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
A Letter in October by Ted Kooser
"And I, / who only wished to keep looking out, / must now keep looking in." – Ted Kooser
Starfish by Eleanor Lerman
“Later, you wake up beside your old love, the one / who never had any conditions, the one who waited / you out.” – Eleanor Lerman
The Greatest Love by Anna Swir
"She is sixty. She lives / the greatest love of her life." – Anna Swir