The Way One Animal Trusts Another by Carl Phillips
“I’m beginning to think I may never / not be undecided, about all sorts of things” — Carl Phillips
A Visit by Derek Otsuji
“Wondering how they’d found me / at this earth address, I looked at them” — Derek Otsuji
Rest House by Brandon Shimoda
“one second separates us / from breathing in / each other’s skin” — Brandon Shimoda
Why Bother by Sean Thomas Dougherty
“a wound in the exact shape / of your words.” — Sean Thomas Dougherty
The Moon Days by Dorothea Lasky
“Blow your seeds / Directly / To me // Blow your soul / Directly to me / I’ll save you” — Dorothea Lasky
The B-Sides of the Golden Record, Track Seven: “Love Poem with Prosopopoeia” by Sumita Chakraborty
“It means something: / to know you are alone, / and then to learn / that you are wrong.” — Sumita Chakraborty
On Distance by Paige Lewis
“What I mean / is, this one light can reach as many people / as the sun, and you only have to reach me.” — Paige Lewis
I Come Home Wanting To Touch Everyone by Stephen Dunn
“but tonight the body-hungers have sent out / their long-range signals” — Stephen Dunn
If You Were On That Train by Jon Sands
“It was a good day! / None of this is a metaphor.” — Jon Sands