Saturday, May 21, 2016

Late Echo Comments

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Alone with our madness and favorite flower
We see that there really is nothing left to write about.
Or rather, it is necessary to write about the same old things
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John Ashbery
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timothy dyson 18 September 2018

In some Ashbery poems, it seems like we are reading mere babble, rambling, repetitive cogitations. Whether it makes for good poetry is for the reader to condone. As has been said, 'you' dear reader are the poem. That's a cop out. Some poetry is spectacular, most is mundane, repetitive, the topics are limited. Late Echo proves this point about babble mixed with regret.

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