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RedditEight of Marianne Moore's major poems were published in The Nation in the 1940s and '50s, including "The Mind Is an Enchanting Thing," "In Distrust of Merits" and "A Carriage From Sweden." In keeping with the tradition of featuring her work, we present now two of her poems, hitherto unpublished, undated and dedicated to peace on earth. They are from The Poems of Marianne Moore, edited by Grace Schulman, forthcoming from Viking Penguin in October.
Containing roughly twice as many poems as Complete Poems (1968), the new edition includes poems that have appeared only in literary journals or earlier books, and some, like the following, not at all.
Pale Morning Moon,
Dark Blue Black Sea
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