Noah Berlatsky
Portrait of John Baldessari
I try to give equal weight to words and image,
at least when they’re of equal importance to me.
Appropriation
It’s fun wandering around other people’s minds.
Waiting for the Movie to Start
Sorry this is reserved to staff, oh you are? I don’t know why do they have the lights off they screwed up obviously words place to go out to ever normally sit in the back bathroom you said oh you passed me up when you left I’d don’t hear you think about hope so a lot of center Christian help connection who knows, I mean she ahead of time things about heard about wow this point that not far I mean I’m sure should be I don’t know I was like you can’t really yeah yeah yeah yeah tradition she needs so not yeah what ma yeah they are they’re out here did you come from where did you go oooohhhhh did you eat that did you get that she wishes that she were it was literally caught it half a second too late these are reserved for staff that’s what Hannah told me I believe it’s right after this row sorry about that are those two taken can you scoot over I don’t want to be the least I’m cheating my mom was like what’s that I’ll tell you when you’re older no it’s very mm hm that going to end Tupac let’s see if I got any feedback I’m if there’s any spots available I mean I just my mom and dad don’t a great face I love it he was really excuse me yeah you are I only did it exactly when I did three classes so you sit in that seat what’s up were you guys on the guest list because these are reserved for staff yeah so this is press and the rest of that is press playing games in this country he wouldn’t apologize look at how long Annabelle is dope all Annabelle is dope the lights on that too I would definitely um august yeah do you want her and the. So basically free and I talked to you can’t do it students waiting at the university of Wisconsin. Oh look at that I know you’re on the other side that’s true Michael god loves hi. Nashville students was that on the news trump how was your workshop so those are the seats above that gave the reserve sign yes that’s correct
The History of Poetry
Averill Curdy
The Black Eyed Peas
Michael Hoffmann
Lady Gaga
P.K. Page
Jamie Foxx
Tom Sleigh
T-Pain
Harriet Monroe
Glee Cast
Averill Curdy
Pitbull
Michael Hofmann
Kid Cudi
Stephen Edgar
Beyoncé
Rae Armantrout
Jeremih
Timothy Murphy
Katy Perry
P.K. Page
Kris Allen
Ange Mlinko
Sean Kingston
W.S. Di Piero
Keri Hilson
A.E. Stallings
Kanye West
D. Nurske
Ne-Yo
Donald Revell
3OH!3
Tom Sleigh
Miley Cyrus
Thom Gunn
Kris Allen
Robert Archambeau
Flo Rida
Joel Brouwer
Wynter
Averill Curdy
Shinedown
Averill Curdy
Adam Lambert
Averill Curdy
Keith Urban
Audrey Richardson Curdy
Flo Rida
Ovid
Lady Gaga
Averill Curdy
Soulja Boy Tell'em
Michael Hoffman
Sammie
Michael Hoffman
David Cook
Ezra Pound
Soulja Boy Tell'em
Bob Dylan
Lady Gaga
Michael Hoffman
Colby O'Donis
Anna Magnani
Jason Mraz
Dante
The All-American Rejects
Stephen Edgar
T.I.
