For My Friends, in Reply to a Question by Safia Elhillo
“in my dreams / I am touching the faces of my friends, we are / each one of us touching” — Safia Elhillo
Small Kindnesses by Danusha Laméris
“Don’t die,” we are saying. / And sometimes, when you spill lemons / from your grocery bag, someone else will help you / pick them up."
Poem Full of Worry Ending with My Birth by Tarfia Faizullah
"I worry I can no longer pretend / enough to get through another / year of pretending