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David Lehman: Is there a book you wish you had written?
John Ashbery: Kafka's Amerika, Firbank's Valmouth, and Proust À la recherche du temps perdu.
-- sdh
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Radio
I left it
on when I
left the house
for the pleasure
of coming back
ten hours later
to the greatness
of Teddy Wilson
"After You've Gone"
on the piano
in the corner
of the bedroom
as I enter
in the dark
from New and Selected Poems by David Lehman
How did John Ashbery answer? I think that could be a great list poem -- all the books I wish I'd written but never did/will . . .
Posted by: Nin Andrews | December 10, 2012 at 01:36 PM
He named Kafka's Amerika, Ronald Firbank's Valmouth, and Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu.
Posted by: DL | December 14, 2012 at 02:01 AM