A TIMELESS POEM OF 1908

Short, pithy and perfect imagery.

Ennui
by Marianne Moore

He often expressed
A curious wish,
To be interchangeably
Man and fish;
To nibble the bait
Off the hook,
Said he,
And then slip away
Like a ghost
In the sea.

This poem is in the public domain.

Marianne More

Marianne Moore born on November 15, 1887, in Kirkwood, Missouri, died in 1972.