Barker Played

Famous quotes containing the words barker and/or played:

“The love that kisses with a homicide
In robes of red generation resurrects.”
—George Barker (b. 1913)

“It has been played once more. I think you exist only
To tease me into doing it, on your level, and then you aren’t there
Or have adopted a different attitude. And the poem
Has set me softly down beside you. The poem is you.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)