Not Just Passing by Hiba Abu Nada
“You were first created out of love, / so carry nothing but love / to those who are trembling.” — Hiba Abu Nada
Wait by Galway Kinnell
“trust the hours. Haven’t they / carried you everywhere, up to now?” — Galway Kinnell
Ode to Friendship by Noor Hindi
“My loves. You are the only people / I’d surrender my softness to.” — Noor Hindi
The Whole of It by Helen Meneilly
“You have come so far / to love your little life so much / that you would not trade a single scar.” — Helen Meneilly
We Go About Our Days by Katia Engell
“we worry. this world can hurt / our heaviest leaden days; eyes wet with awe,” — Katia Engell
Do not make Grief your God by Mahogany L. Browne
“You and Grief / move soundless / beneath the sun” — Mahogany L. Browne
For What Binds Us by Jane Hirshfield
“as all flesh / is proud of its wounds, wears them / as honors given out after battle, / small triumphs pinned to the chest—” — Jane Hirshfield
There You Are by Victoria Adukwei Bulley
“How beautiful, these things you do, / in case they help, these things you do” – Victoria Adukwei Bulley