Ted Berrigan

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Poets

Chicago Morning To Philip Guston Under a red face, black velvet shyness Milking an emaciated gaffer. God lies down Here. Rattling of a shot, heard From the first row. The president of the United States And the Director of the FBI stand over a dead mule.

Ted Berrigan (November 15, 1934), born in Providence, Rhode Island, attended Providence College for a year, before joining the army at 19. After his service, Berrigan received a BA in English from the University of Tulsa in 1959 and an MA in 1962. Berrigan published C Magazine, C Press Books, and renowned poetry book The Sonnets. Berrigan also wrote art criticism, and collaborated with writers and artists Ron Padgett, Joe Brainard, and Anselm Hollo. He died in 1983.