Misty by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
"I worry I can no longer pretend / enough to get through another / year of pretending
To Be Held by Linda Hogan
"the way a tree always shelters the unborn life / waiting for the healing / after the storm / which has been our life."
Where We Are Headed by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
"At first we just say flower. How / thrilling it is to name."
i am running into a new year by Lucille Clifton
"it will be hard to let go / of what i said to myself / about myself" — Lucille Clifton
Won’t You Celebrate With Me by Lucille Clifton
"come celebrate / with me that everyday / something has tried to kill me / and has failed." — Lucille Clifton
Talking To My Son Before Sleep by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
"I want to be buoyant enough / to carry all of love’s weight." — Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
Still Life At Dusk by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
"All day you’ve been linked by / the light, but now that darkness / gathers the world in a great black tide, / your shadow leaves you to join / the sea of all other shadows." — Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
moonchild by Lucille Clifton
"the moon understands dark places. / the moon has secrets of her own." — Lucille Clifton
To My Last Period by Lucille Clifton
"well, girl, goodbye, / after thirty-eight years." — Lucille Clifton
Homage to My Hips by Lucille Clifton
"these hips have never been enslaved, / they go where they want to go / they do what they want to do." — Lucille Clifton