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“Never be born, never be died.”
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“In Chicago, Illinois, you / are really at home / whether you like it or not, baby, / &, whether you like it / or not / You Are My Friend / so don't pees me off!”
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“Let’s take a sentimental journey. Don’t forget to bleed. I have.”
― Selected Poems
― Selected Poems
“I’ve been bathing in the poem of the star-steeped milky flowing sea,”
― Selected Poems
― Selected Poems
“The Sonnets: XLI
banging around in a cigarette she isn’t “in love”
my dream a drink with Ira Hayes we discuss the code of the west
my hands make love to my body when my arms are around you
you never tell me your name
and I am forced to write “belly” when I mean “love”
Au revoir, scene!
I waken, read, write long letters and
wander restlessly when leaves are blowing
my dream a crumpled horn
in advance of the broken arm
she murmurs of signs to her fingers
weeps in the morning to waken so shackled with love
Not me. I like to beat people up.
My dream a white tree
Ted Berrigan, The Sonnets (Penguin Books, 2000)”
― The Sonnets
banging around in a cigarette she isn’t “in love”
my dream a drink with Ira Hayes we discuss the code of the west
my hands make love to my body when my arms are around you
you never tell me your name
and I am forced to write “belly” when I mean “love”
Au revoir, scene!
I waken, read, write long letters and
wander restlessly when leaves are blowing
my dream a crumpled horn
in advance of the broken arm
she murmurs of signs to her fingers
weeps in the morning to waken so shackled with love
Not me. I like to beat people up.
My dream a white tree
Ted Berrigan, The Sonnets (Penguin Books, 2000)”
― The Sonnets
