The Sexiest Poem of 2004

Photo: Charles Bernstein, New York, November 1997, copyright © John Tranter, 1997

 

C.A. Conrad has been promoting “The Ballad of the Girlie Man” on the Poetics List as the Sexiest Poem of 2004. It certainly is the Something-ist poem of the year, although what that something is might be as simple as “Best Poem to Have Been Rejected by The Philadelphia Inquirer.” We’re happy to find it in the current issue of Milk. Charles Bernstein is not to be confused with Charles Bernstein.