Bernadette Mayer (1945-2022), American poet and writer

Died #otd Bernadette Mayer (1945-2022), American poet and writer, 3 years ago today #BernadetteMayer life story...

My heart is a fancy place Where giant reddish-purple cauliflowers & white ones in French & English are outside Waiting to welcome you to a boat Over the low black river for a big dinner There's alot of choice among the foods Even a tortured lamb served in pieces En croute on a plate so hot as a rack Of clouds blown over the cold filthy river We are entitled to see anytime while we Use the tablecovers to love each other Publicly dishing out imitative luxuries To show off poetry's extreme generosity Then home in the heart of a big limousine

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We Eat Out Together by Bernadette Mayer

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A short Note on Bernadette Mayer and Malls Near the middle of Bernadette Mayer’s Midwinter Day, in Part Three’s record of a walk the poet and her young daughters take to run errands in Lenox, comes a stunning passage about shopping malls. Just...

I wrote briefly on a passage from #BernadetteMayer ‘s Midwinter Day
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