And the stars were shining: poems

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Witty yet heartbreaking, conversational yet richly lyrical, John Ashbery's sixteenth poetry collection showcases a mastery uniquely his own And the Stars Were Shining originally appeared in 1994, toward the midpoint of a startlingly creative period in Ashbery's long career, during which the great American poet published no fewer than nine books in ten years. The collection brings together more than fifty compact, jewellike, intensely felt poems, including the well-known "Like a Sentence" (How little we know, / and when we know it!) and the lyrical, deeply moving thirteen-part title poem recognized as one of the author's greatest. This collection is Ashbery at his most accessible, graceful, and elegiac.;Cover; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; Publisher's Note; TOKEN RESISTANCE; SPRING CRIES; THE MANDRILL ON THE TURNPIKE; ABOUT TO MOVE; GHOST RIDERS OF THE MOON; THE LOVE SCENES; JUST WHAT'S THERE; TITLE SEARCH; FREE NAIL POLISH; TILL THE BUS STARTS; THE RIDICULOUS TRANSLATOR'S HOPES; THE STORY OF NEXT WEEK; A HUNDRED ALBUMS; A WALTZ DREAM; FALLS TO THE FLOOR, COMES TO THE DOOR; THE LOUNGE; THE IMPROVEMENT; "THE FAVOR OF A REPLY; A HELD THING; STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN AT NIGHT; WORLD'S END; ICE CREAM IN AMERICA; WORKS ON PAPER I; LOCAL TIME; WELL, YES, ACTUALLY; MY GOLD CHAIN; FOOTFALLS. Cover Title Page Dedication Contents Publisher's Note TOKEN RESISTANCE SPRING CRIES THE MANDRILL ON THE TURNPIKE ABOUT TO MOVE GHOST RIDERS OF THE MOON THE LOVE SCENES JUST WHAT'S THERE TITLE SEARCH FREE NAIL POLISH TILL THE BUS STARTS THE RIDICULOUS TRANSLATOR'S HOPES THE STORY OF NEXT WEEK A HUNDRED ALBUMS A WALTZ DREAM FALLS TO THE FLOOR, COMES TO THE DOOR THE LOUNGE THE IMPROVEMENT "THE FAVOR OF A REPLY A HELD THING STRANGE THINGS HAPPEN AT NIGHT WORLD'S END ICE CREAM IN AMERICA WORKS ON PAPER I LOCAL TIME WELL, YES, ACTUALLY MY GOLD CHAIN FOOTFALLS. Weather and turtlessometimes in places william byrd assertiveness training like a sentence two pieces the friendly city the desperate hours the decline of the west the archipelago gummed reinforcements spotlight on america what do you call it when pleasure boats pretty questions pathless wanderings on first listening to schreker's der schatzgräber dinosaur country leeward paraph not planning a trip back myrtle man in lurex in the meantime, darling just for starters bromeliads commercial break sicilian bird mutt and jeff coventry and the stars were shining.