John Ashbery

So that the old joy, modest as cake, as wine and friendship Will stay with us at the last, backed read more

So that the old joy, modest as cake, as wine and friendship Will stay with us at the last, backed by the night Whose ruse gave it our final meaning

The poem is sad because it wants to be yours, and cannot be.

The poem is sad because it wants to be yours, and cannot be.

I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.

I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.

[(I-Newswire) - In the free event, Bell will read from] No Planets Strike, ... Edgy in both senses of the read more

[(I-Newswire) - In the free event, Bell will read from] No Planets Strike, ... Edgy in both senses of the word, Josh Bell populates his daft American heartland with the runaway muse Ramona and her clones. The resulting landscapes are as dangerous, funny, and drop-dead gorgeous as those in a Road Runner cartoon.

There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army.

There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army.