He often dashed off poems during mealtimes such as those collected in The Lunch Poems.  A writer for Art News  and curator at the Museum of Modern Art, his work often discussed visual art, such as the poem "Why I Am Not A Painter". With poets like James Schuyler, Kenneth Koch, and John Ashberry, they formed a school which emphasized immediacy and the blending of high and low culture. His work often consisted of a collage of random events he called "I do this I do that" poem, such as his account 
He often dashed off poems during mealtimes such as those collected in The Lunch Poems.  A writer for Art News  and curator at the Museum of Modern Art, his work often discussed visual art, such as the poem "Why I Am Not A Painter". With poets like James Schuyler, Kenneth Koch, and John Ashberry, they formed a school which emphasized immediacy and the blending of high and low culture. His work often consisted of a collage of random events he called "I do this I do that" poem, such as his account of what he was doing when he learned of the death of Billie Holiday, "The Day Lady Died". He died on Fire Island after he fell asleep on the beach and was run over by a dune buggy. For 10 points, name this American poet and leading member of the New York School
He often dashed off poems during mealtimes such as those collected in The Lunch Poems.  
Frank O'Hara