What did John Ashbery mean by: I write with experiences in mind, but I don’t write about them, I write out of them. - John Ashbery Poet Copy
+ Not until it starts to stink does the inevitable happen. Feraz Zeid, July 20, 2023December 12, 2023, John Ashbery, Events, Stink, 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
+ 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
+ Much that is beautiful must be discarded So that we may resemble a taller Impression of ourselves. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Ashbery, Beautiful, Impression, 0 - John Ashbery Poet
+ Where then shall hope and fear their objects find? Feraz Zeid, October 2, 2023December 26, 2023, John Ashbery, Objects, 0 - John Ashbery Poet
+ And so we turn the page over. To think of starting. This is all there is. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Ashbery, Pages, Starting, 0 - John Ashbery Poet
+ It is written in the Book of Usable Minutes That all things have their center in their dying. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Ashbery, Book, Death, Dying, 0 - John Ashbery Poet
+ Expecting rain, the profile of a day Wears its soul like a hat. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, John Ashbery, Rain, 0 - John Ashbery Poet
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