The Rider by Naomi Shihab Nye
“A victory! To leave your loneliness / panting behind you on some street corner” — Naomi Shihab Nye
Carson McCullers by Charles Bukowski
"all her books about / the cruelty / of loveless love // were all that was left / of her" — Charles Bukowski
The Maple by Bob Hicok
“all morning / I've thought of the statement that art is about loneliness” — Bob Hicok
Six Billion People by Tom Chandler
“And all of you so beautiful / I want to bring you home with me to sit close on the couch.” — Tom Chandler
Morning by Frank O’Hara
"I need you / and look out the window / at the noiseless snow" — Frank O'Hara
Instrument of Choice by Robert Phillips
"so she chose the instrument / no one else wanted" — Robert Phillips
A Supermarket in California by Allen Ginsberg
"Will we stroll dreaming of the lost America of love / past blue automobiles in driveways, home to our silent cottage?" — Allen Ginsberg
Song by Adrienne Rich
"If I'm lonely / it must be the loneliness / of waking first, of breathing / dawns' first cold breath on the city" — Adrienne Rich
Remember by Kate Light
"no, no, remember how lost / you felt and how often, and how high the cost, / and how close Love sat next to Lone." — Kate Light
To the woman at the Red Edge Motel by Tom Chandler
"perfume your earrings / with breath mints and gin" — Tom Chandler