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John Ashbery

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An American poet.. American poet; 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry


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Quote Left With all of my power of living I am forced to lie on the floor. Quote Right
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Quote Left And of the other things death is a new office building filled with modern furniture, A wise thing, but which has no purpose for us. Quote Right
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Quote Left Life became a pregnant silence, but it was understood that the silence was to lead nowhere. Quote Right
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Quote Left There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army. Quote Right
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Quote Left 'We, we children, why our lives are circumscribed, circumferential; Close, too close to the center....' Quote Right
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Book: Reflection on the Important Things