A Blessing by James Wright
“Suddenly I realize / That if I stepped out of my body I would break / Into blossom.” — James Wright
Our Beautiful Life When It’s Filled with Shrieks by Christopher Citro
“I love you. I want us both to eat well.”
After Touching You, I Think of Narcissus Drowning by Leila Chatti
"Enter any body / of water and you give yourself up / to be swallowed."
In Winter by Michael Ryan
"are you smiling / at an idea met in a book / the way you smiled with your whole body / the first night we talked?"
forgive me for the parts of you i’m yet to kiss by Ifeanyi Ogbo
"i used to think there was only one part of / the body meant for kisses, / but on your body I discovered a thousand places."
Once by Eavan Boland
"I do not want us to be immortal or unlucky. / To listen for our own death in the distance."
I Am Not Ready To Die Yet by Aracelis Girmay
"I want to live longer. / I want to love you longer, say it again, / I want to love you longer / & sing that song / again."
There Comes the Strangest Moment by Kate Light
"Your heart’s in retrograde. You simply have no choice. / Things people told you turn out to be true."