Eleven More American Women Poets in the 21st Century: Poetics Across North America

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Eileen Myles | 237 up for some other reason among its new friends I don’t really need glasses to write but I squint and gradually that grows unfamiliar Questions I may not have the time for all of this but A) I enjoy the slap of my flipflops on the stair & though my name is not Roxanne I remember when I would’ve liked that like a girl playing witch in 238 | Eleven More American Women Poets in the 21st Century her yard with jars & spider webs & the world was misty. A) almost took it all. Even if I’m not Roxanne I know you liked my voice in the dark & I did too B) Rabbits like to be up and around at twilight & dusk exactly when I get scared Did stripes come from any place else in nature but a changing sky & a sad parent fills a room & before a child can think she feels it too. C) The Eileen Myles | 239 Tree. There was a moment of light before I got in the car. The tree was that green that holds up the procession of this. It is the world. D) And now I will drive home. I looked at a lamppost just for a sec. Could Eileen ever be Roxanne? No. Hi for Steve Carey You made me smell. I didn’t smell at all before I met you smells are pouring out of my clothes, feet, my socks my hair ...