Letter From a Reader by Adam Zagajewski, Translated by Clare Cavanagh
“Write about those moments / when friendship’s footbridges / seem more enduring / than despair.” — Adam Zagajewski
What I Will by Suheir Hammad
“Everyone can be / wrong. Life is a right not / collateral or casual.” — Suheir Hammad
The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry
"I come into the peace of wild things / who do not tax their lives with forethought / of grief." – Wendell Berry
Keeping Quiet by Pablo Neruda
"For once on earth / let's not speak in any language, / let's stop for one second, / and not move our arms so much." — Pablo Neruda
Let Evening Come by Jane Kenyon
“Let it come, as it will, and don't / be afraid. God does not leave us / comfortless, so let evening come.” — Jane Kenyon