There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army. John Ashbery armyconfuseimprove Change image and share on social
I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them. John Ashbery experiencemindwrite Change image and share on social
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 closefeelhead Change image and share on social
The poem is sad because it wants to be yours, and cannot be. John Ashbery poemsad Change image and share on social
I like poems you can tack all over with a hammer and there are no hollow places. John Ashbery hammerhollowplace Change image and share on social
