the mountain by Ambalila Hemsell
"inside of the ocean, / I am pushed to the brink, where I realize / that death is not what I want and divorce isn’t / either." — Ambalila Hemsell
San Maló by Luisa A. Igloria
“Never mind / that the bruise from such a severance / might not heal.” — Luisa A. Igloria
“This ocean, humiliating in its disguises” by Jack Spicer
"No one listens to poetry. The ocean / Does not mean to be listened to." — Jack Spicer
Sea Level by Kim Van Voorhees
“only the ocean knows how to spoon salt over a great distance / under any kind of light.” — Kim Van Voorhees