#38 [I have observed pink monks eating blue raisins] by José García Villa
“Indeed I have observed and myself have partaken / of blue and pink raisins. But my joy was different: / My joy was to see the blue and the pink counterpointing.” — José García Villa
In the Tradition of Women Who’ve Blessed Me to Transfer Their Virtues by Asa Drake
“One year / in the middle of my life // I asked how full do I want to be.” — Asa Drake
Lines Composed While Watching My Mother Buy Tomatoes by Bee Morris
“the sky is blue because. / The plants are watered green because. / That silver hair on your head, / so many impossible strands!” — Bee Morris
Soot by Kaveh Akbar
“When I fell to earth // I knew the way—through the soot, into the leaves.” — Kaveh Akbar
From Blossoms by Li-Young Lee
"O, to take what we love inside, / to carry within us an orchard, to eat / not only the skin, but the shade, / not only the sugar, but the days