besides not being from ancient troy
helen bailey hails from australia
her middle name is hypatia, her mother 

The corn they sought
Was sown by night.

Sea like a mirror.
One. Ripples with the appearance of scales formed, but without foam crests.

“the idea that writing is easy comes from the frank o’hara method. but it is in fact easy, especially if you don’t try to say more than you are thinking.”

An excerpt from ‘Memory,’ the poet Bernadette Mayer’s sweeping “emotional science project.”