The Skaters
| "The Skaters" | |
|---|---|
| by John Ashbery | |
Cover of Art and Literature (No. 4) | |
| First published in | Art and Literature (No. 4) Autumn–Winter 1964 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Published in the collection Rivers and Mountains by Holt, Rinehart and Winston |
| Publication date | February 28, 1966 |
"The Skaters" is a 739-line long poem by American postmodern poet John Ashbery (b. 1927). Written from 1963 and in close to its final state in 1964, it was first published in Ashbery's fifth collection of poems, Rivers and Mountains published by Holt, Rinehart & Winston.