There You Are by Victoria Adukwei Bulley
“these things you do / which, although you haven’t said it yet, / say that you want to live.” — Victoria Adukwei Bulley
Act Now & Save by Kevin Young
“Whatever the well / you want me // To fall down I will—” — Kevin Young
I Am Learning to Abandon the World by Linda Pastan
"And every night I give my body up / limb by limb, working upwards / across bone, towards the heart."
What’s Broken by Dorianne Laux
"Last summer’s / pot of parsley and mint, white root / shooting like streamers through the cracks."