Act Now & Save by Kevin Young
“Whatever the well / you want me // To fall down I will—” — Kevin Young
Rock Me, Mercy by Yusef Komunyakaa
“Guardian angels, wherever you're hiding, / we know you can't be everywhere at once.” — Yusef Komunyakaa
absence. displacement. by Etel Adnan
“I love the rain when it / wraps me like a / river” — Etel Adnan
The Undertaking by Louise Glück
“Extend yourself— / it is the Nile, the sun is shining, / everywhere you turn is luck.”
Mission by A.R. Ammons
"as if anything here belonged to you / as if anything here were your concern"
I Was Told the Sunlight Was a Cure by Hanif Abdurraqib
"on the days I want to be alive I tell myself I deserve a marching band / or at least a string section to announce my arrival
[Goldenrod, I could say, you know, everybody wants something] by Diane Seuss
"Goldenrod, is your dying hard? I know, / I know dying's hard. Are you reaching toward, you know, or just reaching?"
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