Little Chores by Jody Rambo
“Give with each breath the beginning of your self, made ready / when you wake” — Jody Rambo
[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in] by e.e. cummings
“i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done / by only me is your doing,my darling)” — e.e. cummings
Radio by Mark Kirschen
“And soon enough / You will feel lightly / For the warmth over your heart” — Mark Kirschen
The Five-Thousand-Year-Old Heart I’ve Swallowed by Jeongrye Choi
“Do the flowers bloom and fall and bloom and fall without knowing the endless loneliness of my bare feet?” — Jeongrye Choi
Let Me Make This Perfectly Clear by Gwendolyn MacEwen
"All I have ever cared about / And all you should ever care about / Is what happens when you lift your eyes from this page." — Gwendolyn MacEwen
Why I am not a Painter by Frank O’Hara
“I am not a painter, I am a poet. / Why? I think I would rather be a painter, but I am not.” — Frank O'Hara
Bluebird by Charles Bukowski
"there’s a bluebird in my heart that / wants to get out" — Charles Bukowski
The Woman Who Could Not Live With Her Faulty Heart by Margaret Atwood
"One night I will say to it: / Heart, be still, / and it will." — Margaret Atwood