Wakefulness Poems

“Wakefulness Poems” by John Ashbery, published by Carcanet in 1998, is a collection of poetry that spans 78 pages. This first edition presents a diverse array of poems that explore themes of consciousness, memory, and the intricacies of everyday life. The language used is reflective and nuanced, inviting readers to engage with the subtleties of Ashbery’s observations.
Within this collection, readers will encounter a variety of poetic forms and styles, as Ashbery delves into topics such as dreams, personal reflections, and the passage of time. The poems, including titles like “Last Night I Dreamed I Was in Bucharest” and “The Burden of the Park,” showcase the poet’s ability to weave complex imagery and thought-provoking narratives. This edition serves as a testament to Ashbery’s distinctive voice in contemporary poetry, offering insights that resonate with both the mundane and the profound.
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Wakefulness — Baltimore — Palindrome of Evening — Cousin Sarah’s Knitting — Last Night I Dreamed I Was in Bucharest — Added Poignancy — Quarry — Laughing Gravy — From Such Commotion — Moderately — Alive at Every Passage — The Burden of the Park — At the Station — Another Kind of Afternoon — Tangled Star — Deeply Incised — Tropical Sex — The Friend at Midnight — Stung by Something — The Last Romantic — Shadows in the Street — The Earth-Tone Madonna — Dear Sir or Madam — The Laughter of Dead Men — Discordant Data — Bogus Inspections — Floatingly — Tenebrae — Outside My Window the Japanese … — Any Other Time — Probably Based on a Dream — The Village of Sleep — In My Head — The Spacious Firmament — Proximity — Going Away Any Time Soon — Like America — New Constructions — Whiteout — A French Stamp — One Man’s Poem — The Pathetic Fallacy — From Old Notebooks — Many Colors — Autumn in the Long Avenue — Snow — Within the Hour — The Dong with the Luminous Nose — Come On, Dear — Gentle Reader — Homecoming
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