What did John Ashbery mean by: I like poems you can tack all over with a hammer and there are no hollow places. - John Ashbery Poet Copy
+ until only infinity remained of beauty Feraz Zeid, August 7, 2023December 12, 2023, John Ashbery, Infinity, 0 - John Ashbery Poet
+ Just when I thought there wasn’t room enough for another thought in my head, I had this great idea— Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Ashbery, Enough, Ideas, Rooms, 0 - John Ashbery Poet
+ The poem is sad because it wants to be yours, and cannot be. Feraz Zeid, June 15, 2023December 12, 2023, John Ashbery, 0 - John Ashbery Poet
+ Once a happy old man One can never change the core of things, and light burns you the harder for it. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Ashbery, Age, Light, 0 - John Ashbery Poet
+ Somewhere someone is traveling furiously toward you, At incredible speed, traveling day and night. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Ashbery, Incredibles, Night, 0 - John Ashbery Poet
+ In the evening Everything has a schedule, if you can find out what it is. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Ashbery, Evening, Schedules, 0 - John Ashbery Poet
+ I always thought that writing poetry was in itself a political act. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Ashbery, Political, Writing, 0 - John Ashbery Poet
+ I write with experiences in mind, but I don’t write about them, I write out of them. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Ashbery, Mind, Writing, 0 - John Ashbery Poet
The art of poetry is to touch the passions, and its duty to lead them on the side of virtue. - William Cowper Poet · England
The machinations of ambiguity are among the very roots of poetry. - William Empson Poet and literary critic · England
All poetry like every work of art proceeds from a swift vision of things. - Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
And that’s when I snapped up my left hand and smashed him in the face with the hammer I’d grabbed. - Jennifer Estep Author
You can use an eraser on the drafting table or a sledge hammer on the construction site. - Frank Lloyd Wright Architect · USA
