Today’s poem is “A Jelly-Fish” by Marianne Moore. The poem is in the public domain.
A Jelly-Fish by Marianne Moore
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.
Prompts:
1. Begin with “Visible, invisible…” 2. Begin with “amethyst/ Inhabits it…” 3. Draft a poem exploring an intended task or goal that you haven’t succeeded in completing. 4. Draft a poem using an animal/object as an extended metaphor. To learn more about extended metaphors, click here.
5. Photo by Diego Laquintana Alonso via pexels.com. Use image as a writing prompt.
Thanks for reading PoetryStash Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support the Poetry Stash community.