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

I like poems you can tack all over with a hammer and there are no hollow places.

I like poems you can tack all over with a hammer and there are no hollow places.

I don't look on poetry as closed works. I feel they're going on all the time in my head and read more

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.

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.

[(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.