On JA's Birthday, Four Introductions to His Poetry

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July 27, 2019

On JA's Birthday, Four Introductions to His Poetry

From Jacket here are introductions made by Richard Howard, Kenneth Koch, David Lehman, and Susan Schultz to poetry readings given by John Ashbery. Kenneth's is from 1963; Richard's from 1967; Susan's from 1996, and Lehman's from 2008.

Posted by The Best American Poetry on July 27, 2019 at 09:05 PM in Adventures of Lehman, Feature, Poetry Readings | Permalink

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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