Stephen Edgar
Justin Timberlake
Stephen Edgar
Kelly Clarkson
Rae Armantrout
The Fray
Rae Armantrout
Kelly Clarkson
John Milton
Kristinia DeBarge
Rae Armantrout
Taylor Swift
Timothy Murphy
Green Day
Alan Sullivan
Britney Spears
Pope John Paul
Zac Brown Band
Pope Benedict XVI
Brad Paisley
Pope John Paul
Nickelback
P.K. Page
Pink
Rubens
Rob Thomas
Rubens
Sugarland
Cézanne
Charice
Van Gogh
Lady Antebellum
P.K. Page
Dierks Bentley
Ange Mlinko
Taylor Swift
Sarkozy
Kanye West
Sigoléne
Jason Aldean
Ange Mlinko
The Black Eyed Peas
Pythagoras
Pleasure P
W.S. Di Piero
Jesse McCartney
W.S. Di Piero
Ludacris
W.S. Di Piero
Plain White T's
A.E. Stallings
Maino
A.E. Stallings
T-Pain
D. Nurkse
Eminem
D. Nurkse
Adam Lambert
Donald Revell
Montgomery Gentry
Milton
Kellie Pickler
Donald Revell
Daughtry
Tom Sleigh
Drake
Thom Gunn
Kevin Rudolf
Thom Gunn
Rick Ross
Thom
Kings of Leon
Thom Gunn
Theory of a Deadman
Gunn
Kenny Chesney
Gunn
Billy Currington
Gunn
Kris Allen
Samuel Johnson
Halle Berry
Johnson
Hurricane Chris
Gunn
Supa STAAR
Jefferson Airplane
Carrie Underwood
Gracie Slick
Randy Travis
Gunn
The Ting Tings
Jefferson Airplane
Alan Jackson
Gunn
Jason Mraz
Gunn
Colbie Caillat
Gunn
Adam Lambert
Gunn
Jason Michael Carroll
Tom Sleigh
Seether
Gunn
Young Money
Gunn
Carolina Liar
Gunn
Jordin Sparks
Samuel Johnson
Rascal Flatts
Gunn
Carrie Underwood
Gunn
The Lonely Island
Gunn
T-Pain
Gunn
Eli Young Band
Gunn
Adam Lambert
Gunn
Rodney Atkins
Gunn
David Cook
Pat Robertson
Eminem
Robertson
Gorilla Zoe
Robertson
Darius Rucker
Black Sabbath
F.L.Y.
Gunn
Ciara
Keats
Justin Timberlake
Gunn
Asher Roth
Thomas Wyatt
Birdman
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Lil Wayne
Yeats
Miley Cyrus
Gunn
Maxwell
Gunn
Kris Allen
Gunn
Madcon
Gunn
Young L.A.
Gunn
Young Dro
Gunn
T.I.
Pat Robertson
Toby Keith
Mike Kitay
Glee Cast
Gunn
Kanye West
Gunn
Young Jeezy
Bill Schuessler
Ciara
Gunn
Young Jeezy
Kitay
The Black Eyed Peas
Tom Sleigh
The Black Eyed Peas
Schuessler
Keri Hilson
Mickey Kitay
Kanye West
Elizabeth Barrett
Ne-Yo
Robert Browning
Pitbull
Thom
Lady Gaga
Thom Gunn
Jeremih
Joshua Weiner
Lady Gaga
Robert Archambeau
Sean Kingston
Mary Ann Caws
Shinedown
F.T. Marinetti
Beyoncé
Caws
Katy Perry
Joshua Mehigan
Miley Cyrus
Oedipus
3OH!3
Mehigan
Jamie Foxx
Thomas Sayers Ellis
T-Pain
Mehigan
Kid Cudi
Ange Mlinko
Kristinia DeBarge
A.E. Stallings
Kenny Chesney
D.A. Powell
Taylor Swift
Michael Hofmann
Flo Rida
Charles Bernstein
Pink
Joshua Clover
Flo Rida
Juliana Spahr
Nickelback
Marinetti
Kings of Leon
Robert Pinsky
Kelly Clarkson
John Ashberry
The Fray
Jorie Graham
Taylor Swift
Kay Ryan
Drake
Donald Hall
Zac Brown Band
Charles Simic
Lady Gaga
Adrienne Rich
Colby O'Donis
Rita Dove
Brad Paisley
Charles Bernstein
The All-American Rejects
Jed Rasula
Soulja Boy Tell'em
Robert Archambeau
Jason Mraz
Pierre Bourdieu
Young Money
Bourdieu
Soulja Boy Tell'em
Joshua Mehigan
Sammie
Rae Armantrout
Kelly Clarkson
Billy Collins
Keith Urban
Amiri Baraka
Lady Antebellum
Gjertrud Schnackenberg
Dierks Bentley
Thomas Sayers Ellis
T.I.
