david eileen (he/they)

poet laureate of the dairy aisle / my work’s in @theatlantic @blackwarriorrev @theschooner & more

[Taco Bell Quarterly @TBQuarterly]

The Taco Bell finger pointing is a psyop to redirect attention from the real culprit, the deregulation and lack of oversight in our food supply. pass it along and live más comrade

[Half Mystic @halfmysticpress]

David Eileen’s “Dusk Story” is featured with twenty other pieces in Issue XIII: Vesper. Our new issue is an event horizon, a bell tolling in a vacuum, a cicada’s song harsh and generous enough to wear twilight to bone. Preorder your copy: https://t.co/kLqKK1On2K

[david eileen (he/they) @weirdmuseum]

I’ve been waiting almost five years to post this & thanks to @sho_journal I can finally tell memegodmel that this banger inspired a whole gay sex poem! Thank you mel!!!!

[mel @memegodmel]

do you think they explored each other’s bodies inside the Trojan horse

[Half Mystic @halfmysticpress]

Preorders are now open for Half Mystic Journal Opus II, Issue III: Vesper, with new work by @JEscobarPoet @sunni_mani @weirdmuseum @academic_core @KevinGrauke and more.

The door to the dream opens only inward. You’ve been knocking all night. Come inside. https://t.co/kLqKK1On2K

[david eileen (he/they) @weirdmuseum]

Thanks to SWWIM for sharing this love poem about my beautiful lady!

[SWWIMmiami @SWWIMmiami]

From “The Body of My Lady (Now That I Know a Good Lady)” by David Eileen @weirdmuseum

#SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poem #WomenPoets #Ciswomen #TransWomen #Nonbinary #Intersex #GenderExpansive #Inclusive #TheBodyofMyLady(NowThatIKnowaGoodLady) #DavidEileen #WednesdayPoem

[SWWIMmiami @SWWIMmiami]

@weirdmuseum Tap the link below to read the full poem in SWWIM Every Day.

https://t.co/amR6xnmCq5

[david eileen (he/they) @weirdmuseum]

Thanks to Topaz & everyone at Half Mystic for the chance to write about the dusky, divine in-between!

[Half Mystic @halfmysticpress]

We asked three contributors for their personal definitions of vesper. Today, @weirdmuseum takes us to a summer music retreat in middle Ohio—nighttime church, stained glass gone black, chant knitting ever thicker until the whole room lived inside it: https://t.co/kb2ewhslSe

[Half Mystic @halfmysticpress]

We asked three contributors for their personal definitions of vesper. Today, @weirdmuseum takes us to a summer music retreat in middle Ohio—nighttime church, stained glass gone black, chant knitting ever thicker until the whole room lived inside it: https://t.co/kb2ewhslSe

[david eileen (he/they) @weirdmuseum]

Last day of AWP 2026 Baltimore horoscope… these stars are good, man

[david eileen (he/they) @weirdmuseum]

the food / the poet / AWP 2026 Baltimore

[david eileen (he/they) @weirdmuseum]

Honored & humbled to have a piece forthcoming in @BlackWarriorRev about how our electoral system has continually failed the people it claims to represent! I’m so excited for this piece to come into the world!

[borkedsys @borkedsys]

People say capitalism is ‘natural.’ If that were true, biology would’ve failed on day one. Cells don’t hoard, organs don’t compete, ecosystems don’t extract until collapse. Life exists because nature rejects capitalist logic. What you’re defending isn’t natural, it’s pathological

[La femme merveilleuse invisible @larwoolf]

“The likelihood that your acts of resistance cannot stop the injustice does not exempt you from acting in what you sincerely and reflectively hold to be the best interests of your community.”

Susan Sontag, At the Same Time: Essays and Speeches
Jan 16, 1933 – Dec 28, 2004

[david eileen (he/they) @weirdmuseum]

I got a poem in @PassagesNorth & had to write about it!

https://t.co/YzMYLciRRe

[david eileen (he/they) @weirdmuseum]

@toddedillard thought of it again this morning when I read your poem “how to live” & noticed the horses appearing at a perfect time 🥕

[david eileen (he/they) @weirdmuseum]

thank you @toddedillard 🐎

[david eileen (he/they) @weirdmuseum]

🦌 a twelve point thank you to SWWIM for setting this wild poem free!

[SWWIMmiami @SWWIMmiami]

From “On Seeing a Doe with Many Ticks Over Her Heart” by David Eileen (@weirdmuseum)

#SWWIMEveryDay #SWWIMWithUs #Poetry #Poem #ItsLit #WomenWriters #WomenPoets #WomenPublishingWomen #WomenSupportingWomen #Ciswomen #TransWomen #Nonbinary #Intersex #GenderExpansive #Inclusive

[david eileen (he/they) @weirdmuseum]

@jaiofearth Hi, I’m David Eileen! My last poem published online that can be viewed for free is in Diagram at this link: https://t.co/qG0KSlo0uS

[david eileen (he/they) @weirdmuseum]

Thank you to @River_Heron for accepting “Greek Pastries & You” 🥲 I love seeing the poems I wrote about meeting my wife find homes as perfect as the home I’ve made with her!