The Trees are Senescing, Not Dying. You’re Dying. by Diana Cao
“Thirty-three years, and some days repeat already.” — Diana Cao
We Astronomers by Rebecca Elson
“We breed enthusiasms, / Honour our responsibility to awe.” — Rebecca Elson
I Suffer A Phobia Called Hope by Maya Abu Al-Hayyat
"The grieving have only the unknown. / It’s their only staple and inheritance. / Pain has no logic. All things redeem / the grieving except your rational questions." — Maya Abu Al-Hayyat
Unwritten Law by Louise Glück
"I ruled against the indefinite article. / And yet, the mistakes of my youth / made me hopeless" – Louise Glück
Breaking Up by Yevgeny Yevtushenko
"I won’t say “forgive me” because I have left you; / I ask pardon for one thing: I loved you before." — Yevgeny Yevtushenko
A Writer by Philip Larkin
"He knew, of course, no actions were rewarded, / There were no prizes" — Philip Larkin
Postcard by Margaret Atwood
“A universe that includes you / can't be all bad, but / does it?” — Margaret Atwood