Charles Bernstein
Justin Timberlake
A.E. Stallings
Linkin Park
Robert Archambeau
Maino
Joel Brouwer
T-Pain
William Logan
Billy Currington
Geoffrey Hill
Rob Thomas
Derek Walcott
Pleasure P
Lawrence Durrell
Jordin Sparks
John Townsend Trowbridge
Britney Spears
Hart Crane
Daughtry
Robert Frost
Green Day
Robert Lowell
Kellie Pickler
Elizabeth Bishop
Kid Cudi
Thomas Pynchon
Kanye West
Logan
Common
Logan
Halle Berry
Hart Crane
Hurricane Chris
Crane
SupaSTAAR
Crane
Sugarland
Crane
Rascal Flatts
Logan
Darius Rucker
Logan
Eminem
Hart Crane
The Lonely Island
Logan
T-Pain
Hart Crane
Beyoncé
Hart Crane
Montgomery Gentry
Logan
Jonas Brothers
Logan
Twista
Logan
Erika Shevon
Charles Wright
F.L.Y.
Pound
Alan Jackson
Wright
Gorilla Zoe
Logan
Birdman
Charles Wright
Lil Wayne
Logan
Dave Matthews Band
Wright
Jesse McCartney
Wright
Ludacris
Logan
Trey Songz
John Ashbery
Carolina Liar
Billy Collins
Seether
Rita Dove
Randy Houser
Jorie Graham
Kevin Rudolf
Robert Hass
Rick Ross
Ted Kooser
Maxwell
Sharon Olds
Gloriana
Robert Pinsky
David Cook
Adrienne Rich
Reba
Gary Snyder
Theory of a Deadman
Mark Strand
Dorrough
Derek Walcott
Cobra Starship
Joel Brouwer
Leighton Meester
Logan
Jason Michael Carroll
Geoffrey Hill
Mitchell Musso
Logan
Justin Moore
Hill
Musiq Soulchild
Logan
Jason Aldean
Sharon Olds
LMFAO
Sharon Olds
The-Dream
Sharon Olds
Kanye West
Logan
Rodney Atkins
Olds
Madcon
Logan
The Fray
Sharon Olds
Rascal Flatts
Logan
George Strait
Logan
Ginuwine
Yeats
Cage The Elephant
Logan
Matt and Kim
Logan
K'Jon
Logan
Eminem
Fanny Howe
Jessie James
Fanny Howe
Fabolous
Howe
The-Dream
Howe
Carrie Underwood
Howe
Randy Travis
Howe
The Black Eyed Peas
Joel Brouwer
Drake
Howe
The Black Eyed Peas
Howe
Keri Hilson
Howe
Kanye West
Emily Brontë
Ne-Yo
Robert Lowell
Sean Kingston
Howe
Taylor Swift
Howe
Lady Gaga
Howe
Pitbull
Melville
Jeremih
Adorno
Hannah Montana
Horkheimer
Mariah Carey
F.O. Matthiessen
Katy Perry
Harry Levin
Linkin Park
Howe
3OH!3
Howe
Beyoncé
Howe
Young Money
Howe
Miley Cyrus
Joel Brouwer
Lady Gaga
Howe
Shinedown
Edward Dahlberg
Pink
Robert Lowell
Kings of Leon
Henry Hampton
Boys Like Girls
Jacques Lusseyran
Nickelback
Sara Grant
Cobra Starship
Abhishiktananda
Leighton Meester
Abbé Dubois
Jordin Sparks
Michel de Certeau
Green Day
Antonia White
Billy Currington
Emily Brontë
Rob Thomas
Dalai Lama
Zac Brown Band
Howe
Darius Rucker
Simone Weil
Lady Antebellum
Weil
Jason Mraz
Howe
The Fray
Weil
Jamie Foxx
Howe
T-Pain
Weil
Colbie Caillat
Howe
Flo Rida
Howe
Daughtry
Howe
New Boyz
Howe
Kelly Clarkson
W.S. Di Piero
Jason Aldean
W.S. Di Piero
Taylor Swift
Di Piero
Kid Cudi
Di Piero
