Questions My Son Asked Me, Answers I Never Gave Him by Nancy Willard
“Can I eat a star? / Yes, with the mouth of time / that enjoys everything.” — Nancy Willard
The End of Science Fiction by Lisel Mueller
“The genre is dead. Invent something new. / Invent a man and a woman naked in a garden, / invent a child that will save the world,” – Lisel Mueller
Myth by Muriel Rukeyser
“I want to ask one question. / Why didn’t I recognize my mother?” — Muriel Rukeyser
Leda, After the Swan by Carl Phillips
"ravens the precise color of / sorrow in good light, neither / black nor blue, like fallen / stitches upon it," — Carl Phillips