Rock Me, Mercy by Yusef Komunyakaa
“Guardian angels, wherever you're hiding, / we know you can't be everywhere at once.” — Yusef Komunyakaa
At Least by Raymond Carver
“I hate to seem greedy—I have so much / to be thankful for already.” — Raymond Carver
absence. displacement. by Etel Adnan
“I love the rain when it / wraps me like a / river” — Etel Adnan
Summer by Robin Coste Lewis
"I peeled / a banana. And cursed God—His arrogance, / His gall—to still expect our devotion / after creating love."
In Praise of Rain: 10 Poems About Rain to Stir the Heart
Dive into our exploration of famous poems about rain, from Joy Harjo's celebration of life to Louise Glück's meditation on love.
love is a place by e.e. cummings
“yes is a world”
Egg by C.G. Hanzlicek
““Why are you always whistling?” she asks. / “Because I’m happy.” / And it’s true, / Though it stuns me to say it aloud”
In My Next Life Let Me Be a Tomato by Natasha Rao
“I want to be unabashed, audacious, to gobble / space, to blush deeper each day in the sun, knowing / I’ll end up in an eager mouth.”