Lord I Thought at Least You’d Be Here by Elizabeth Metzger
"When I lay next to you in life / only you had the life." — Elizabeth Metzger
Heaven is Us Being a Flower Together by Max Ritvo
“You think death comes at the cessation of touch. / You are a flower bulb / which can feel even in the winter earth” — Max Ritvo
Tender by Sophie Klahr
“I'll say a sonnet is a little song / to hold a thing that otherwise cannot / be held: a lonely thing; a death; a bear.” — Sophie Klahr
apology by George Abraham
“forgive the bodies i swallowed like broken teeth: the knees i spent trying to summon god in my own mouth:” — George Abraham
Myth by Natasha Trethewey
"But in dreams you live. So I try taking, / not to let go. You’ll be dead again tomorrow." – Natasha Trethewey
Nina’s Blues by Cornelius Eady
"All the black poets / In New York City / Took a deep breath, / And breathed you out;" – Cornelius Eady
A Room in the Past by Ted Kooser
"Its counter is wiped, / and the dishrag hangs from its nail, / a dry leaf." – Ted Kooser
The Secret Of Poetry by Jon Anderson
"I suppose you are secretly lonely, / Thinking of death, thinking of love." – Jon Anderson
Other Obit by Dean Young
"When does a jump become a fall? / There were a few more floors but 23 was enough." – Dean Young
Marengo by Mary Oliver
"When I have to die, I would like to die / on a day of rain— / long rain, slow rain, the kind you think will never end." — Mary Oliver