Ashbery

Master of probabilities,
inventor of worlds poised 
before being collapsed 
into the real,
hovering almost 
in a perpetual quantum state.
Where are You ?

Are you hiding 
in a fuzzy cloud of words,
beneath a clever disguise
of masks or have you simply
broken yourself down
into elemental parts 
and scattered them throughout
the parallel worlds
of your poems which,
like crazy mirrors, stretch
and strangely entertain 
the receptors in our
dimensionally challenged brains.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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Toney Avatar
May 16, 2023 at 4:22 AM
A thought-provoking perspective on John Ashbery, Paul.
Willason Avatar
May 16, 2023 at 4:00 PM
A difficult poet to figure out...some if his poems are shere genius, others leave me cold. For me he captures the fractured nature of the modern mind, an entertainer, a playful performer. Not my favourite by any means but challenging. Regards
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