There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army. John Ashbery
Motivational, Inspirational, Funny Quotes
![[(I-Newswire) - In the free event, Bell will read from] No Planets Strike, ... Edgy in both senses of the word, Josh Bell populates his daft American heartland with the runaway muse Ramona and her clones. The resulting landscapes are as dangerous, funny, and drop-dead gorgeous as those in a Road Runner cartoon. - John Ashbery Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=WyhJLU5ld3N3aXJlKSAtIEluIHRoZSBmcmVlIGV2ZW50LCBCZWxsIHdpbGwgcmVhZCBmcm9tXSBObyBQbGFuZXRzIFN0cmlrZSwgLi4uIEVkZ3kgaW4gYm90aCBzZW5zZXMgb2YgdGhlIHdvcmQsIEpvc2ggQmVsbCBwb3B1bGF0ZXMgaGlzIGRhZnQgQW1lcmljYW4gaGVhcnRsYW5kIHdpdGggdGhlIHJ1bmF3YXkgbXVzZSBSYW1vbmEgYW5kIGhlciBjbG9uZXMuIFRoZSByZXN1bHRpbmcgbGFuZHNjYXBlcyBhcmUgYXMgZGFuZ2Vyb3VzLCBmdW5ueSwgYW5kIGRyb3AtZGVhZCBnb3JnZW91cyBhcyB0aG9zZSBpbiBhIFJvYWQgUnVubmVyIGNhcnRvb24uIA==&author=ICBKb2huIEFzaGJlcnkgICAg&num=13 "[(I-Newswire) - In the free event, Bell will read from] No Planets Strike, ... Edgy in both senses of the word, Josh Bell populates his daft American heartland with the runaway muse Ramona and her clones. The resulting landscapes are as dangerous, funny, and drop-dead gorgeous as those in a Road Runner cartoon. - John Ashbery Quotes")
![I was doubly thrilled. Because [Auden] had been my favorite poet ever since I first read him at the age of, I guess, 16. Because he was the first modern poet I felt I could understand and empathize with. So, coming from him, it was even more rewarding. - John Ashbery Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=SSB3YXMgZG91Ymx5IHRocmlsbGVkLiBCZWNhdXNlIFtBdWRlbl0gaGFkIGJlZW4gbXkgZmF2b3JpdGUgcG9ldCBldmVyIHNpbmNlIEkgZmlyc3QgcmVhZCBoaW0gYXQgdGhlIGFnZSBvZiwgSSBndWVzcywgMTYuIEJlY2F1c2UgaGUgd2FzIHRoZSBmaXJzdCBtb2Rlcm4gcG9ldCBJIGZlbHQgSSBjb3VsZCB1bmRlcnN0YW5kIGFuZCBlbXBhdGhpemUgd2l0aC4gU28sIGNvbWluZyBmcm9tIGhpbSwgaXQgd2FzIGV2ZW4gbW9yZSByZXdhcmRpbmcuIA==&author=ICBKb2huIEFzaGJlcnkgICAg&num=9 "I was doubly thrilled. Because [Auden] had been my favorite poet ever since I first read him at the age of, I guess, 16. Because he was the first modern poet I felt I could understand and empathize with. So, coming from him, it was even more rewarding. - John Ashbery Quotes")