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from Peanut Butter by Eileen Myles

Pleasure

as a means,

and then a

means again

with no ends

in sight.

…

I

write because

I would like

to be used for

years after

my death. Not

only my body

will be compost

but the thoughts

I left during

my life.

…

We

swim naked

in ponds &

I write be-

hind your

back. My thoughts

about you are

not exactly

forbidden, but

exalted because

they are useless,

not intended

to get you

because I have

you & you love

me. It’s more

like a playground

where I play

with my reflection

of you until

you come back

and into the

real you I

get to sink

my teeth.

…

I’m immoderately

in love with you,

knocked out by

all your new

white hair

why shouldn’t

something

I have always

known be the

very best there

is. I love

you from my

childhood,

starting back

there when

one day was

just like the

rest, random

growth and

breezes, constant

love, a sand-

wich in the

middle of

day,

a tiny step

in the vastly

conventional

path of

the Sun. I

squint. I

wink. I

take the

ride.

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Happy Birthday in heaven John!  John Wieners was born this day in 1934.  Photo of John, Kiev Restaurant, New York City, October 1985, snapped by Allen.

“Yours Presently The Selected Letters of John Wieners” are now available, lovingly edited by Michael Seth Stewart with an introduction by fellow New Englander, Eileen Myles.  Michael writes:

“Wieners is largely disenfranchised from the various poetic establishments because he is, to literary historians, practically illegible. In those histories Wieners is often a footnote , remarked upon for his personality or sociological significance, not considered an integral part of the narrative. He’s hard to taxonimize…..Because of…twists and contradictions he has remained on the fringes of not just the canon but also the histories of those various subterranean schools he inhabited. His story teaches us about the permeability and cross-fertilization of those circles, and allows us to read their histories in an entirely new light..”

“so in the letters of John Wieners, assembled chronologically, we get not just the poet’s lifestory but a vast array of life stories, as told to various friends along the way.”

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Last but absolutely never least. Eileen Myles. Punk-dyke-underground poet with 19 works of fiction, poetry and criticism under her belt including my personal favorite, Chelsea Girls. Eileen also was part of the feminist spoken-word performance-art group Sister Spit. Eileen, please run for president again. 🙏 #pleasedontstop #icantliveifyoustop #letigre #hottopic #eileenmyles

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Eileen Myles & Ira Silverberg, who just happen to share the same birthday, and that’s today. Happy Birthday Eileen, happy Birthday Ira!   Pictured here, November 1989, reception for Hanuman Press book party.  [Photo: Allen Ginsberg Courtesy Allen Ginsberg Estate / Stanford University Libraries] #eileenmyles #irasilverberg #allenginsberg #poetry #literature #literary #newyorkpoets #writersofinstagram (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrK_3QRHG1J/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=cahqhf9ssih2

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My fellow poetry people: In my new interview with poet Eileen Myles, we talk about "Bird Watching And Their First Three Books Of Poetry," which pairs the previously unpublished titular epic poem with three out-of-print books of her early poems. https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-bird-watching-and-their-first-three-books-of-poetry-author-eileen-myles/ 📖🐦‍⬛👀

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Eileen Myles (they/them)

Born 1949

Poet, novelist, and art journalist.

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afterglow. #justread #eileenmyles https://www.instagram.com/p/CRIfK2apTnt/?utm_medium=tumblr