Awake by Najwan Darwish
“Awake so that the colonizers might leave / Awake so that people can sleep” — Najwan Darwish
Leaving the House by Yanyi
“When my voice fills in love with you. / When I sing on the outside.” — Yanyi
Lucky by Kirsten Dierking
"All this time, / the life you were / supposed to live / has been rising around you"
The Round by Stanley Kunitz
"this morning I saw light kiss / the silk of the roses / A curious gladness shook me"