A Jelly-Fish
Notice that the words that make up this poem are in the shape of a jellyfish!
A Jelly-Fish
Poem
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.
Notes
Written by Marianne Moore and 1st published in The Lantern in Spring 1909.
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