Kristinia DeBarge
Di Piero
The Ting Tings
Di Piero
Kenny Chesney
Di Piero
The All-American Rejects
Sting
Beyoncé
Nietzsche
Lady Gaga
Dion and the Belmonts
Colby O'Donis
Joel Brouwer
Brad Paisley
Di Piero
Rascal Flatts
Di Piero
Pitbull
Hart Crane
Maxwell
Paul Cézanne
Dierks Bentley
Di Piero
Kellie Pickler
Crane
The Fray
Cézanne
Twista
Di Piero
Erika Shevon
Di Piero
Dorrough
Maupassant
Maino
Ciccio
T-Pain
Di Piero
Theory of a Deadman
Ciccio
Mario
Maupassant
Gucci Mane
Di Piero
Sean Garret
Robert Archambeau
Birdman
Rae Armantrout
Lil Wayne
Joel Brouwer
Sean Paul
Averill Curdy
Trey Songz
Rona Jaffe
Solja Boy Tell'em
W.S. Di Piero
JAY-Z
Stephen Edgar
Demi Lovato
Michael Hofmann
Paramore
Gottfried Benn
Randy Houser
Ange Mlinko
Keith Urban
Randall Jarrell
Ginuwine
Timothy Murphy
LMFAO
Alan Sullivan
Jessie James
D. Nurkse
Gloriana
Kathy Osborn
Hannah Montana
PK. Page
David Archuleta
Donald Revell
George Strait
Arthur Rimbaud
Keyshia Cole
Tom Sleigh
Monica
Kingsley Tufts
David Guetta
Shelley
Kelly Rowland
Lila Wallace
Jay Sean
A.E. Stallings
Lil Wayne
Lucretius
Green Day
Fanny Howe
Flo Rida
Ruth Lilly
Wynter
Ange Mlinko
Reba
Randall Jarrell
Fabolous
Oni Buchanan
The-Dream
Oni Buchanan
Justin Moore
Mark Doty
David Cook
Michael S. Harper
The Pussycat Dolls
Kevin Stein
Nicole Scherzinger
Stein
Pleasure P
Bob Hicok
Hannah Montana
David Wagoner
Eric Church
Billy Collins
F.L.Y.
Maura Stanton
Sugarland
Maura Stanton
Kid Cudi
Christian Wiman
Kanye West
Don Share
Common
Dylan Willoughby
Jack Ingram
Anthony Mastromatteo
Lupe Fiasco
Morton Marr
Matthew Santos
Gwendolyn Brooks
Shinedown
Carl Sandburg
Justin Bieber
Gwendolyn Brooks
Blake Shelton
Ana Castillo
Carolina Liar
Stuart Dybek
The-Dream
Tyehimba Jess
Kanye West
Li-Young Lee
Cage the Elephant
Haki Madhubuti
Mary Mary
Harriet Monroe
Kierra "KiKi" Sheard
Lisel Mueller
The Black Eyed Peas
Peter O'Leary
Drake
Sterling Plumpp
Keri Hilson
Carl Sandburg
Kanye West
Margaret Walker
Ne-Yo
Harriet Monroe
Taylor Swift
Rae Armantrout
Kings of Leon
W.S. Di Piero
Sean Kingston
Robert Archambeau
The Black Eyed Peas
Donald Revell
Lady Gaga
Ange Mlinko
Katy Perry
Timothy Murphy
Jordin Sparks
Joel Brouwer
Pitbull
D. Nurkse
Cobra Starship
A.E. Stallings
Leighton Meester
Stephen Edgar
Jeremih
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Proper names from
Poetry, June 2009
Billboard Hot 100 weeks of June 6, June 27, July 29, August 1, 2009
Noah Berlatsky's first full length, Not Akhmatova (Ben Yehuda Press) is forthcoming in 2024. He tweets too much at @nberlat and scribbles longer at Everything is Horrible! https://noahberlatsky.substack.com/