Comments on: STEVE’S READING

By: Mary Meriam

Mary Meriam — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:17:20 +0000

I cross from Missouri to Arkansas
on Fridays to shop in town, tra la.
With turtles and vultures and crows, caw-caw,
I cross from Missouri to Arkansas.
The sound of these states is stuck in my craw.
I’m stuck in the states of blah and blah.
I cross from Missouri to Arkansas
on Fridays to shop in town, tra la.

By: Eileen Myles

Eileen Myles — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:20:31 +0000

Mary that’s a very honest and open poem. Though I love these cities I don’t think it matters very much at all where you are. Where are you?

By: Eileen Myles

Eileen Myles — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:19:11 +0000

I think she was fleeing from that farm and fleeing back I believe. I love la Sita nuova. It sounds relaxing.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:59:38 +0000

Yes, she still has that upstate farm. Sells Christmas trees there every year. A friend of mine thought to rent her guest house last summer but decided against it. Another friend saw Millett a few years back in a nearby diner. It was in the middle of the night, and she was ranting and raving, making a scene, about what no one knew. People speculated she was drunk or off her meds. (You know what they say about hometowns and heroes.) I’m glad to hear she spoke well and was well received.

By: Catherine Halley

Catherine Halley — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:45:41 +0000

SITA! Oh my god. I haven't thought about that book in a million years. We should do a book called La Sita Nuovo, like Dante, but different. I wonder if Kate still has that farm upstate.

By: Mary Meriam

Mary Meriam — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:53:41 +0000

I’m never in NY, SF, LA
I’m never on a stage with Kate Millet
At least I’m gay

At least I’m gay
tra la la la
Though not in LA
tra la la la
And not with Millet
tra la la la

By: Eileen Myles

Eileen Myles — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:57:36 +0000

how can that be?

By: Mary Meriam

Mary Meriam — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:38:15 +0000

I realize now that my life is hopelessly uncool.

By: Eileen Myles

Eileen Myles — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:20:30 +0000

I think thats a great post – especially the sip of polish. Did you know Steve? Why did you almost go?

By: Rosalind Vanderpeas

Rosalind Vanderpeas — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:17:40 +0000

Aww for cripes sake I was going to go to that but my tooth was all ABSCesssssssed! (Gee, never “posted” anything like this. Where can a gal hitch up her horse on this here internet? I need a sip of polish!)