An Ordinary Crisis by Connie Wanek
“A little relieved, I obeyed. / I’ve always come home, or / wanted to.” — Connie Wanek
Wings of Return by Don Mee Choi
"In light, we all were ailing from separation and homesickness. In light, we had to find a way to settle down, as my mother said. In light, we lived like birds." — Don Mee Choi
Coconut by Paul Hostovsky
“and what on earth / and where on earth / and this was happiness / this little ball / of interest beating / inside his chest” — Paul Hostovsky
Moon in the Window by Dorianne Laux
“It took me years to grow a heart / from paper and glue.” – Dorianne Laux
The Talk by Sharon Olds
"She took it and took it and broke, crying out / I hate being a person!" – Sharon Olds
Autobiographia Literaria by Frank O’Hara
"And here I am, the / center of all beauty! / writing these poems! / Imagine!" – Frank O'Hara
The Business of Love is Cruelty by Dean Young
"Now the fear done flashing through me, / I wish I could undo it, take it back" – Dean Young
My Son at the Seashore, Age Two by Don Coles
"a little breeze passing by / on its way to oblivion — / as this day is on its way there too," — Don Coles
Making A Fist by Naomi Shihab Nye
“The borders we must cross separately, / stamped with our unanswerable woes.” — Naomi Shihab Nye