love story in question. by Disha Trivedi
“by which I mean, / I hope you still desire me by the question’s ending.” — Disha Trivedi
Wanting Kids by Bunkong Tuon
“She led me / To waters I had never been to before. Her arms / Led us away from shore. And I was happy.” — Bunkong Tuon
gather them & give them back to me by Renia White
“so your hand isn’t in mine, but I feel / it there—when I am asleep, awake, inside my mind room.” — Renia White
My Ordinary Love by Paula Bonnell
“It is a golden thing, it is / a loud, it is a fabulous flower—” — Paula Bonnell
Suspended Belief by Megan Nichols
“Eyes shut, I could be anywhere; we could be anything.” — Megan Nichols
I Come Home Wanting To Touch Everyone by Stephen Dunn
“but tonight the body-hungers have sent out / their long-range signals” — Stephen Dunn
Mountain Dew Commercial Disguised as a Love Poem by Matthew Olzmann
“Because you memorize songs, even commercials / from thirty years back and sing them when vacuuming.” — Matthew Olzmann
White Towels by Richard Jones
“I carry them through the house / as though they were my children” — Richard Jones