Description
First published in 1984 and now appearing in a new edition, A Wave is widely considered one of Ashbery’s finest books of poetry. The 44 pieces collected here–particularly the long title-poem–find the poet applying his uniquely lyric, meditative, and often hilarious sensibility to the mysterious and incessant curves and crests of love, art, thought, experience, and selfhood.
Controlled Explosions 
Signs Like This 
Ffangs the Vampire Bat and the Kiss of Truth 
Flood