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Ted Meyer

Ted Meyer
Ted Meyer holds a BA in English from Princeton University, and an MFA in Poetry from NYU. His poems have appeared in or are forthcoming from Linebreak, The New Orleans Review, Poetry Flash, and Lyre Lyre. He teaches poetry at NYC elementary schools as a fellow with the Teachers and Writers Collaborative.

His Father the Lawyer His Mother the Nun

By Ted Meyer
Poetry•Vol. XXVI No. 2 (Summer 2013)

1. His father the lawyer his mother the nun. His mother of the backwoods Ball Washingtons. His father of Queens his grandparents of the cemetery in Queens. His brother the region south of the Volga. His childhood in the backyard in Connecticut, his father turning over heavy stones, and the two of them pulling centipedes… [Read More]

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