Meditations in an Emergency by Cameron Awkward-Rich
“There’s a dream I have in which I love the world.” — Cameron Awkward-Rich
Glamor on the West Streets / Silver Over Everything by Hanif Abdurraqib
“isn’t it funny, to vow that you will love someone until you are dead.” — Hanif Abdurraqib
No Rush by Todd Dillard
“It’s quiet now, / the storm splits open like sacramental bread, / and I love you I love you. Can you hear me?” — Todd Dillard
Letter by Joseph Fasano
“That new moon / you must have touched once / in the waters, / saying change me, change / me, change me. All I want / is to be more of what I am.” — Joseph Fasano
The View from the Roof, Waverly Place by Cornelius Eady
“They have / A quilt of lives spread below them, / The cool thrill of looking down.” — Cornelius Eady
Instead, I’m Here to Tell You Very Softly by Oliver de la Paz
“it's summer again and the undulant rows / of banners break my heart every time” — Oliver de la Paz
Awake by Najwan Darwish
“Awake so that the colonizers might leave / Awake so that people can sleep” — Najwan Darwish
A Woman Runs on the First Day of Spring by Erika L. Sánchez
“Aren't we all boundless / though? The way a dream / secretes the morning after” — Erika L. Sánchez
Naming the Trees by Eric Gamalinda
“home is that place / you are continually born into, / that you leave with no regret, / that grows smaller each time you return.” — Eric Gamalinda
The house as casualty by Mahmoud Darwish
“The house as casualty is also mass murder” — Mahmoud Darwish