Love Poem With Tinnitus by Christy Lee Barnes
“part of love I think is sitting with the pain / you’d fix if you could, but can’t.” — Christy Lee Barnes
Washing my mother’s hair by Char March
“And nothing at all / about how much / I love her.” — Char March
The Raincoat by Ada Limón
“I never / asked her what she gave up to drive me, / or how her day was before this chore.” — Ada Limón
We Have Enough Dead Friends by Lena Oleanderson
“It doesn’t have to be that bad, / it doesn’t have to be bad at all, / but if it is, please call.” — Lena Oleanderson
i ask the sun too much by Kristin Lueke
“what i want? is a room where the light finds me / easy & all that we need, we have.” — Kristin Lueke