Art, like death, is brief: life and friendship long.

Art, like death, is brief: life and friendship long.

James Schuyler

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What turned up: Poem [I do not always understand what you say.] — Collected Poems (1993); Complete sentence, line17, of the villanelle. Full poem read on the Academy of American Poets page, which credits permission from Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Surrounding lines retain the tension between friendship and imperfect
Work: Poem [I do not always understand what you say.] — Collected Poems (1993)
Sources checked: poets.orgChecked using manual, 20 October 2026Poem [I do not always understand what you say.] — Collected Poems (1993); Complete sentence, line17, of the villanelle. Full poem read on the Academy of American Poets page, which credits permission from Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Surrounding lines retain the tension between friendship and imperfect

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