Last Month Poem by John Ashbery

Last Month

Rating: 5.0


No changes of support—only
Patches of gray, here where sunlight fell.
The house seems heavier
Now that they have gone away.
In fact it emptied in record time.
When the flat table used to result
A match recedes, slowly, into the night.
The academy of the future is
Opening its doors and willing
The fruitless sunlight streams into domes,
The chairs piled high with books and papers.

The sedate one is this month's skittish one
Confirming the property that,
A timeless value, has changed hands.
And you could have a new automobile
Ping pong set and garage, but the thief
Stole everything like a miracle.
In his book there was a picture of treason only
And in the garden, cries and colors.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Kumarmani Mahakul 04 March 2019

No changes of support is seen. A timeless value, has changed hand. Night's slow imagery is perceived. Garden cries with colours but mind feels this imagery. Time is recorded. A brilliant poem is excellently penned.10

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