John Ashbery
There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army.
-John Ashbery
poetry
I don't look on poetry as closed works. I feel they're going on all the time in my head and I occasionally snip off a length.
-John Ashbery
poetry
The poem is sad because it wants to be yours, and cannot be.
-John Ashbery
sad
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