My friends whose deaths have slowed my heart stay with me now.

My friends whose deaths have slowed my heart stay with me now.

Ted Berrigan

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What turned up: People Who Died; The Collected Poems of Ted Berrigan; Full authorized poem read from indexed Poetry Foundation text, credited to University of California Press. Complete closing sentence follows a list of dead friends and relatives. This is Berrigan’s poem, not Jim Carroll’s song of the same title.
Work: People Who Died; The Collected Poems of Ted Berrigan
Sources checked: poetryfoundation.orgChecked using manual, 20 October 2026People Who Died; The Collected Poems of Ted Berrigan; Full authorized poem read from indexed Poetry Foundation text, credited to University of California Press. Complete closing sentence follows a list of dead friends and relatives. This is Berrigan’s poem, not Jim Carroll’s song of the same title.

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