If Alone Has A Flavor by Christopher Citro
“It won’t end. What won’t end? This life / we feel’s always about to end,” — Christopher Citro
Telemachus’ Detachment by Louise Glück
“Now I think / heartbreaking, but also / insane.” — Louise Glück
The Silver Lily by Louise Glück
“We have come too far together toward the end now / to fear the end.” — Louise Glück
Reflective by A. R. Ammons
“looked in at / a mirror / in / me that / had a / weed in it” — A. R. Ammons
For Tess by Raymond Carver
“I opened my eyes then and got right up / and went back to being happy again. / I'm grateful to you, you see. I wanted to tell you.” — Raymond Carver
Hurry by Marie Howe
“Where do I want her to hurry to? To her grave? / To mine? Where one day she might stand all grown?” — Marie Howe
i am running into a new year by Lucille Clifton
"it will be hard to let go / of what i said to myself / about myself" — Lucille Clifton
A Happy Birthday by Ted Kooser
"I wanted to ride this day down into night, / to sit alone and smooth the unreadable page" — Ted Kooser