Nevertheless (1944)
In this slim volume, Moore writes about animals, religion and Europe. Wallace Stevens said about this book that “she makes the most lavish snake-charmer look like a visitor,” probably eluding to the magical and mysterious way in which Moore chooses dense words to create moods in her poem. In “A Carriage From Sweden,” (p.8) for example, she writes: “The split / pine fair hair, steady gannet-cleat / eyes and the pine-needled-path deer- / swift step; that is Sweden, land of the / free and the soil for a spruce tree”
Poetry and Criticism (1965)
This essay was printed on a hand press. It collects Moore’s responses to questions about her views on creativity and her relationship with the revolution in poetry. As you can see by the date, Moore's career had a long lifespan, just like H.D., who was actually her friend at Bryn Mawr College in the early 1900s.
Marianne Moore Biography and Resources