Fast-Forward: Fat Fuck & Full of Grace by Omotara James
"You will remain unlovable / to those who cannot love you." — Omotara James
[M45] by Romalyn Ante
“a child told me he wanted to drink bleach; / certain he will never be healed.” — Romalyn Ante
White Towels by Richard Jones
“I carry them through the house / as though they were my children” — Richard Jones
The Orange by Wendy Cope
“Just lately. The shopping. A walk in the park. / This is peace and contentment. It’s new.” — Wendy Cope
Dementia by Raymond Antrobus
“if you must, / do your gentle magic, / but make me unafraid / of what is / disappearing.“ — Raymond Antrobus
As I Walked Out One Evening by W.H. Auden
"'O stand, stand at the window / As the tears scald and start; / You shall love your crooked neighbour / With your crooked heart.'" — W.H. Auden
Spring and Fall by Gerard Manley Hopkins
“Ah! ás the heart grows older / It will come to such sights colder / By and by, nor spare a sigh” — Gerard Manley Hopkins
There You Are by Victoria Adukwei Bulley
“these things you do / which, although you haven’t said it yet, / say that you want to live.” — Victoria Adukwei Bulley