Granada by M. Cynthia Cheung
“What I imagine / is vanishing—language / you will take beyond the peaks.” — M. Cynthia Cheung
How Can Black People Write About Flowers at a Time Like This by Hanif Abdurraqib
“some might say it’s a blessing to know your entrances / & exits.” — Hanif Abdurraqib
My Ordinary Love by Paula Bonnell
“It is a golden thing, it is / a loud, it is a fabulous flower—” — Paula Bonnell
Adrift by Mark Nepo
“as this ache makes me look for those I’ve lost / in the next room, in the next song, in the laugh / of the next stranger” — Mark Nepo
Emplumada by Lorna Dee Cervantes
“They find peace / in the way they contain the wind / and are gone.” — Lorna Dee Cervantes
Cloudless Snowfall by Franz Wright
“by the way thank You for / keeping Your face hidden, I / can hardly bear the beauty of this world.” — Franz Wright
Morgan Moonscar by Tom Snarsky
“The window of time between now / and universal heat death is enough / for one real apology, so we’d better / make it a good one” — Tom Snarsky