Touch, Love, Then Explain: A discussion of “Some Trees” by John Ashbery
Poem Talk
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A Canvas on Which Emerges
Ashbury's two passions are visual art, the criticism he did and poetry. His earliest poem is called "The painter" So wow. That these two loves and passions are there in that word. And you know, when I see a canvas on which emerges, is it about to pivot into a kind of like, a drastic poem? Are we all of a sudden looking at a canvas?
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