John Ashbery Quotes:
Ocupation: Poet
Life: b. July 28, 1927
Birthday: July 28
But always and sometimes questioning the old modes And the new wondering, the poem, growing up through the floor, Standing tall in tubers, invading and smashing the ritual Parlor, demands to be met on its own terms now, Now that the preliminary negotiations are at last over.
source: John Ashbery (1985). “A Wave: Poems”, p.79, Ardent Media
topic: Life, Growing Up, Demand, Standing Tall, Invading
