tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post113026752068156637..comments2024-01-23T18:21:17.066+00:00Comments on Surroundings: Other TraditionsRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17046788730174617923noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-1130745285477346882005-10-31T07:54:00.000+00:002005-10-31T07:54:00.000+00:00I think he might be tongue-in-cheek about his infl...I think he might be tongue-in-cheek about his influences, although there's no doubting his admiration for these poets.<BR/><BR/>Most Ashbery poems leave me cold. But there are some which I like, and the good ones tend to be very good.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17046788730174617923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-1130552367288529212005-10-29T03:19:00.000+01:002005-10-29T03:19:00.000+01:00Beddoes? Clare? And here I just made a post to you...Beddoes? Clare? <BR/><BR/>And here I just made a post to your thread at PFFA suggesting that he was imitating people like Stevens and Eliot.<BR/><BR/>The only Ashbery I own is "The Mooring of Starting Out", which contains his first five complete books of poetry. I think, despite my reservations about Ashbery, that I've hit that book more than any other over the past year or so.<BR/><BR/>Regards.Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09274451416814354460noreply@blogger.com