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
Endings by Aldo Amparán
“I want. A different ending. / Or rather. A thing that doesn’t end.” — Aldo Amparán
When I Hear People Talk in the Past Tense About Their Dead by Todd Dillard
“I call my dead mom, and she is never / too busy to answer.” — Todd Dillard
To Dorothy by Marvin Bell
“If I lost you, / the air wouldn’t move, nor the tree grow.” — Marvin Bell
I Have Been Living by Jane Mead
“Sometimes, to get back to land / is the worst thing a person can do.” — Jane Mead
Not Just Passing by Hiba Abu Nada
“You were first created out of love, / so carry nothing but love / to those who are trembling.” — Hiba Abu Nada
[What does it mean to square something?] by Gillian Sze
“We repeat, reshaping and destroying, always starting from the bottom.” — Gillian Sze
The Triumph of Achilles by Louise Glück
“Always in these friendships / one serves the other, one is less than the other” — Louise Glück
What If I Never Fell in Love With The World? by Leah Umansky
“If you look and see nothing, you must simply look harder. / Everything is a miracle if we’re open to receiving it.” — Leah Umansky