Revived bitterness

 

Marianne Moore in 1935

Today is the birthday of Marianne Moore.  I've never liked her poetry very much; too "prosaic" and wordy for me.  But here's one I do like:

The Past is the Present

Revived bitterness
is unnecessary unless
   One is ignorant.

To-morrow will be
Yesterday unless you say the
    Days of the week back-

   Ward. Last weeks’ circus
Overflow frames an old grudge. Thus:
    When you attempt to

Force the doors and come
At the cause of the shouts, you thumb
   A brass nailed echo.

Marianne Moore in her later years