Red Tulips, Then Asphodel by Brenda Shaughnessy
"What are emotions / anyway? Flowers die // not knowing." – Brenda Shaughnessy
To the Fig Tree on 9th and Christian by Ross Gay
“we are feeding each other / from a tree” — Ross Gay
Dorothy Wordsworth by Jennifer Chang
“I, too, have a big messy head / on a fragile stalk.” — Jennifer Chang
Invitation by Mary Oliver
"it is a serious thing // just to be alive / on this fresh morning / in this broken world." — Mary Oliver
An Indian Girl’s Guide To Driving by Urvashi Bahuguna
"Nothing makes me forgive people / like learning I have something to teach them." – Urvashi Bahuguna
La Chalupa, the Boat by Jean Valentine
“No, not drifting, I am poling / my way into my life.” – Jean Valentine
Moon in the Window by Dorianne Laux
“It took me years to grow a heart / from paper and glue.” – Dorianne Laux
The Light Continues by Linda Gregg
"When the sun / is gone, the light continues / high up in the sky for a while. / When I return, the moon is there. / Like a changing of the guard." — Linda Gregg