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John Ashbery
American
Poet
Born:
Jul 28
,
1927
Army
Confuse
People
Them
Think
You
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I don't look on poetry as closed works. I feel they're going on all the time in my head and I occasionally snip off a length.
John Ashbery
Time
Closed
Poetry
Head
Feel
Look
Occasionally
Off
Going
Length
Works
The poem is sad because it wants to be yours, and cannot be.
John Ashbery
Sad
Poem
Because
Wants
Cannot
Yours
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