A Blessing by James Wright
“Suddenly I realize / That if I stepped out of my body I would break / Into blossom.” — James Wright
At Least by Raymond Carver
“I hate to seem greedy—I have so much / to be thankful for already.” — Raymond Carver
Egg by C.G. Hanzlicek
““Why are you always whistling?” she asks. / “Because I’m happy.” / And it’s true, / Though it stuns me to say it aloud”
Our Beautiful Life When It’s Filled with Shrieks by Christopher Citro
“I love you. I want us both to eat well.”
Solar by Luisa A. Igloria
"And why should we not thank the sun / for life and warmth it lavishes on all / regardless of caste or class"
To the New Year by W.S. Merwin
"so this is the sound of you / here and now whether or not / anyone hears it"
Leaf by Seán Hewitt
"For woods are forms of grief / grown from the earth. For they creak / with the weight of it."