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Ted Berrigan

I lived from 1934-1983. I was from the United States, and am in the Americas category.

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  • Red Shift
    Here I am at 8:08 p.m. indefinable ample rhythmic frame
    The air is biting, February, fierce arabesques
    42 lines
  • Sonnet #2
    Dear Margie, hello. It is 5:15 a.m
    dear Berrigan. He died
    15 lines
  • Things To Do On Speed
    mind clicks into gear
    & fingers clatter over the keyboard
    73 lines
  • Sonnet #15
    In Joe Brainard's collage its white arrow
    He is not in it, the hungry dead doctor.
    14 lines
  • What I'd Like For Christmas, 1970
    Black brothers to get happy
    The Puerto Ricans to say hello
    14 lines
  • 10 Things I Do Every Day
    wake up
    smoke pot
    20 lines, 1 comment
  • Sonnet #13
    Mountains of twine and
    Teeth braced against it
    14 lines
  • Wrong Train
    Here comes the man! He's talking a lot
    I'm sitting, by myself. I've got
    18 lines
  • Today's News
    My body heavy with poverty (starch)
    It uses up my sexual energy
    31 lines
  • To Southhampton
    Go Get in Volkswagen
    Ride to the Atlantic.
    16 lines
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