tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post113707271997601746..comments2024-01-23T18:21:17.066+00:00Comments on Surroundings: John AshRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17046788730174617923noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-15299911505887021912008-05-02T19:53:00.000+01:002008-05-02T19:53:00.000+01:00agreed, the goodbyes is something of a fantastic r...agreed, the goodbyes is something of a fantastic read, simply one of the better volumes of poetry i've read in the last year. i was lucky enough last week to purchase a copy of this book for 1 euro in gent belgium, an impulse purchase based primarily on the strength of its wonderful cover art and a casual perusal of its interior contents which more than hinted at excellence. now i too am hooked, and will go out of my way to acquire more writings by this writer, a writer i had not previously heard of, let alone read. thanks for this post -- its refreshing to know that there are still a few smart people out there in the world...<BR/><BR/>gustave m.K O O D Y T A ' S K O R N E Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06122916585839745907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-34133036613478090122007-06-16T03:06:00.000+01:002007-06-16T03:06:00.000+01:00Desmond's words - John Ash (pimped up) A pianist c...Desmond's words - John Ash (pimped up) <BR/><BR/>A pianist commencing, angels in the rain.<BR/>lingering alowly will soon be fast in a pink room filled with musical animals and roses<BR/>while our teeth rot in sympathy.<BR/><BR/>Outside autumn grows dense, oils a preserving air, <BR/>starting now on the long road back<BR/>the evidence of sense is hard, unlearning more than is learnt,<BR/><BR/>distrusted all approved maps and threat to arise on the sojourn through life <BR/>as some commonplace purgatory<BR/>of cacophonous motels and braided intersections, and yet modern life offering us<BR/>the town and monster to run away from,<BR/>screaming into headlights and blank night: escaping one dilemma thus only lead to a swamp<BR/>of one or another smelling worse than the heavenly dump<BR/><BR/>an eternal dilemma one map of approval not knowing the evidence of sense involves learning, not an easy length of poetry to fit a thing to.<BR/> <BR/>So escape is no answer though ones thought is clear, intriguing the poem itself into a conclusion<BR/><BR/>one can invoke, sped up - tradition - the omaginary film of a flower<BR/>proceding to imitate music in evasions hope might lead one<BR/>casually thrown open foor<BR/>as if nothing were at risk<BR/><BR/>back to the dim point of departure. appear dim as it were only confusion, planes, corridors and the incline of a theatre box<BR/><BR/>painting called "Melancholy Of The Set-Square"<BR/><BR/>~<BR/><BR/>Yeah rabbie laddies mandbag me windy lover, lets get editing all we can on the plof through poetic utterance, be basil bunting if yer gotta, coz aint no use in telling tales to the kidder conmen stealing the emporers new clothe ms roberta aint s/he wind itself roberto?CoirĂ FilĂochtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15137576329670368944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-1143949373017650472006-04-02T04:42:00.000+01:002006-04-02T04:42:00.000+01:00Hi fellow poet, arrived at your blog by accident w...Hi fellow poet, arrived at your blog by accident while looking up john ash on google. I write poety mainly in my native language chinese, but i do read quite a bit on ashbery, simic, berryman etc. I discover Ash from a book called "New British Poetry," and find his work very interesting. Have fun, Cheers..<BR/><BR/>BuqingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-1137367872792264582006-01-15T23:31:00.000+00:002006-01-15T23:31:00.000+00:00Cheers Larry.I'm really enjoying John Ash's book. ...Cheers Larry.<BR/>I'm really enjoying John Ash's book. It's full of terrific lines and interesting ideas.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17046788730174617923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-1137251466318645202006-01-14T15:11:00.000+00:002006-01-14T15:11:00.000+00:00Rob,You really are on the look for a way to expres...Rob,<BR/><BR/>You really are on the look for a way to express philosophical musings with strong poetry. Good example you brought.<BR/><BR/>LarryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com