Frank O’Hara

1. Honest question, says K., while we're having late lunch. And I need an honest answer, she continues. Why do you stay? I stared at my Cuban sandwich, knowing that it was more than just a query about my current state,

The other day, M. told me: Breathe. Nothing about you is wrong. I'm still thinking about that. Katy Frank O'Hara They say I mope too much but really I'm loudly dancing. I eat paper. It's good for my bones. I play the piano pedal. I dance, I am

1. More than a year ago during class, my dear friend S. said, "When I read this poem, I have this wonderful, relaxed feeling of just walking around with O'Hara, happy to be aimless, happy to put a poem in my

Ah, but it is the new year now, where I am. And we are alive. I am here. You're here. I have wishes. I believe in second chances. Kissing. I am hugging a wine bottle. I may be a little

1. A lot of people have been coming here lately to read Frank O'Hara's Having A Coke With You. I'll be honest: it surprised me, as I was perfectly content to be here in my corner and keep quiet. I've been

Home, finally. Taking a deep breath. Settling in my bed. Good night. My Heart Frank O'Hara I'm not going to cry all the time nor shall I laugh all the time, I don't prefer one "strain" to another. I'd have the immediacy of a bad movie, not

I remember you, Billie Holiday. I love you and it still hurts and perhaps this is the only thing I can do today, to sit with this elegy and read and read and listen to your voice and just feel,

No sleep, no bath, no patience, no rest, no more, no more. Song (Is it dirty) Frank O'Hara Is it dirty does it look dirty that's what you think of in the city does it just seem dirty that's what you think of in the city you don't