John Ashbery's Quote - The poem is sad because it wants to be yours, and cannot be. – Joh

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The poem is sad because it wants to be yours, and cannot be. - Joh

The poem is sad because it wants to be yours, and cannot be. – John Ashbery

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There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army. – John Ashbery

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I dont look on poetry as closed works. I feel theyre going on all the time in my head and I occasionally snip off a length. – John Ashbery

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When this sad war is over we will all return to our homes, and feel that we can ask no higher honor than the proud consciousness that we belonged to the Army of the Potomac. – George B. McClellan

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Sad and sweet and wise Here a child reposes Dust is on his eyes, Quietly he lies – Satan, strew Roses. – Robert Williams Buchanan

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