Marianne Moore and the short commute

Étude De Volubilis Par G. Lebart., Digital ID 819900, New York Public LibraryÉtude de Volubilis – G. LebartI suppose April is National Poetry Month because it's the cruellest month. I don't know if that's true but I've planted some seeds and hope to have flowers for summer. Am I deluded by this into believing in a spring resurrection? Perhaps, but what's the alternative? I'll take my morning glories and moon flowers and if they smell sweet I'll try not to think of funerals.

April is a great time to drop by the Hudson Park Library and take out some poetry. Take your book, walk a couple of blocks to the Hudson River and doze off in the sun between lines by such great Village poets as Marianne Moore, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Stanley Kunitz. April will not seem cruel.

Marianne Moore worked at the Hudson Park Library in the 1920s, commuting 42 steps (I counted! If she had a long stride - 39!) from her home at 14 St. Lukes Place. Great, huh? Oh, but the hazards of too short a commute - no calling out sick and going to the beach for her.

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Wonderful Post on Moore

Thank you for this fine post. I have linked it to my Moore site: "Marianne Moore: Poetry" at http://moore1213.wordpress.com, a site for Moore resources. Patricia C. Willis