The Trees are Senescing, Not Dying. You’re Dying. by Diana Cao
“Thirty-three years, and some days repeat already.” — Diana Cao
Animals Decide When to Die by Jayne Marek
“Language fails as it always has—yours to me, / mine to you. ” — Jayne Marek
Washing my mother’s hair by Char March
“And nothing at all / about how much / I love her.” — Char March
The Greatest Love by Anna Swir
"She is sixty. She lives / the greatest love of her life." – Anna Swir
A Little Tooth by Thomas Lux
"And you, / your wife, get old, flyblown, and rue / nothing." – Thomas Lux
A Woman Alone by Denise Levertov
"She has fears, but not about loneliness; / fears about how to deal with the aging of her body." – Denise Levertov
I Have Started to Say by Philip Larkin
"All that's left to happen / Is some deaths (my own included)." – Philip Larkin
Old Folks Laugh by Maya Angelou
"Old folks / allow their bellies to jiggle like slow / tambourines." — Maya Angelou