num_pages: 97
description:  (An Elizabeth Sifton Book)In this collection, first published in 1987, John Ashbery--"one of his generation's most gifted and eloquent poets" (Michuko Kakutani, The New York Times)--offers some of his most intimate and direct poems. With breathtaking freshness, he writes of mutability, of the passage of time, and of growth, decay, and death as they are reflected in both ourselves and the changing of the seasons. By turns playful, melancholy, and mysterious, the poems in April Galleons reaffirm the extraordinary powers that have made Ashbery such a significant figure in the American literary landscape.
language: English
title: April Galleons
titlecomplete: April Galleons
genres: 20th Century, Poetry
ratings_count: 147
awards: awardedAt: 536486400000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Poetry
publisher: The Viking Press