Compost by Dan Chelotti
“Pretty, Selma said. / Yes, I said. And underneath my yes / Another yes, the yes to my body” — Dan Chelotti
The Way It Is by William Stafford
"While you hold it you can't get lost. / Tragedies happen; people get hurt" — William Stafford
Little Father by Li-Young Lee
“I buried my father in my heart. / Now he grows in me, my strange son,” — Li-Young Lee