~ Incredible poem. It is very clear that except poems O'Hara puts a great value on art (painting). I also liked how he linked Sardines with Oranges, which both Mike and O'Hara wanted to include in their works but there wasn't enough space, instead they named their works Oranges and Sardines. "My poem is finished and I haven't mention orange yet. It's twelve poems, I call it ORANGES. And one day in a gallery I see Mike's painting, called SARDINES." For me this is the best ending ever from all of his poems.
~ Overall, I consider all of Frank O'Hara's poems brilliant. I like that he wrote poetry from whatever happened around him. He was inspired from everything that surrounded him. In an interview he said that "What is happening to me, allowing for lies and exaggerations which I try to avoid, goes into my poems. I don't think my experinces are clarified or made beautiful for myself or anyone else, they are just here in whatever form I can find them". Nevertheless, I hate the way he died, to me it seems such a ridiculuous death. What matters is that he was valued in his own day and his poems and his greatness has greatly increased since his death. Thank god he came to earth to bring all of his poems. May his poems live on forever.
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