Tonight, I Hope All My Enemies Are Falling in Love by Matthew Olzmann
“Lord, let them know the kind of love that unhinges / the brain, blesses the air with the exuberant / stupidity of mourning doves” — Matthew Olzmann
John Coltrane: My Favorite Things (Live in Japan, 1966) by Robin Arble
“I love that I decided to live. I love that I decided to live.” — Robin Arble
Love Poem by Megan Fernandes
“Sometimes, I wonder if I would know a beautiful thing / if I saw it.” — Megan Fernandes
Dream Variations by Langston Hughes
“In the face of the sun, / Dance! Whirl! Whirl! / Till the quick day is done.” — Langston Hughes
At Twenty-Eight by Amy Fleury
“I dance in my kitchen on Friday nights, / singing like only a lucky girl can.” — Amy Fleury
Waiting for Happiness by Nomi Stone
“It means I miss you / O I miss you, how hard it is to wait / for my happiness, and how good when / it arrives.” — Nomi Stone
Ode to Buttoning and Unbuttoning My Shirt by Ross Gay
“we practice / like this sliding the bones home.” — Ross Gay
Poem About Your Laugh by Susan Glickman
“Oh, your mouth is a diver’s bell; / it takes me down untold fathoms.” — Susan Glickman
#38 [I have observed pink monks eating blue raisins] by José García Villa
“Indeed I have observed and myself have partaken / of blue and pink raisins. But my joy was different: / My joy was to see the blue and the pink counterpointing.” — José García Villa