John Ashbery - Read Quotes

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When I originally started writing, I expected that probably very few people would read my poetry because in those days people didn't read poetry much anyway.

John Ashbery

Life is beautiful. He who reads that
As in the window of some distant, speeding train
Knows what he wants, and what will befall.

John Ashbery

The sun fades like the spreading
Of a peacock's tail, as though twilight
Might be read as a warning to those desperate
For easy solutions.

John Ashbery