I feel that poetry is going on all the time inside, an underground stream. — John Ashbery Copy Share Image
The ellipse is as aimless as that, Stretching invisibly into the future so as to reappear In our present. Its flexing is… — John Ashbery Copy Share Image
We might realize that the present moment may be one of an eternal or sempiternal series of moments, all of which will… — John Ashbery Copy Share Image
And the way Though discontinuous, and intermittent, sometimes Not heard of for years at a time, did, Nonetheless, move up, although, to… — John Ashbery Copy Share Image
“Some departure from the norm Will occur as time grows more open about it. The consensus gradually changed; nobody Lies about it… — John Ashbery Copy Share Image
“Ages passed slowly, like a load of hay, As the flowers recited their lines And pike stirred at the bottom of the… — John Ashbery Copy Share Image
This whole moment is the groin Of a borborygmic giant who even now Is rolling over on us in his sleep. — John Ashbery Copy Share Image
Sometimes a musical phrase would perfectly sum up The mood of a moment. One of those lovelorn sonatas For wind instruments was… — John Ashbery Copy Share Image
The soul is not a soul, Has no secret, is small, and it fits Its hollow perfectly: its room, our moment of… — John Ashbery Copy Share Image
“You meant more than life to me. I lived through you not knowing, not knowing I was living. I learned that you… — John Ashbery Copy Share Image
“Yes, they are alive and can have those colors, But I, in my soul, am alive too. I feel I must sing and dance,… — John Ashbery Copy Share Image
How many people came and stayed a certain time, Uttered light or dark speech that became part of you Like light behind windblown fog… — John Ashbery Copy Share Image
Some certified nut Will try to tell you it's poetry, (It's extraordinary, it makes a great deal of sense) But watch out or he'll… — John Ashbery Copy Share Image
The ellipse is as aimless as that, Stretching invisibly into the future so as to reappear In our present. Its flexing is its account,… — John Ashbery Copy Share Image
Somewhere someone is traveling furiously toward you, At incredible speed, traveling day and night… — John Ashbery Copy Share Image
“The genius of Cornell is that he sees and enables us to see with the eyes of childhood, before our vision got clouded by… — John Ashbery Copy Share Image
The mind Is so hospitable, taking in everything Like boarders, and you don't see until It's all over how little there was to learn… — John Ashbery Copy Share Image
In the increasingly convincing darkness The words become palpable, like a fruit That is too beautiful to eat. — John Ashbery Copy Share Image
What I like about music is its ability to be convincing, to carry an argument through successfully to the finish, though the terms of… — John Ashbery Copy Share Image
“The Unknown Travelers Lugged to the gray arbor, I have climbed this snow-stone on my face, My stick, but what, snapped the avalanche The… — John Ashbery Copy Share Image
