Sunday is a likely day to write a poem. Because poetry is a piece of language flying around: you'll find notebooks, something on your phone. It's about finding them and getting them off that crumpled piece of paper and onto my computer. Eileen Myles computercrumpleday share on social
I've grown to love Barack Obama. Hillary is no Bernie Sanders. But she's a politician, and she understands Congress. And I think with that kind of twisted beauty, she could lead our country. Eileen Myles barackbeautybernie Change image and share on social
I wasn't afraid of being poor. I didn't want to live in a big house. I'm the perfect size for poetry. I can move around. Eileen Myles afraidbighouse Change image and share on social
Poetry from the bottom up is an act of selection: you kind of feel your way through the crowds of poems. The good ones came forward a long time ago, and the bad ones fell away. Eileen Myles actagobad Change image and share on social
