Poem, “Why I Am No Painter” Frank O’Hara
1-The poet is the speaker in this poem. What does his nonchalant and colloquial tone say about him and his approach to “art” and the artistic process? 2-What can you tell about O’Hara and Goldberg’s relationship? Are they good friends or just artistic colleagues? How do you know? 3-What is Goldberg’s artistic process, can you describe it?4-What is O’Hara’s artistic poetic process, can you describe it? 5-How are Goldberg and O’Hara’s artistic poetic processes the same?