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John Ashbery Quotes about Death

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It is because everything is relative That we shall never see in that sphere of pure wisdom and Entertainment much more than groping shadows of an incomplete Former existence so close it burns like the mouth that Closes

It is because everything is relative That we shall never see in that sphere of pure wisdom and Entertainment much more than groping shadows of an incomplete Former existence so close it burns like the mouth that Closes down over all your effort like the moment Of death

John Ashbery
Death, Wisdom, Effort
John Ashbery, Lee Harwood, Tom Raworth (1971). “John Ashbery, Lee Harwood, Tom Raworth”, Not Avail

It is written in the Book of Usable Minutes That all things have their center in their dying.

John Ashbery
Death, Book, Dying
John Ashbery (1986). “Selected Poems”, Penguin Group USA

Death is a new office building filled with modern furniture, A wise thing, but which has no purpose for us.

John Ashbery
Death, Wise, Office
John Ashbery (2011). “The Tennis Court Oath: A Book of Poems”, p.58, Wesleyan University Press

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