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Dana (24 KP) rated Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror in Books

Mar 23, 2018  
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Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror
John Ashbery | 1990
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
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"Versions of cities flattened under the equalizing night.
The summer demands and takes away too much,
But night, the reserved, reticent, gives more than it takes."
 - As One Put Drunk into the Packet Boat

There are so many emotions in this collection: loneliness, grief, sadness, hope, longing, fear--they are all so strong but not overpowering.

I love whenever he talks about stillness and silence. Those moments are so peaceful and full of possibility. It almost makes you ache to be in one of those moments.

His thoughts on writing and what it takes to be a writer and writes are so perfectly beautiful.

There seems to be a theme of forgotten moments and trying to recapture those moments.

Any time he mentioned the night or any water, I just loved. Mainly because I love both of those things, but also because there was so much care in those details that they become so realistic.

My Favorite Poems from the Collection:
As One Put Drunk into the Packet Boat
A Man of Words
Grand Galop
River
The One Thing that Can Save America
Ode to Bill