"At North Farm" is a poem by American poet and writer John Ashbery.
[2] It was written soon after Ashbery almost died due to an infection.
[5] Adhering to the format was not intentional on Ashbery's part.
[5] In her review of A Wave, Helen Vendler wrote that the poem deals with the pains of aging using clichés.
Although shorter and simpler than many of his most famous works, it is considered to be a well-known poem of Ashbery's.