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.

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Di11y Da11y

Date: 5/16/2023 9:34:00 AM

Ahh my limited attempt at getting to grips with Ashbery's writing means I know what you mean! The very same feeling I get when looking at the fragments of myself - somewhere in all this is the truth... I found listening to a poem actually meant I could absorb the parts that touched me whilst attempting to read a poem left me feeling unable to penetrate past references I didn't understand. An interesting revelation (ish and perhaps only to me haha)

Paul Willason
Date: 5/16/2023 4:03:00 PM

He is challenging...maybe put him aside to give your brain a rest. Been trying to come to grips with him for years.... Thanjs DD

Mark Toney

Date: 5/16/2023 4:22:00 AM

A thought-provoking perspective on John Ashbery, Paul.

Paul Willason
Date: 5/16/2023 4:00:00 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

Di11y Da11y

Date: 5/16/2023 12:58:00 AM

I walk round with my eyes closed, I'm sure it'll be a useful exercise for me to follow your muses and see a bit of the (poetic) world. After my day of fun fun fun meetings about meetings that is :)

Di11y Da11y

Date: 5/16/2023 12:05:00 AM

I'll need to study a bit to latch on to today's offerings. There are references I am not familiar with. I'll be back

Paul Willason
Date: 5/16/2023 12:21:00 AM

I am doing a series on some the major poets I have read...quite a few...a couple I have slipped in today. Exercise to keep my mind in trim and to try and condense my thoughts down to a few words.