Flow Chart: A Poem Summary and Reviews

Flow Chart: A Poem
by John Ashbery

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Book Summary Information

Author: John Ashbery
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1998-03-18
ISBN: 0374525498
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Book Reviews of Flow Chart: A Poem

Book Review: HORRIBLE!!!! HOW CAN ANYONE CALL THIS "GOOD POETRY"
Summary: 1 Stars

First off, I am not a poetry hater. I realize there is GREAT poetry and of course bad poetry. Unfortunately, John Ashbery's epic poem falls under the "bad" category. I don't understand how anyone can read this poem and be "inspired" the only thing I felt "inspired" to do after reading this steaming pile of garbage was to give up on poetry. Obviously I won't but I've come close. I had to buy this book for a poetry class I am doing and I have to write an 8 page paper on a single passage, I don't know how I'm gonna get even 2 pages of any sense out of this non-sense. Every passage is just sentence after sentence of nonsense, abstract, random imagery which never amounts to anything more than confusing it's reader. Obviously not all poetry has to make sense or be understandable but COME ON! Do NOT buy this book if you are like me and realize that we read way to much into things that aren't there. Do not be fooled by hipsters and poetry aficionados! THERE IS NOTHING HERE OF VALUE, except a good fire starter.

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