United States, (b. 1947)
Maureen Seaton has written collaborative poetry with Denise Duhamel for a number of years. Seaton and Duhamel, both nationally recognized poets, have composed together an inspired and daring body of work.
Their collaborative poetry at Porkopolis.org includes: Exquisite Candidate, Pork and Animal Farm. These three poems are presented here, under Denise Duhamel’s name solely for the convenience of our organizing system.
About the Poet:
Maureen Seaton, United States, (b. 1947) is an LGBTQ poet, activist, and educator. She teaches at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. Using collage techniques to create delight and dissonance, Seaton’s poetry has been described as unusual, compressed, and surrealistic.
Denise Duhamel, United States, (b. 1960) is a poet and educator. Duhamel teaches creative writing and literature at Florida International University. Citing Dylan Thomas and Kathleen Spivack as early influences, Duhamel writes both free verse and fixed-form poems that fearlessly combine the political, sexual and ephemeral.
Duhamel and Seaton have successfully explored the possibilities of collaboration throughout their careers, writing such collections as: Caprice (1993), Exquisite Politics (1997), Oyl (2000), Little Novels (2002) and Smile! (2015). [DES-11/19]