Endings by Aldo Amparán
“I want. A different ending. / Or rather. A thing that doesn’t end.” — Aldo Amparán
Psychopomp by John Kneisley
“how easy to forget / the feeling of wanting to be carried / into some other life.” — John Kneisley
Self-Portrait with Woman on Subway by Hayan Charara
“Twenty years on, / I could’ve said something, / anything—” — Hayan Charara
The Triumph of Achilles by Louise Glück
“Always in these friendships / one serves the other, one is less than the other” — Louise Glück
The Professor Asks Me to Write a Joyful Poem by Susan L. Leary
“we laughed / through the panic because joy is you / is disobedience is me,” — Susan L. Leary
Fieldwork by Derek Chan
“A shadow cries out sharply. / The wind outside tries to tear / out the world, as red petals drip / open the sky.” — Derek Chan
Disconnect by Khadijah Queen
“No heartbreak / or inspiration to sell as end goal, / rarely beauty.” — Khadijah Queen
Arrival by Yunkyo Moon-Kim
“As it was, I believed the myth. I believed I could / walk through any soft wind like a sieve.” — Yunkyo Moon-Kim
