John Ashbery

John Ashbery (1927–2017) was an American poet and art critic. His 1976 collection Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.

A Separate Incident

Burdick has come through. It
wasn’t easy, or, apparently,
     that
difficult. . . . 

  • John Ashbery

Kind Permission

Almost tonight, let’s not and say
     we did.
I used to be a slightly handsome
     boy, then
this happened. . . .

  • John Ashbery

A Disservice

  • John Ashbery

Farm Hubbub

  • John Ashbery

La Tlemcénienne

  • John Ashbery

Andante and Filibuster

  • John Ashbery

Poems on Surveillance

  • Andrew Ridker
  • Cathy Park Hong
  • Rae Armantrout
  • John Ashbery
  • Robert Pinsky
  • Charles Bernstein
  • Harmony Holiday
  • Noelle Kocot
  • Richard Greenfield
  • Maureen N. McLane
  • Amy King
  • Jennifer Kronovet
  • Jessica Baran

Poem Beginning with a Line from Gammer Gurton’s Needle

  • John Ashbery

Recent History

  • John Ashbery

The Bicameral Eyeball

  • John Ashbery

Streakiness

  • John Ashbery

They Are Still Rather Lovely

  • John Ashbery
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