The Fish - Marianne Moore -
poetry in america

Thu, Apr 3 2:30 P.M. NH World (11.3)

This environmental science-themed episode explores Marianne Moore's great poem of marine life, "The Fish." Former Vice President Al Gore, poet Jorie Graham, and scientists from Conservation International dive into Moore's portrayal of the ocean's always-changing history, and its future in a warming world.

Duration: 26 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 203

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Thu, Apr 3	2:30 P.M.	The Fish - Marianne Moore NH World (11.3)

About Poetry In America:

Poetry in America explores the diversity of American poetry.

In each episode, members of various American communities join host Elisa New, following Gwendolyn Brooks to the South Side of Chicago, Alberto Rios to the Sonoran Desert, Richard Blanco to Marco Island, and more.

Joining along the way are singers and Supreme Court justices, playwrights and physicists, and teachers and their students.

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Tue, Apr 1	2:00 P.M.	I Cannot Dance Upon My Toes - Emily Dickinson NH World (11.3)
Tue, Apr 1	2:30 P.M.	Fast Break - Edward Hirsch NH World (11.3)
Tue, Apr 1	3:00 P.M.	Those Winter Sundays - Robert Hayden NH World (11.3)
Tue, Apr 1	3:30 P.M.	Hymmnn and Hum Bom - Allen Ginsberg NH World (11.3)
Tue, Apr 1	4:00 P.M.	Skyscraper - Carl Sandburg NH World (11.3)
Tue, Apr 1	4:30 P.M.	Harlem - Langston Hughes NH World (11.3)
Wed, Apr 2	2:00 P.M.	Musee Des Beaux Arts - W.H. Auden NH World (11.3)
Wed, Apr 2	2:30 P.M.	Shirt - Robert Pinsky NH World (11.3)
Wed, Apr 2	3:00 P.M.	To Prisoners - Gwendolyn Brooks NH World (11.3)
Wed, Apr 2	3:30 P.M.	The Gray Heron - Galway Kinnell NH World (11.3)
Wed, Apr 2	4:00 P.M.	The New Colossus - Emma Lazarus NH World (11.3)
Wed, Apr 2	4:30 P.M.	Urban Love Poem - Marilyn Chin NH World (11.3)
Thu, Apr 3	2:00 P.M.	One Art - Elizabeth Bishop NH World (11.3)
Thu, Apr 3	2:30 P.M.	The Fish - Marianne Moore NH World (11.3)
Thu, Apr 3	3:00 P.M.	This Your Home Now - Mark Doty NH World (11.3)
Thu, Apr 3	3:30 P.M.	Finishing The Hat - Stephen Sondheim NH World (11.3)