NYtimes Obit <\/a><\/p>\n The Guardian obit<\/a><\/p>\n John Ashbery, an enigmatic genius of modern poetry whose energy, daring and boundless command of language raised American verse to brilliant and baffling heights, died early Sunday at age 90.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Poetry Foundation <\/a><\/p>\n Interview – John Ashbery (Paris Review)<\/a> <\/p>\n John Ashbery Portrait of John Ashbery by Jane Freilicher <\/a><\/p>\n Fairefield Porter Respect for Things as they are – (previous post on John Ashbery and Fairefield Porter) <\/a><\/p>\n Dan Chiasson (The New Yorker<\/a>) <\/p>\n His early work was serene and beautiful; he then became rather frantic and trippy. He had a period of majesty unrivalled in recent poetry, stretching from the seventies through the nineties. His last phase was a kind of inventory of his mind, among the most interesting anyone has ever known. His method was to \u201csnip off a length\u201d of his consciousness, he said. It was, in part, a strike against the solemnities of achieved reputation, which confronted him everywhere in the forms of syllabi and colloquia.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Where is Rimbaud? (see a photo of John Ashbery and Rimbaud)<\/a><\/p>\n![\"1ashburyby](\"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/1ashburyby-Larry-Rivers.jpg\")
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\nJohn Ashbery by Larry Rivers <\/p>\n<\/a>
\nJohn Ashbery by Jill Krementz
\n(painting on the wall by Jane Freilicher) <\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
\nFairefield Porter -Portrait of Schuyler and John Ashbery.. 57-58 <\/p>\n