A Blessing by James Wright
“Suddenly I realize / That if I stepped out of my body I would break / Into blossom.” — James Wright
Egg by C.G. Hanzlicek
““Why are you always whistling?” she asks. / “Because I’m happy.” / And it’s true, / Though it stuns me to say it aloud”
The Round by Stanley Kunitz
"this morning I saw light kiss / the silk of the roses / A curious gladness shook me"
God Says Yes To Me by Kaylin Haught
"and she said honey / she calls me that sometimes / she said you can do just exactly / what you want to"
True Love by Wisława Szymborska
"Let the people who never find true love / keep saying that there’s no such thing. // Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die."