When somebody's in love with you, they think it's amazing you've written them a poem, and when they don't love you anymore, they hate those poems. They wish those poems would go away. - Eileen Myles 2 Share Now -
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 3 Share Now -
If the poetry world celebrate its female stars at the true level of their productivity and influence, poetry would wind up being a largely female world, and the men would leave. - Eileen Myles 4 Share Now -
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 5 Share Now -
As things get worse, poetry gets better because it becomes more necessary. - Eileen Myles 7 Share Now -
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 8 Share Now -
Poetry and novels are lists of our devotions. We love the feel of making the marks as the feelings are rising and falling. - Eileen Myles 9 Share Now -
In Arlington, people would laugh at you if you tried to get people to look at your drawings or listen to your poetry. It was like you thought you were special. - Eileen Myles 10 Share Now -
