Poetry State Forest Confidences / Production then about seeking to find

then about seeking to find the forms necessary to survive survival and survival’s requisite thoughts

kus me met je kussen de kussen van je mond je adem uitgegoten

‘If like Freud’s idea of hysteria – itself dead in the water – behind every symptom is a hidden pain

again to shrieking crows

Poetry State Forest Confidences / Production then about seeking to findBernadette Mayer Called a consummate poet by Robert Creeley and a poet of extraordinary inventiveness, erotic energy and challenge, and ironic intelligence by Michael Palmer, Bernadette Mayer can be found in all her variety in Poetry State Forest, which contains nature poems, sonnets, prose poetry, pastiches, long sequences, and epigrams.