasy imagination 'a dragon circling space -', creating a playful image artistic composition.
I wrote the poem 'Flights Of Fantasy: Carved Into A Screen', inspired by the poem 'He Made This Screen', by the poet Marianne Moore and dedicated to Marianne Moore.
p1The key to this poem is in the title, 'He Made This Screen' and the choice of materials, 'not of silver nor of coral, but of weatherbeaten laurel', suggesting a choice of weather realistic nature scenes for the screen which inspire in praiseworthy beauty.
I wrote the poems 'A Secret Carved Into: He Made This Screen', 'Decoding Carved Screen: Seen And Unseen' et cetera, inspired by the poem 'He Made This Screen', by the poet Marianne Moore and dedicated to Marianne Moore.
the poem wants to tell the reader, to create something beautiful and meaningful. CONGRats being the Modern Poem of The Day in such a shortest time, dear Poetess!
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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