Love Poem With Tinnitus by Christy Lee Barnes
“part of love I think is sitting with the pain / you’d fix if you could, but can’t.” — Christy Lee Barnes
In the Desert by Stephen Crane
““But I like it / “Because it is bitter, / “And because it is my heart.”” — Stephen Crane
All That Wanting, Right? by Devin Kelly
“When I wanted unknowing, / I was given certainty, & when I wanted the hard / & fixed line, I was given mystery.” — Devin Kelly
Riveted by Robyn Sarah
“It is possible that we have crossed the great water / without knowing it, and stand now on the other side.” — Robyn Sarah
Wrong Footed by Joseph Chaney
“Our kids now see how hard it is for us / to know ourselves, not feeling what we feel.” — Joseph Chaney
Telling My Father by James Crews
“Out late was all he said. And then smiled, / rubbing the small of my back through the robe / for a while,” — James Crews
