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\nJohn Ashbery is understood to have passed
\nin a way of his own, en route to one
\nof the emblematic neckery shops he favors.
\nHe is said to have been about to
\nexchange a flowery crepe for a chaster ice-
\nblue satin number, or to telephone the folks
\nat Sodus, New York, near the fire-gray
\nwater of Lake Ontario, reputedly his
\nfavorite lake. When he comes back to us
\nwe will advance in a chorus chanting:
\n“Thank you John Ashbery for coming to
\nsee us so we see you in new clothes.
\nWe always have loved you and admired your ties.”
\nThat is how we feel about John Ashbery.
\nHere he comes now. I will thank him personally for
\n“the salacious paperbound books and girlie magazines.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nOther Flowers<\/i><\/a> contains 163 poems, found among the late James Schuyler<\/a>‘s papers, that had not been collected (or in many cases ever published) during his lifetime. This poem was written in 1953—I’m not sure of the chronology, but he may have been sharing an apartment with John Ashbery (and Frank O’Hara!) at the time.<\/p>\n
Last fall, The New Yorker<\/i> published “Love’s Photograph (or Father and Son)<\/a>,” and several poems appeared in Poetry<\/i>, including “Address<\/a>,” “Foreign Parts<\/a>,” and “Sweet Romanian Tongue<\/a>.” Last month, The Nation<\/i> published “Smallest<\/a>.”<\/p>\n
(By the way, what with this and Don Paterson’s translation of Li Po writing about Du Fu<\/a> and David Young’s translation of Du Fu writing about Li Bai<\/a>, I’m wondering if anybody’s ever put together a collection of poems about poets… Somebody must have had that idea already, right?)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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