To the New Year by W.S. Merwin
"so this is the sound of you / here and now whether or not / anyone hears it"
Wrong Turn by Luci Shaw
"I took a wrong turn the other day. / A mistake, but it led me to the shop where I found / the very thing I'd been searching for."
All Woods Must Fail by J.R.R. Tolkien
"For though dark they stand, / all woods there be must end at last"
The Light Continues by Linda Gregg
"When the sun / is gone, the light continues / high up in the sky for a while. / When I return, the moon is there. / Like a changing of the guard."
Instructions for the Journey by Pat Schneider
"It’s easy to lose this tenderly / unfolding moment. Look for it / as if it were the first green blade / after a long winter."
Scurvy by Faith Shearin
"All the old / wounds were new, as if / time had undone itself, as if / each injury is permanent, / just waiting to show itself again."
asmarani makes prayer by Safia Elhillo
"verily everything that is lost will be / given a name & will not come back / but will live forever"
Notebook Fragments by Ocean Vuong
"Woke up screaming with no sound. The room filling with a bluish water / called dawn."
The Broken Sandal by Denise Levertov
"Where was I going? / Where was I going I can’t / go to now, unless hurting?"
i am running into a new year by Lucille Clifton
"it will be hard to let go / of what i said to myself / about myself / when i was sixteen and / twenty-six and thirty-six / even thirty-six"