Myers co-founded The Writer's Garret,[1] a nonprofit literary center in Dallas, with his wife, Thea Temple.

After obtaining his Master of Fine Arts in Poetry Writing, Myers moved his family to Dallas in 1975 when he was hired as an assistant professor of English at Southern Methodist University.

In 1981 Myers became a "Field Faculty" member of Vermont College, and in June of that year married his second wife, Willa Robins.

During this time he wrote hundreds of poems; edited anthologies; and published The Longman Dictionary of Poetic Terms, a chapbook, and two collections of poetry.

From 1993 until his death, Myers published nine books of and about poetry, taught at six universities, chaired the board of The Writer's Garret, directed the creative writing program at SMU, appeared on radio and television talking about writing and poetry, edited magazines, and founded the Writers' Community and Mentorship Project (CAMP).