Grace by Cecilia Woloch
“when I think of how you stand / as if with nothing in your hands” — Cecilia Woloch
Cloudless Snowfall by Franz Wright
“by the way thank You for / keeping Your face hidden, I / can hardly bear the beauty of this world.” — Franz Wright
Hammond B3 Organ Cistern by Gabrielle Calvocoressi
"The days you wake up and do not want / to slit your throat." — Gabrielle Calvocoressi
Lord I Thought at Least You’d Be Here by Elizabeth Metzger
"When I lay next to you in life / only you had the life." — Elizabeth Metzger
To the New Year by W. S. Merwin
"so this is the sound of you / here and now whether or not / anyone hears it" — W. S. Merwin
Wrong Turn by Luci Shaw
"Later that day the radio sang a song from / a time when I was discovering love, / and folded me into itself again." – Luci Shaw
The Light Continues by Linda Gregg
"When the sun / is gone, the light continues / high up in the sky for a while. / When I return, the moon is there. / Like a changing of the guard." — Linda Gregg
Happiness by Raymond Carver
"They come on, slowly. / The sky is taking on light, / though the moon still hangs pale over the water." – Raymond Carver
