Telephone Booth (number 905 1/2) by Pedro Pietri
“I am feeling too good / to report to work today, / if I feel sick tomorrow / I will come in early” — Pedro Pietri
An Indian Girl’s Guide To Driving by Urvashi Bahuguna
“Nothing makes me forgive people / like learning I have something to teach them.”
Demand It Courageously by Julia Hartwig
"Make some room for yourself, human animal. / Even a dog jostles about on his master’s lap to / improve his position."
The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry
"I come into the peace of wild things / who do not tax their lives with forethought / of grief." – Wendell Berry
Enough by Suzanne Buffam
"What does it mean to love the life we’ve been given? / To act well the part that’s been cast for us?" – Suzanne Buffam
History by Jennifer Michael Hecht
"that she might have a story of herself to tell / in some other place." – Jennifer Michael Hecht
A Woman Alone by Denise Levertov
"She has fears, but not about loneliness; / fears about how to deal with the aging of her body." – Denise Levertov