Crazy in Love with Beyoncé: Poetess

We're putting a "like" on this one! Jacket Copy reports that CR Fashion is publishing a poem by our favorite, not-so- "Single Lady," Beyoncé Knowles. In fact, it's a collaboration of sorts with Forrest Gander, who is no stranger to poetry. More from Jacket Copy:

Beyoncé is a superstar. She's an amazing singer and dancer, is model-gorgeous, has an adorable daughter and fellow superstar husband Jay Z. By any measure, she's really got it all.

So why tackle poetry? Well, why shoudn't she?

The new issue of CR Fashion Book has Beyoncé's first published poem. Called "Bey the Light," it touches on motherhood, connecting across generations, and on/offstage personas -- all expected subjects. Most surprising, perhaps, is her short riff on imperfection:

Utopias, they don’t much interest me.
I always mess things up a bit.
It’s chaos, in part, that helps us see.

The poem was "remixed" by Forrest Gander. I'm not entirely clear what that means in terms of poetry -- with words, we usually just say "edited."

Gander tells Slate that he didn't merely edit Beyoncé's poem: He pulled her words from an interview she had done for the magazine to create "Bey the Light." "I’m very interested in formal exploration, in using others’ voices," Gander explains.[...]

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