To Dorothy by Marvin Bell
“If I lost you, / the air wouldn’t move, nor the tree grow.” — Marvin Bell
Mountain Dew Commercial Disguised as a Love Poem by Matthew Olzmann
“Because you memorize songs, even commercials / from thirty years back and sing them when vacuuming.” — Matthew Olzmann
you will dig me from the earth with your bare hands, in order to resurrect me by Paula Harris
“you will wipe the dirt, the decomposing / leaves, the insects / from my re-forming body / you will hold my almost-formed left hand / and beg me to return,” — Paula Harris
Haiku [for you] by Sonia Sanchez
“love between us is / speech and breath. loving you is / a long river running.” – Sonia Sanchez
forgive me for the parts of you i’m yet to kiss by Ifeanyi Ogbo
“my lips were made to adorn every inch of / the landscape of your skin.” – Ifeanyi Ogbo
* * * by Rachel McKibbens
"Last Love, I am all that is left. Forgive me. / I did not see you coming. Forgive me. // Last Love, every day without you was a life / I crawled out of. Amen." — Rachel McKibbens
Once by Eavan Boland
“I do not want us to be immortal or unlucky. / To listen for our own death in the distance. / Take my hand. Stand by the window.” – Eavan Boland
All Girls Should Have a Poem by Richard Brautigan
"even if / we have to turn this God-damn world / upside down to do it." – Richard Brautigan
Other Lives And Dimensions And Finally A Love Poem by Bob Hicok
“When I don’t touch you it’s a mistake in any life, / in each place and forever.” – Bob Hicok