Mission by A.R. Ammons
"as if anything here belonged to you / as if anything here were your concern"
Transformation by Adam Zagajewski
"I’ve lived humbly, reading the paper, / pondering the riddle of power / and the reasons for obedience."
Afraid So by Jeanne Marie Beaumont
"Did the check bounce? / Are we out of coffee? / Is this going to hurt?"
Poem Full of Worry Ending with My Birth by Tarfia Faizullah
"I worry I can no longer pretend / enough to get through another / year of pretending