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
Lullaby for the Grieving by Ashley M. Jones
“please, / let me enter. please, let me / leave whole.” — Ashley M. Jones
Act Now & Save by Kevin Young
“Whatever the well / you want me // To fall down I will—” — Kevin Young